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Clipper Race - Through the Panama Canal and on to Jamaica

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19 May

panama Panama - Race 10 of the Clipper 'Round the World Yacht Race took of today from Panama in fluky winds ranging from 12 to 30 knots. The fleet is now sailing towards Jamaica, where they are expected to arrive in Errol Flynn Marina, Port Antonio, late on Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.

Clipper Race - Race 9 UPDATED: Yachts in Panama

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14 May

Clipper Race Mexico - After sailing in light winds most of the way from Santa Cruz, California, Hull & Humber has won Race 9 of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race. The yacht crossed the revised finish line in Mexico at 2022 GMT on Tuesday 6 May. It is the team’s third individual stage victory of the 35,000-mile around the world yacht race.

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Pacific Ocean

Alternatives to the Panama Canal? Forum

Posted April 25th, 2008 by nora

Does anyone know of an alternative way to get the boat across to the Pacific? Either onboard a freight ship or by road?
Our boat is stuck in a long queue waiting to transit the Panama Canal. Right now, the expected transit date is 15th June and there are 78 yatchs in front of us. We have been waiting since the 8th April already. As our boat has ten owners which divide the year between them, this is for us a very unfortunate situation.

The boat is a aluminium sail yacht.
LOA 14m, LWL 13.5m, Deplacement 9 t

Grateful if someone has any good advice! Monica

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Sailing Blogs - Panama to Ecuador

Posted February 16th, 2008 by ARC

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The first few World ARC boats to cross the Equator are now arriving in Puerto Lucia Yacht Club in Salinas, Ecuador. New ocean - new country – new hemisphere: the voyage has now truly got underway. It has been as expected a leg of light winds through the area known as the horse latitudes due to sailing ships in the past being forced to throw the horses overboard to lighten ship. Luckily no World ARC boat have been forced to take such drastic measures and horsepower has come into it’s own with many running their engines to get through the Doldrums.

Blogs from Panama

Posted February 12th, 2008 by ARC

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The World ARC fleet are at sea again, having left Flamenco Marina, Panama at midday local time in ideal sailing conditions. The next port of call will be La Libertad, Ecuador. Leg 2 also marks the beginning of the fleet's transit of the World's largest ocean, the Pacific.

Carnival and Travel in Panama

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09 Feb

sailboats The last group of yachts to cross from the Atlantic to Pacific coast reached Flamenco Bay on Wednesday 6th February, and Suzan Nettleship's yacht arrived having been cruising down America's West coast which is where the yacht's homeport is.