http://www.sailblogs.com/member/impossible Copyright 2007 SailBlogs.com Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:21:15 -0500 720 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:21:15 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en support@sailblogs.com support@sailblogs.com http://www.sailblogs.com/images/sb_rss_icon.gif http://www.sailblogs.com/ 88 31 Weblogs for Sailors and Sailing http://www.sailblogs.com/member/impossible?xjMsgID=35644 Linda Sipos Aug.19th, 1968 - Aug. 1st 2007 Stan Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:59:51 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/impossible?xjMsgID=35644 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/impossible?xjMsgID=33331 We have now been in Panama City for almost 6 weeks. All of our Spanish is getting much better. I can now have half conversations and understand them almost perfectly. Its very hot here and lately its been raining lots, yesterday it rained almost all day. One amazing thing is when a 500 foot freighter passes you 300 feet away. We are on a mooring buoy thats right by the Panama canal channel. I can see every detail. I have seen all types of freighters and even 4 battle ships one nuclear powered and yesterday a submarine. 2 days ago I saw a huge military hospital vessel, it was bigger then a car freighter but just like it. It was huge and had a crew of 2000 men and women! We went to Mira Flores locks and saw a freighter go through, it was a long process, the museum was nice but small. There was lots of info and I learned a lot, they even had a section on the expansion of the canal. On one floor you could drive a freighter through the locks, that was cool. The locks are big, the gates are also huge. Without tug boats the freighters could not get through. At slow sppeds they are not very munuvrable. Just sitting on the boat you see lots of interesting ships. Some old Some new. I got to now the local Panamainan fleet preety well. Johnathon Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:06:03 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/impossible?xjMsgID=33331 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/impossible?xjMsgID=32976 Here are some photos taken in the past 6 weeks, it's hard to believe that we have already been in Panama city for 5 weeks! Linda Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:19:48 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/impossible?xjMsgID=32976