Transiting the PANAMA CANAL by Sailboat | Sailing Beaver - EP 28

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We take on the great experience of transiting the Panama Canal with our 40 foot sailboat, one of the world's greatest feats of engineering giving us a quick shortcut to the Pacific Ocean. If you want to know more about the transit of the Panama Canal by sailboat in 2021/22, we have published a little e-Book where we share all the information we gathered as well as our experiences, lessons learnt and lots of other helpful tips.
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[@arnieduncan]

Thank you Thank you Thank you. We are preplanning our first trip through - Many things have to come together still but your effort to share have been so important. the e book is fantastic and the video is playing while I type this. Fair winds friends.

[@SailingBeaver]

Thank you sir, appreciate the feedback. Hope the eBook can provide some value and be sure to reach out if you have any question. Fair winds and good luck with your canal transit 🤙

[@N.California]

3:53 Beautiful boat

[@westcountry_sailing]

Well done. I still can't put my finger on why your videos feel more 'real' than most. I just want to congratulate you on your preparation, organisation and ethic. The big channels could learn a lot from you two. Another from Devon 😛 but by way of Sweden.

[@SailingBeaver]

Well thankyou sir, appreciate the kind words. Enjoy the sailing up there in the cold north, we miss it up that way. 🤙

[@chrisshields1775]

Wow so interesting and has been said before the best Panama Canal trip on You Tube. Well done from Devon UK.

[@SailingBeaver]

Thankyou mate appreciated. Glad you enjoy. Take care up there 🤙

[@SVImpavidus]

The most realistic video of the canal we have watched. Well done guy's. Sail Safe. Ant, Cid.

[@SailingBeaver]

Thanks guys, appreciate it. Take care 🤙

[@dekorol_11]

One of the best channels about sailing, thanks a lot for content!) And cheers from Ukraine)

[@SailingBeaver]

Thank you sir glad you enjoy the content. Stay tuned and take care. 🤙

[@ProphetessMirandaGrimaldi]

Fantastic video going through the locks in the Panama Canal. Thank you for sharing. 💗

[@Rittlesleo]

You guys have made impressive progress in your sailing knowledge. And that is no small accomplishment! Happy sailing!

[@SailingBeaver]

Very kind thank you. Slowly getting our head around things but it’s a slow process. 🤙

[@nooneanybodyknows7912]

Great vlog.👍It never gets old watching a canal transit. Fascinating marvel of human ingenuity. Thanks for sharing.👍

[@SailingBeaver]

Thanks for tuning in. Fair winds 🤙

[@beachplumb]

I'm always amazed at how small Shelter Bay Marina looks in the drone shots I see considering all the traffic it gets.

[@SailingBeaver]

Quite a few berths but still a small marina. Even smaller if you enter in the dark.

[@carolinajanssen6451]

Wow what an adventure👍luckily no damage 👏

[@SailingBeaver]

Cheers, yeah sure was. Fair winds 🤙

[@FourSheetsToTheWind]

"Peace out Homies" 😆 Awesome job. Good resource for those coming through with all the billion questions we all had.

[@SailingBeaver]

Hahah gangsta little kiwi kids😂 Thank you so much! Look forward to seeing yours🤗

[@robertwilliams4618]

great video again guys' milestone moment cheers rob nz .

[@SailingBeaver]

Thanks mate. Take care 🤙

[@ston3kill3r]

Thanks for putting up all the costs etc that are involved , been wondering for my own adventures in the future

[@SailingBeaver]

Cheers fair winds 🤙

[@jephybean]

It seems traversing the canal should be less complicated; I feel like it appears to be stop and go for days and days; lol

[@lpauline]

Thank you so much for this excellent video of a passage through the Panama Canal. It was truly an exciting 'experience' to witness the functionings of the canal. I'd never seen inside the locks before, although I suppose there are other videos of the passage. But yours was as exciting and compelling as a real thriller movie. 🤗

[@SailingBeaver]

Thanks so much for your kind comment, glad you enjoyed. Sure was an exciting experience! 🤙

[@kptbillburkett8735]

It never gets old watching Boats going though the canal. Now that you are in the Pacific, what are ya'lls plans? Ok until next time Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii.

