Yes Liward has transited the Panama Canal and is now floating in the Pacific. Wonderful friends Tom and Sue, and Kari and Jerry flew in to experience the Canal with us and be our line handlers. Here's a picture of all of us on the bow of Liward and ready to begin our transit. But which way to go? Our transit went off perfectly and we had a great 10 days together. Now we are in the Perlas Islands , about 35 miles off of Panama. We'll relax here until we see a good weather window to head to the Galapagos which is about a 10 day sail away. Be sure to check out our new map at

http://www.sailblogs.com/member/liward/?show=map

We'll update it often as we are sailing. You can also look at the Google earth view to see where we are!