Panama Canal
Monday, March 6th, 2006
March 3
Galveston Texas ~ Newport Oregon
VIA the Panama Canal
Greg’s whirlwind 2006 travels haven’t stopped. Captain Mark Bull of Fort Myers Florida brought along
Greg for his sea adventure and made him First Mate. Greg is taking this job very seriously, even
dressing the part and putting on more mature glasses. Captain Bull has been hired to bring the Lady Law to Oregon by the owner. The Lady Law is a Pacific Dungeness Crab boat the catches those wonderful creatures for us to pay and arm and a leg for. It has been in Galveston being resized due to strict
Alaskan laws that pertain the the maximum size a king crab vessel can be. I can’t imagine any
trouble that Greg can get into with a small crew on the open sea.
Greg and phone…ready to go!
There are some pictures of the Lady Law in December where it is being refitted in Galveston and then the trip through the Panama Canal.
Here are some pictures of the Lady Law in December where it is being refitted in Galveston.
Well, I missed the canal pictures. It was extremely difficult to get an exact time on the trip
through the canals. “Bumps ” and other extenuating circumstances happen….. June (Mark’s other half)
“Mark and Greg left for their adventure on March 3rd. After an unexpected extra 23 days in the
shipyard in Galveston, they were officially off the dock on March 27th. After some high seas and
heavy weather, they arrived in Panama on Monday April 4th and were finally through the Canal on
Friday the 7th! Many tenacious individuals were actually able to see them go through the final –
Miraflores - lock on the internet! As of Sunday, April 9th they were even with Golfito, Costa Rica and
anticipate arrival in San Diego within two weeks. The vessel so far is doing well. Mark has taken
some pictures of Greg helping navigate on the bridge but it will be another month before the journey is complete,
so stay tuned! “
May 1st :
“They made it! The boat arrived in Newport Oregon around 7:00 this morning. Apparently they had
quite the bumpy ride over the last week. Greg completed 2 months aboard the boat, traveled 5437
nautical miles (approx 6000 statute miles), and went through 3 gales. He passed through or by
Mexico, Cuba, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Columbia, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala.. June