Transiting the Panama Canal in a Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer - Ep. 22

[@fredacevedo2871]

Best canal transit video I have on you tube

[@MR_R.o.b.o.t.o]

That little girl will remember this time FOREVER!!! Hope it was magical! !

[@billylallen2662]

When I lived in Foug, France as a kid in ‘65-66, we lived near a canal and by our house was a few locks, they also had a tunnel and we would watch the barges, waiting for the locks and tunnels. One day a yacht came through with an American flag and we started calling to them. They thought we were French, but we told them we were Americans. They asked if we wanted to see the boat and go through a lock with them. Of course we did and we ran over and tour the boat and then went through the lock. They were from Los Angeles and had sail from there, through the Panama Canal, around Florida and up the East Coast, then across to Europe. They then were traveling the rivers and canals. That could be a great trip to make some day, you would have to take the mast down, but still it would be a great trip on the canals, through the small towns like Foug.

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

+billyl allen - doing a canal trip through France is definitely on the list. Not sure if the expense and trouble is dropping the mast on this boat tindi it would be worth it but it’s easy to rent a boat for a week or two.

[@keithmoser1495]

My wife and I rented or chartered a small 6 person cannel boat that took us through a small section of the French channels. Magical and cheep.

[@jastark22181]

I really cant believe you don't have more subscribers right now... I've been watching for awhile now and I really enjoy your videos

[@Bobo56Bear]

Uncle Daddy Not many know or are fans of Nordhavn yachts sadly :( May improve as links of fantastic videos like this spread across the Inet 👍. Selene Ocean Yachts and manufacturers like it are better priced about 60c to $, but do not offer a MS model yet, and do not have the build quality of a Nordhavn

[@michaelmacphail5567]

I can now say I traversed the Panama Canal... in my armchair. Thank you for sharing that wonderful adventure with us! M

[@vresor]

That was really cool. Best Panama Canal transit video I've seen by a wide margin!

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

Vince Resor - thank you.

[@ballard6620]

I agree, always wanted to see the canal transit. Awesome video

[@matt_waddy]

Agreed! I've watched others in the past that just showed locks and no procedures. This was amazing. I felt like I was there!

[@helmsman3838]

Best video of the Panama Canal transit I have seen to date. Thanks for sharing.

[@peterlamere1982]

Best Panama transit vlog I've enjoyed seeing and on my next new boat. Superb.

[@DoubleDRescueSled]

Panama Canal transit - ~ $2k Adventure of a lLifetime - PRICELESS....⛵️

[@mrpicky1868]

i think i can have a really good time on 2k)

[@robertrishel3685]

Just discovered your videos and I’m hooked! What a fantastic adventure! I’m a commercial towboat Captain (barges on the Mississippi River and other inland waterways) and have always wanted to sail offshore, particularly recreationally with my family. What an amazing adventure and experience for your child to have! Thanks for sharing!

[@pagey78]

Love the documentary style, keep it coming, love the technical stuff

[@ballard6620]

Best canal transit video on KZbin..grew up on and around boats on the east coast of Canada . Always wanted to see a good video of the Panama canal

[@willburrito9710]

Watching this brought back great memories from I lived in Panama 1960-64. Coming out if Miraflores Locks and seeing Ancon Hill was especially wonderful. What a great thrill it must have been to make the transit.

[@williamadams9110]

Informative, fascinating and well produced video. Great channel no nonsense just motor-sailing.

[@bobblack6816]

What a great experience for Cassidy!! She will remember this forever 😍😍😍

[@LovingAtlanta]

👍😍Wow! Absolutely fantastic! 💝 Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing your journey! 🙏Wishing you all continued safe travels. 🤗💞🤗

[@reclusivegrub]

We transited the new Canal in Nov 2019 on the Disney Wonder . It was the time of a lifetime and something I will remember for many years. Thank you for your video and getting to see the old canal. Looking forward to your future videos.

[@alexmikhael5061]

you not only DID THE CANAL.... you DID THE CANAL with 2 tag-A-longz!!! koooodooooz that's a bukket list moment, or should be for EVERYONE!!! I have been thru both Ditches, the Panama and Suez! US NAVY on the USS OKINAWA LPH3 when the gulf stuff started up... around the world member here!

[@lvboats]

I sit and patiently wait for you to load up new episodes, And every one of them is amazing love your family God's blessings forever be with you

[@brucebenson9892]

Transiting the Panama Canal aboard your own boat is a complicated experience that you have told us not just well, but to go overboard, brilliantly. We really can see and understand what it's like because of your work, done with the flair of a natural storyteller. Fantastic to see Cassidy present and fully engaged in the process. How many children in the world will have this for a memory?

