One of 'The seven wonders of the modern World,' The Panama Canal

As I write this we are moored up in the middle of the Panama Canal, having spent the majority of the day travelling along it. 

After a short stopover in Panama City, we set off in the early hours of the morning towards the canal. Motoring under the bridge that joins North America and South America, we reached the first lock with Great Britain attached to us on our left side and Invest Africa on our right. It was an incredible site watching the huge gates close behind us and slowly watching the water rise, we went through 3 different locks (tucked in behind a huge container ship!) that took us most of the morning to get through. Each boat had their own pilot to help navigate us through the Canal.

The rest of the day we have been motoring, surrounded by rain forest on the nearby banks and the occasional container ship passing in the opposite direction. At the moment we are with Invest Africa and Great Britain waiting for our new pilots to navigate us through the rest of the canal. Tomorrow morning we will then meet up with the rest of the fleet and set off for race start towards Jamaica.