40 Miles on the Panama canal
Unrelated to the current crossing; around the end of February I was onboard the Regatta and we were transiting the Panama Canal returning from the Mexican Riviera to the Caribbean. Now many of you have transited the Panama Canal and know all about it, but many of you may not know that one of the cool things about the Panama Canal, of which there are many, is the high definition webcams they have set up at several locks shooting in real time. What this means is you can go online and watch ships transiting the canals, which is very cool. What is cooler is you can log in and watch your OWN ship transiting the canal while you’re on it. So of course being the type of guy I am, I decided while we were transiting the canal to log in to the online webcams, and then do a "time lapse" of our transit. I have to say it turned out pretty well ( that being said by a neophyte video editor). I have uploaded it here. The problem is you only get one shot at doing something like this, and looking back I can think of a couple things I would have done differently. For example I would have time lapsed the whole day instead of just our transiting in order to make a cooler video. In any event hear is the video I made. Hope you like it. If you’re transiting the canal soon and want to film your own transit AND want to know how I did it, drop me a note with your email and I’ll send the details. ( The video has sound as well).
Unrelated to the current crossing; around the end of February I was onboard the Regatta and we were transiting the Panama Canal returning from the Mexican Riviera to the Caribbean. Now many of you have transited the Panama Canal and know all about it, but many of you may not know that one of the cool things about the Panama Canal, of which there are many, is the high definition webcams they have set up at several locks shooting in real time. What this means is you can go online and watch ships transiting the canals, which is very cool. What is cooler is you can log in and watch your OWN ship transiting the canal while you’re on it. So of course being the type of guy I am, I decided while we were transiting the canal to log in to the online webcams, and then do a "time lapse" of our transit. I have to say it turned out pretty well ( that being said by a neophyte video editor). I have uploaded it here. The problem is you only get one shot at doing something like this, and looking back I can think of a couple things I would have done differently. For example I would have time lapsed the whole day instead of just our transiting in order to make a cooler video. In any event hear is the video I made. Hope you like it. If you’re transiting the canal soon and want to film your own transit AND want to know how I did it, drop me a note with your email and I’ll send the details. ( The video has sound as well).
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