Panama Kanal

Ship: Johann Smidt
Date: 06.01.2026
Position: Karibisches Meer, Panama-Kanal
Nautical Position: 09°24,1’N, 080°19,6’W
Etmal: 86 nm
Total: 6836 nm

Today was a really nice day. I got woken up at 04:00 to get the sails down because we drove into a small harbor nearby the Panama Canal to fill up our diesel and repair the damaged toilet. We had a really nice sunrise during the docking maneuver, which was, as always, really hilarious.

We struggled, like every time, to get our fore line, middle spring and aft spring to the pier to get our boat tight. Luckily for us, nobody we know was watching.

After that, I was just chilling in the sun to get darker, successfully. Then everyone had to finish packing their bags for Costa Rica. It was really messy and everything was lying everywhere, so you couldn’t even see the floor.

While we had to pack our stuff, the boys also had a meeting in the cabin to sing “Legendär” by Lukas Brawl Stars, a song we all know and which is just nostalgic, just like “Sky Base” by Standardskill. Some people will understand this, some not.

Because there were delays with the service, we had time for a little shore leave at the harbor. There was a restaurant, a good one, where we ate and drank. There was a volleyball field where we could improve our volleyball skills (Leopold lost two games) and there was a pool where we swam.

All in all, we had a lot of fun and now we are on our way to Costa Rica.

Greetings:

Munguru: Ganz vergessen, aber frohes neues Jahr an alle 😶‍🌫️🤲😼

Manja: Lieber Opa, alles Gute und viel Gesundheit wünsche ich Dir zu Deinem Geburtstag! Ich hoffe, dass Du leckeren Kuchen hattest, auch wenn der nicht von mir gebacken wurde. Bis bald, Manja