March 16, 2014-Follow WINGS through the Panama Canal.
On Thursday and Friday we are scheduled to transit the Panama Canal and through the miracle of technology you can watch.
On the Marine Traffic web site, if we are underway, we'll be on the system and you can see our progress as the transmissions of our AIS transponder are picked up and plotted on Google earth. We had trouble with Internet Explorer, but with Google Chrome it works just fine. Open Chrome and click on this link and then paste our MMSI number (367362090) into the "Vessel/Port" search box at the top right of the screen. Don’t hit enter, just wait a few seconds until it pops up our name, then click that. If we are moving and we have our AIS transponder on, we'll appear on this screen.
When you see our photo and a red banner which says "Show on Live Map" you can click that and when the Google earth picture comes back we’ll be right in the middle of it. Play around with the check boxes on the left and you can eliminate some of the clutter and even show the names of the boats and ships.
Late on Thursday, if you watch, you will see us move into the Gatun locks and later stop for the night in Gatun Lake.
On Friday morning we will move through the lake the Culebra cut and into Miraflores Locks which will let us down to the Pacific side of Panama.
When we go through Miraflores Locks you might be able to catch us on the web camera there. Click on this link to see the live action at Miraflores. If you are following us on the Marine Traffic you will be able to predict when we’ll come into the camera’s view.
But don’t expect a lot of action, we’ll be trying our best to avoid that.
Fred & Judy, SV Wings, Panama
URLs used in the links above:
Marine Traffic:
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/home/fm:2430?cb=5004
Web Cam:
http://www.cruisin.me/cruisecams/ports/central_america/miraflores_locks_panama2.php
or
http://www.pancanal.com/common/multimedia/webcams/viewer-flash/cam-miraflores-hi.html
On the Marine Traffic web site, if we are underway, we'll be on the system and you can see our progress as the transmissions of our AIS transponder are picked up and plotted on Google earth. We had trouble with Internet Explorer, but with Google Chrome it works just fine. Open Chrome and click on this link and then paste our MMSI number (367362090) into the "Vessel/Port" search box at the top right of the screen. Don’t hit enter, just wait a few seconds until it pops up our name, then click that. If we are moving and we have our AIS transponder on, we'll appear on this screen.
When you see our photo and a red banner which says "Show on Live Map" you can click that and when the Google earth picture comes back we’ll be right in the middle of it. Play around with the check boxes on the left and you can eliminate some of the clutter and even show the names of the boats and ships.
Late on Thursday, if you watch, you will see us move into the Gatun locks and later stop for the night in Gatun Lake.
On Friday morning we will move through the lake the Culebra cut and into Miraflores Locks which will let us down to the Pacific side of Panama.
When we go through Miraflores Locks you might be able to catch us on the web camera there. Click on this link to see the live action at Miraflores. If you are following us on the Marine Traffic you will be able to predict when we’ll come into the camera’s view.
But don’t expect a lot of action, we’ll be trying our best to avoid that.
Fred & Judy, SV Wings, Panama
URLs used in the links above:
Marine Traffic:
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/home/fm:2430?cb=5004
Web Cam:
http://www.cruisin.me/cruisecams/ports/central_america/miraflores_locks_panama2.php
or
http://www.pancanal.com/common/multimedia/webcams/viewer-flash/cam-miraflores-hi.html
Labels: Panama, Panama Canal
posted by wingssail at 8:44 PM
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2 Comments:
Very cool! Have a great trip through the canal. We finally made the big jump from Antigua to St. Kitts via Nevis
Nice one, managed to see you briefly on the webcam with the 2 other sailing boats. Can't wait to see the pics. well done :-)
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