Adventure N-62 Hull 22
Once on we had our Pilot Captain onboard we made our way up to the first set of locks. We were informed that we would make the entire transit at night which was a big disappointment as we wanted to see the interior of Panama during the day. We were further informed we would have to raft up to a sport fishing boat and lock through together. This was made difficult as the people on the sport fish spoke very little English. Fortunately for us our line handlers spoke fluent Spanish and English. The rafting process was also made difficult due to the dissimilar size and power of our boats. Fenders were put down on the starboard side of ADVENTURE and port side of the Sport Fish. Once both vessels were tied securely together, we powered into the lock using the sport fisher’s power to carry us in. Locking through is pretty straight forward and much the same as it is on the Mississippi River. You basically have three options locking though, Wall tie, rafted to a tug or center chamber tie. The...