Monthly Archives: March 2010

Perspectives on Visiting Tahina

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Frank Taylor

One of the reasons we bought Tahina – a rather large catamaran for two people – was to have the ability to let other people share in parts of our adventure along the way by coming to stay on board. … Continue reading →

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More Panama Canal Imagery

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Frank Taylor

Our friend David Tryse captured more imagery during the second part of our Panama Canal transit from the Miraflores Lock web cameras. We were fortunate to have the canal authorities aim the web cam at our boat after we asked … Continue reading →

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Preparations Abound While Karen Plays Courier to US

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Frank Taylor

Since we arrived through the Panama Canal to the Pacific side, we have been organizing, planning, and working on preparations for our move west. We have two critical upcoming passages: the Galapagos, and then, the longest passage of the year, … Continue reading →

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GPS Track of Canal Transit

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Frank Taylor

As normal for all of Tahina’s passages, I recorded our GPS track during the transit from Colon to the Pacific side of the Panama Canal. You can view the KML file in Google Earth and get a sense of the … Continue reading →

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Imagery of Tahina’s Panama Canal Transit

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Frank Taylor

We had quite a following of people watching our canal transit live through the web cams of the Panama Canal. Thank you to many of you who captured screenshots and sent them to our E-mail. If you captured your own … Continue reading →

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Canal Transit Completed Tahina Now in Pacific Ocean

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Frank Taylor

We celebrated with a bottle of champagne after successfully entering the Pacific Ocean courtesy of the Panama Canal today. We were watched live by many of our friends, family and readers of the blog. We also were followed by a … Continue reading →

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Panama Canal Day 2 Plans

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Frank Taylor

Current plans have us passing under the Centennial Bridge around noon EDT and arriving at the Miraflores locks around 2pm. Both of these locations have web cams and you might be able to catch us passing by. Virgil from EarthNC.com … Continue reading →

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Locking Through the Panama Canal – Approaching the 1st Lock

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Frank Taylor

We’re approaching the 1st Gatun lock with an expected arrival around 5:10pm EDT. Try to catch us on one of the Panama Canal webcams. We’d love to receive screen shots later if you catch Tahina on the webcam.

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Locking Through the Panama Canal – Stage 1

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Frank Taylor

We just received an updated start time for 3:45pm EDT this afternoon and anticipate reaching the 1st lock around 4:45. The 1st set of locks are the Gatun locks. We hope to post another update here and on twitter when … Continue reading →

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Watch Tahina Through the Panama Canal

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Frank Taylor

[UPDATE 24-MAR 10:30 EST Yesterday we were delayed by 24 hours. We have now been told we are to arrive at the staging area today at 2 PM EST. Look for a new post when we are leaving for the … Continue reading →

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