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

Bruce Benson - Thanks for the comment! Cassidy definitely enjoyed being there for the transit.

[@ian-haynes]

Excellent video production and the best explanation of the costs involved for transiting the canal I've seen thank you

[@CZDigger]

Grew up there, in the Canal Zone. Nice vid. Dad was an admeasurer towards the end of his career. Loved going out to the boats. Brought a few yachties home and man the tales they would tell, after a couple of rum and cokes.

[@bimmergeezer]

I love this video. You answered several questions and provided 21 minutes if great entertainment. I am subscribing!!

[@catboatadventures7208]

What a fascinating story. You are doing such a great job on this channel and I am learning so much from it. Everything from your outstanding story telling ability, drone and video footage and editing. You do it all. Thank you so much. Warm regards, Jim Andersen, CatBoat Adventures, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

Thank you Jim!

[@Bobo56Bear]

Very nice detailed video, on what to expect to cross Panama Canal, will serve as documented “learnings / teaching” summary vid for many years on KZbin, Thanks for posting 👍

[@dianeswift]

Great storytelling! Cassidy is a very bright beautiful little girl (who knows her way around a SLR).

[@user-yp7im1su9s]

Awww home sweet home. Grew up there. I worked at the Pedro Miguel locks. Left in 82. Lived on the Atlantic and pacific side.

[@simonford8070]

Fantastic video, so well edited and what an experience for your daughter to take.

[@blefever219]

It's midnight and I can't stop watching your videos. Very well done. We went thru the canal on a cruise ship and it was a great experience but being a life long boater I just wanted so bad to be on my own bottom. There were a couple of cruising boats in the lock next to us so I was able to watch the process but your video really brought it all together for me. Soon I hope to be you. lol Keep up the great work.

[@pikehk]

Another great episode thank you guys : )

[@brianb4942]

Just discovered your channel yesterday and have already watched a number of your videos. Fantastic job and i love your attention to detail, really insightful. The tour of your Nordhavn 40 in particular was brilliant for me. Off to watch more of your content and hoping there will be a detailed tour of your new Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer, its a beautiful looking boat - the navy hull is so classic.

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

+Brian Boland - thank you for the kind words. We are having fun with this channel and will have a lot more new content from the N56 soon.

[@edmatlack2187]

Cool story, quite the adventure and learning experience for your subscribers and young pretty Miss Cassidy, enjoyed this a great deal, thank you for posting it!

[@roycox3701]

Well done one of the best videos I have seen for a PC transit

[@williewillaims9069]

Panamanians are such Dam good People Great vid

[@billdillard885]

Thoroughly enjoyed your passage experience... Was last a the canal a year prior to the activation of the new locks.... Great Vid! Thanks a million!

[@guymanges3628]

I wish you guys would come back with your KZbin's I sure would enjoy the MS sailing , I'm an old person with little money but sure do enjoy . Thank you Cassidy and all .

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

+Guy Manges - we have a lot more to come innfhe near future.

[@gogs1468]

Great video, thanks, The Panama Canal has always facinated me it't on my bucket list.

[@jaysoncody8716]

Nice choice of music, easy listening, while still watching !

[@fulltimber]

Awesome awesome awesome video guys , thanks so much , I was riveted to the screen and listening to every word , well done 👍🏻

[@jmsask]

I’m enjoying your videos more with each one I see. 🍻

[@richardbedard1245]

Ten days waiting around plus a small chunk of money, but I guess it beats the distance and rough water going around the cape. Really good video!

[@ront8261]

What an awesome experience for you all! Especially your daughter!

[@user-yp7im1su9s]

I walked underneath Pedro Miguel locks while working there. Ty great footage.

[@arthayday5133]

I really enjoyed this video.

[@combatjm89]

Beautiful video!

[@seatravel8536]

Great video, excellent educational experience for cassidy

[@dirkvandertoornvandertoorn4895]

Thanks for this great video well done.

[@RicardoMedinaRicardoMedina]

Thank you for this amazing video...I learned a lot.

[@angels814ever]

A GREAT ADVENTURE !!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING! =]

[@stevestadterman9270]

GR8 video..cant wait to do this !!

[@marshallbaires]

Great to see another ep!!! ⛵

[@marshallbaires]

What an experience of a lifetime. Thankful you traveled so easily through thus part of Central America. Thank you for sharing!!!!

[@stevegould1730]

Great job maneuvering and editing!