[@SailingBeaver]

Cheers and thanks for tuning in! Onwards to the French Pol and eventually New Zealand 🤙

[@kptbillburkett8735]

@@SailingBeaver Ben trying to get any information from Tonga after the Volcano explosion. Here on the Big Island the Tsunami waves that hit us was about two feet or so. Not to bad. Or friends in San Diego got about the same. Ok ya'll be safe out there! Aloha

[@SailingBeaver]

Yeah still not a lot of news from all the islands but a lot of damage I’m sure. Take care 🤙

[@travisjohnson5213]

I haven’t been down there in over 30 years but amazing how many things look the same. Great video as always, really enjoy your channel. Time lapse drone shots were cool, hopefully they didn’t give you any grief over that!

[@SailingBeaver]

Interesting. Cheers and glad you enjoy, not as much grief as when we cracked some beers in the locks.. 😩

[@327365hp]

Very cool to see it from a small boat. We went halfway through on Holland America cruise on the 100th anniversary.

[@SailingBeaver]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for tuning in!

[@DougVarble]

Nice

[@SailingBeaver]

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[@chhindz]

Everybody films the canal transit different, all good!

[@SailingBeaver]

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[@msxmurda2385]

This is really awesome guys. Thank you so much for the information. Did you guys feel taken advantage of by the agents or was it all pretty standard and honest going???? Thanks!!

[@SailingBeaver]

Thanks so much for watching! No not at all. It was rather straight forward and good communication, no hidden costs, everything explained well and we could pay with card which was great. Hope that helps. We also have a e-book available on our website with more in-depth info. Take Care mate

[@gerritcoetzee9075]

Nicely done. Where did I miss the costs and other info you mentioned you would post at the end? Please let me know.

[@SailingBeaver]

Thank you 🙏 We put together an eBook that gives all the details of the costs, procedures, contacts and a bunch of other helpful information. Can download from our website via this link www.sailingbeaver.com/product/panama-canal-ebook/

[@iRosty]

How did you get some of that footage? Looks like it was filmed from the Orange ship with the helipad on top that was behind you in the locks?

[@SailingBeaver]

Good spotting! A very very kind gentleman on an offshore vessel helped us out with that one. 🤙

[@mtnbikur]

Awesome video. Did you purposely choose nighttime to transit the canal? Less traffic? Easier? Or do they require that for pleasure craft?

[@SailingBeaver]

Cheers. That was the scheduling they had at the time when we crossed. 🤙

[@Rittlesleo]

Hope you have a good trip and that the world will have woken up from the viru$ hypnosis when you next touch terra firma

[@SailingBeaver]

Thanks mate and fair winds 🤙

[@francismontocchio9910]

Great video! While you were rafted up with the other two boats, did you use all the engines simultaneously? How did you steer?

[@SailingBeaver]

Thanks mate. With 3 boats there was quite a lot going on but the centre vessel would power the raft forward/astern while outside vessels would turn the raft and provide some extra power.

[@francismontocchio9910]

@@SailingBeaver Thanks for your reply, mate! Must have been pretty hairy!!

[@donavonlarney]

great vid.... can you imagine the canal with Australian regulation?

[@SailingBeaver]

Cheers! Would be quite the waiting game. 😂

[@donavonlarney]

@@SailingBeaver i think the boats would go around as it would be quicker.

[@SailingBeaver]

Haha, the North West Passage would be way easier.

[@dustendust]

Fekk du snakkt me di ombord på den Norske supply båden?

[@SailingBeaver]

Ja vi kom i kontakt med de😃 Var ganske kult å dele sluse med et stort norskt skip, så måtte selvsagt ta frem det store norske husflagget for dem🇳🇴

[@jimlofts5433]

do you still have to grease a few palms - 20 years ago a friend waited 2 weeks with no date until he paid a bribe then magically ....

[@SailingBeaver]

Swamped in officialdom these days but guess that’s increased with the price over the years.

[@jimlofts5433]

@@SailingBeaver yeh my mate being an aussie wasn't going to pay a bribe on principal but realise he was going to die an old man in Panama so he gave in

[@duded2268]

Do you need a passport to go through the Panama canal

[@SailingBeaver]

Yeah it’s kinda handy

[@duded2268]

So can you get through the canal without a passport?

[@duded2268]

A lot of the boats are in Florida and I live on the west coast so wondering if I could buy a boat in Florida and sell it through the Panama canal without a passport

[@SailingBeaver]

Will need a passport and a boat passport to check in or out of Panama or any country.

[@duded2268]

@@SailingBeaver yeah I didn't know you had to check in and out of the country I know you need a passport to check in and out of countries I was hoping I could just sell through the canal without a passport

[@kyle1285]

Bellissima😍💖!! Do not waste your time - Promo`SM !!

[@giork2828]

5:47 look like idiots but ok

[@SailingBeaver]

Yeah total idiots hey