Old city Colon

March 10th 2008
We’ve made it to the Pacific Ocean! It took 20 hours and 53 million gallons of fresh water to get us through the Panama Canal. Now we’re floating at the interface between two oceans and two continents. The Marnie is moored at the base of the “Bridge of the Americas,” which connects North and South America, at the southern end of the Canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Pa ... read more

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With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal ... ... read more

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Tigs and Walter

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Tigs and Walter are Currently World Cruising Virginia Beach, USA to Auckland, New Zealand 2008 Auckland, New Zealand to Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Manly, Australia 2009 RQYS, Manly, Moreton Bay, Australia to Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Phuket, Thailand 2010 Boat Lagoon Marina, Phuket - Dec 2010 - Dec 2011 interior refit/paint from top of mast to bottom of keel 2012 island hopping around Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia. June - passage Bali-Durban via Reunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez June 10 2013 - completed circumnavigation by arriving at Rudee Inlet, Virginia... full info

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