[@richardbohlingsr3490]

Looks like the transit went well and considering what it would of cost in fuel and time to go around the horn. Well I guess $2k isn't all that expensive. It took 8 days down to Panama, 10 days to transit and another 8 to 10 days up to SD, CA. That doesn't seem to long to travel from Florida to CA. Not counting the adventure thrown in for fun. Happy sailing.

[@Naviss]

Fantastic episode and footage!

[@wingding028]

you had to pay them $2000 and then feed them too love it lol . great video as always

[@stevecieri2755]

Nicely done. Thanks for sharing the experience.

[@billh1471]

👍👍 Very interesting. Loved seeing the operation. $2300 seemed like a lot until i saw all that was involved. Panama can be proud of their canal and the people who run it as a benefit of all the peoples of the world.

[@peterhaan9068]

Another nicely done and well edited video. Looking forward to many more!

[@biggusbestus551]

The boat handlers wear life jackets and vests that's good to see !!!!!

[@atascaderoca8584]

Great job. Thanks

[@retiredfederalie178]

Very cool, great description of how that works!

[@michae8jackson378]

What an adventure! So cool!

[@jonathanneethling]

Very cool episode

[@theovandenberg4682]

Well done your reports and video editing in the episodes. Very good choice of music too. I really would appreciate a playlist of the music played in them, Sound hound doesn't recognize them all.

[@Robidemill]

Wow what an adventure! thx for sharing

[@kathleenzajkowski6612]

Great content. Great video.

[@WaterTrails]

Wow, not something one would want to do a lot. Good video, if I ever have to do it, it will seem a little less stranger now.

[@lcdemack]

Love seeing Cassidy with a camera in hand - Start um young and they'll become excellent photographers who love to shoot.

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

Lawrence D - she’s got a lot of interest and a decent eye already. It’s fun to see what comes out of the camera that Cassidy uses.

[@johntripp2028]

Super nice job.

[@lloyddahlen1141]

Thanks for sharing your video 👍

[@operator0]

You certainly don't want to make a mistake. Mechanical troubles are costly as well. From what I understand every extra day spent in the canal costs a few hundred dollars extra. It would seem the small monohull that couldn't keep up may have had to pay the extra fee.

[@vraymond108]

Thanks for the great reminder of our transit in 2012. Except we started 12 hours later and ended up in the Balboa Yacht Club around midnight.

[@gwfried1]

Loved your video you made it look easy! Enjoy and be safe!

[@frankcherry3810]

Boy, the Cannel really nickels and dimes you!

[@timothyyoung3244]

Great episode!!

[@RykovskyA]

Very thorough & informative. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[@samechristie]

I was one of those people that paid $20 to watch the boats from the Panama Canal visitor centre!

[@Steve-ck3yf]

Too bad this was the video after the day you bought it. I'll have to try & figure out order glad you numbered them.👍

[@Sirena_Edonismo]

Hi Dougal, Awesome video. First time I've seen such detail going through the canal. A lot better than reading about it. Well done! I'm sure I'll have a million questions for you when I get to do it myself one of these days. I didn't hear from you in Costa Rica. I'm sure you had a million other things on your mind. If you ever do get some free time I'd love to talk to you about your boarding. I'm sure it was scary. Glad you're doing well and looking forward to talking with you. Paul

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

+Paul V - we are now in Mexico and have free roaming on AT&T so happy to talk sometime soon!

[@Sirena_Edonismo]

I would love that. Just let me know whenever you have some time.

[@bobbland5744]

Great episode thanks for sharing

[@keithwendl8328]

Great editing! For such a small and growing Channel!

[@kevingoza]

Well done!

[@TomChame]

Nice trip!

[@Re5ist_ance]

Just found your channel .. love the content .. keep up the awesome videos ... subscribed :)

[@valstreate7412]

Great video.

[@billvandenouden7302]

I really enjoy your videos I haven't seen a new one lately is everything okay hope all is well with you and your family

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

Bill Van Den Ouden - we are all doing well and plan to post a lot more in the near future. Both about travels through Central America and Mexico and technical information about the Nordhavn 56MS.

[@DougAlesUSA]

Cassidy's Sailing Trawler - like Bill, I was concerned. Glad to here all is well. Based on my own work/life balance, I haven’t had time to create the boating content I wanted to this summer, so I get where you are coming from.

[@johnbaker4522]

Could you make a tour of your 56MS? What would be really interesting are the fuel switching from one tank to another, the stuffing box, oil changing system and stuff like that. What makes this 56MS be the amazing vessel that it is.

