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 It wasn't long before we were approached the Pedro Miguel
lock, the first of the locks that brought us down. The three
previous locks brought us up 90 feet and what goes up must come down.
This time, we locked with a small passenger ferry, the 70'
ketch, and our raft with Compass Rose. As we were going down, it was
important that the line pay out properly. We did fine but Compass
Rose had a problem. There stern lines were not set properly and the
raft starting heading towards the wall. It took a few moments, but
every line was set and the raft was pointing where it should. Close call!
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 Miraflores lock was about a mile
away so we had to retrieve our lines once we left Pedro Miguel. This
picture was taken at the Miraflores lock from the web cam on top of the
one of the ACP buildings. Fortunately, Chris (our son) was able to
capture the locking. The quality of the image is not great but it is
neat nevertheless. On the right is Compass Rose and on the left is
Moony with the red sail covers.
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 We departed the last lock and quickly (almost too quickly)
broke the raft and we and Compass Rose went our separate ways. First we
had to release the Adviser to the pilot boat. The pilot boat met us near the Bridge of the Americas where we had a clean hook-up. Then we had to get Ike to
shore so he could take the bus back to his boat. Next was the disposal
of the tires. Luckily, we encountered a water taxi at the Balboa Yacht
Club who would take Ike and the tires for $ 10.00. Sadly, there was no room
for Moony at the yacht club. So we headed for a fairly good anchorage
near Isla Flamenco. Both the 70' ketch and Compass Rose were also
heading there.
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 We dropped anchor around 1600
and waited for the anchor to set. Wolfgang was a little concerned that
we were a bit too close to SV Claire de Lune. So we re-anchored a tad further
away and all was serene. We went to shore to check out the facilities which included banos, and a small bar. Taxis were everywhere. We declared the transit complete!
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