Through The Panama Canal in a SMALL Sailing Yacht (EP24)

Welcome to another update from Elixir's voyage!
This week, it's a real mile stone in our voyage around the world. We take our small sailing boat through the Panama Canal. After waving goodbye to the Atlantic, and spending 24h in the canal, we pop out in the Pacific to begin the next leg of the voyage.
It's a long and tiring 24 hours, but as well as being an incredible experience, it's a lot of fun and also very educational.
COSTS:
All in all, the Panama Canal transit cost around $2,5000 USD. This includes the transit Fee, the agents fee (optional, but definitely recommended), the Shelter Bay Marina fees, and the rental costs of the lines and fenders.
It's possible to make the transit without an agent, but I wouldn't recommend it as it's only possible to pay with cash, and to do so you have to find an ATM in the somewhat dangerous city of Colon.
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[@prestonsjourney]

How incredible is that? You have said a few different times that you feel like you are seeing things that few people do… that is such a true statement. You are running in a circle with sailors but out side of that little circle few do get to see what you are seeing. What a life you are setting yourself up for Max. I must say I may be a wee bit jealous. Thanks for sharing your journey my man!

[@UntideSailing]

Thanks for the comment, means a lot, and I'm very glad that you are enjoying following the journey!

[@SailingOneLife]

Congrats! What an epic experience! You documented it so well!

[@UntideSailing]

Ty guys! looking forward to seeing you soon

[@roosrijnsaardt8247]

So cool! Was smiling the whole time watching this vid!

[@UntideSailing]

Haha ty! very happy that you enjoyed it

[@SOVIETHAPPY1]

Can't wait to see what you get upto next 🙌

[@jameshayden5927]

Omg just saw that you literally gave this beautiful yacht a new lease of life max amazing job 👏 ❤

[@rainfinger]

Good video! The Panama Canal is an unforgettable experience, surprised you want to sail to Mexico instead of French Polynesia.

[@UntideSailing]

Thanks! We are leaving for French Polynesia from Mexico

[@xenu-dark-tony]

Kneeling down like that in the sail loft is a bugger for the knees my darlings. I was once tiling the floor of a highly regarded British surgeon and he told me I was not only setting myself up for nasty knee problems but was, in a way, abusing our fabulous NHS. He was right on both counts, because although I didn't have knee pain then and never abused my knees like that again, I WAS inadvertently abusing the NHS, just as any 'risk taker' is. Now, 20 years later, I have very painful knees which lock up in the bent position and really hurt to unlock. They ache in the cold, if they remain unmoved for an hour or two, and are badly worn such that I face an operation or maybe two to try to rectify the problems I could have avoided. Please take care of your perfect young knees as, like it or not, they will - hopefully - one day be middle aged knees, and in that lovely surgeon's words will, "ache like a mother-fucker"!!!

[@wills681]

Those British Seagull outboard motors are amazing. I still have the one my old pa bought new in 1968. Sadly my pa is no longer with us but the Seagull lives on!

[@UntideSailing]

Haha yes! we love Steven Seagull and he's done us proud

[@zonzeven]

At 1:35 you complain that the length is measured as 41 ft and that is 4 ft more then the actual length. However, 11.4 m is 37 ft 4.8 inch (1 ft = 0,3048 m, 1 inch = 0.0254 m) , so no reason to complain. Feel free to comment :)

[@derickTHEdowney]

So jelous of your life omg

[@waltergalaga3379]

Would you share me that agent's company in order to book with her a Transit through the panama canal? Thank you a lot!

[@josepmassot4696]

Ese motor es un Seagull no?

[@TheModelOmega]

Umm... That's not the US history I was taught about the Panama Canal. Though, admittedly, you can never fully trust what your own country teaches you about their role in anything. The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 granted the United States a 100-year lease on a 10-mile wide strip of land for the canal construction, included a one-time payment of $10 million to Panama, and established an annual annuity of $250,000. Additionally, the United States agreed to guarantee Panama's independence.

[@MethosFilms]

How much was the agent?

[@UntideSailing]

I think 300 usd

[@bradleylaford1526]

$2500? Not bad. I thought it said $25000!?

[@ooweesaler]

Superb. 👍 Bin that seagull motor. Why pollute the seas we love anymore than you have to.