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

+John Baker - we definitely will. Have been moving the boat and still learning about her systems and running her every day so it will take a little time.

[@bluewater7211]

It's not necessary to have an agent so that a savings .. Standard sail boat under 50' is closer to $1100 after you get the $800 back if you don't mess anything up.. Plan on spending the extra day to pay your line handler's at $100 a day. You also need food and water for the guide per day. If you can bring cash from other places USD to pay the fees , you only will have one trip through the most dangerous city in panama. Because the city bank has no atm withdrawal so you risk wandering around the city with $2000 cash on you. They only except cash.... Bring a total of 10 fenders for your boat and that's a cost invested for your boat and no renting. They can just rent the lines at a less cost. So long as you have everything on the list setup and can do at least 5kn under power you should be fine to enjoy the trip. I'd absolutely love to do it on a massive boat like this one.

[@marshallbaires]

Next episode please! Lol... Hope all is well.

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

marshall baires - we are working on a few things to post right now!! Hopefully in the next couple of days we will be back to posting.

[@jstan2588]

This is the best Panama Canal transit informational and visualization video I've seen to date. Thank you! Question regarding the on-board line handlers and manager... do you need to tip/gratuity them all at the end, or just feed them really well?

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

+Jason Stanley - thank you. Tipping is not expected but they do expect cooked meals.

[@EZ8E]

So cool. Thanks!

[@ryanh4889]

Great info. Thanks!

[@justlooking2222]

Nice !

[@nassernacer7741]

hope you the best

[@atascaderoca8584]

Seems like here's a lot of room in there for more boats.

[@edsmith166]

Fantastic Vid mate

[@johnmajewski1065]

Excellent video, since I'm semi-retiring and a sailor - I'm interested in the possibility of buying a Nordhavn 56 for this reason I'm interested in how she sails? Thanks

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

Sails surprisingly well. Motorsailers have a reputation for not sailing or motoring well but this bit seems to do both efficiently.

[@johnmajewski1065]

@@CassidysSailingTrawler I guess and possibly you can tell me by how in percentage does i cut your fuel bill? Is it by a significant amount in comparison to other standard Nordhavn the same size cruisers? I know by motor sailing (mine is a 50" masthead cutter rig) only (with no wind) with the main up, it is far more economical, motoring with the mainsail down,

[@cmurph7155]

@2:28 is that Zatara on the bottom right?

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

They were definitely in the marina while we were there but couldn’t say for sure which boat from the shot. I think they transited a couple of days before we did.

[@cmurph7155]

always love it when my fav KZbin channels combine! it's like forming Voltron!

[@meisbepat]

You can actually see the boat in the background of one of their videos! Awesome that 2 of my favorite channels were in the same place at the same time! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5XSnn2lgN5liskm27s

[@t.bunker2511]

If you want the adventure, it's an amazing experience. Though I can understand why people pay to have their large boats trucked from Galveston to the West Coast or back instead. Apparently there are easy routes for certain oversized loads from Galveston-Houston over the Rockies to the Pacific Northwest. Southern California might not be so easy due to highway considerations and the California's oversized load fees. I think they truck North along the eastern-front of the Rockies to Montana then across the mountains to the Puget Sound. ...Moving a large sailboat by truck here in the Northeast is near-impossible between dealing with the various State Turnpikes, the Interstates and crossing the suspension bridges over the Delaware and Hudson Rivers and up through Connecticut. Just moving a boat wider than 9-ft on a trailer gets expensive real-fast here in NJ just to haul down to the Jersey Shore.

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

+T. Bunker - I think this boat is likely too large to move by road without huge expense, not to mention taking the mast down. The 17 foot beam won’t help. We did get several quotes to move by ship from Florida to Ensenada, and at $44,000 decided it made more sense to move the boat on its own bottom. It’s definitely costing money but will be nowhere near $44k spent when we get to Ensenada.

[@davidb7861]

Great videos, hey I also have a trawler, can you recommend a good video drone for use with a moving boat? I’ve looked for waterproof or floating but they seem to cost 10x times a normal drone, I was hoping to spend less than say $300 or $400.......

[@CassidysSailingTrawler]

+David H - I am very interested in a floating drone but the reviews that I have read make it sound like all of them are lacking in performance of the camera. The DJI drones are great and not that difficult to recover even on a moving boat with some practice. For that price poor you could get w DJI Spark. We used one for a long time and still keep it as a backup. It only has a 2 axis gimbal and shoots a max of 1070p are the only downsides.