Following is a selection of my published work.

Friday, December 1, 2023

Through the big ditch

AS SEEN IN JULY 2023 SAILING MAGAZINE 

The ups and downs of a transit through the Panama Canal


Of my many madcap boating adventures around the world, transiting the Panama Canal is the one that always elicits the most oohs and aahs. It’s been declared “the epitome of man’s mastery over nature,” and “a mighty symbol of a centuries old dream come true,” by some, but most people just call it a bucket list item.


I’d checked the canal off my bucket list nearly 10 years ago, but that gave me a leg up when friends David and Sheri Normandin were looking for experienced crew for their upcoming passage. It definitely is the kind of experience you would do again and again so I jumped at the chance to revisit the Big Ditch.


READ ABOUT THE WHOLE ADVENTURE HERE