I have been trying to track the Auriga Leaders voyage, but get "out of range" everywhere I look. Last known point I get is in the Celtic Sea. Anybody else have any luck or have calculated an estimated fix? All, I can guess is that she is approximately 4 days out of Panama...

 

That's a good estimate from all I know. The AIS tracking systems only work near land-based monitoring systems.

 

Where are you? 45 minutes till your due date/time and still no sign of you... Anybody locate her?

 

20 minutes out from the first Panama lock

 

Belay that, more like 90 minutes. Still, she is on her way.

 

Yes! It's back in the range! Woot!

 

She's just putting around at under 2 knots - I wonder if she's going to make a break for the lock...

 

Yeah, I saw that.. I guess the silver lining is we may get a look at her as she goes thru the locks in the morning vs tonight?

 

The past several passages I've tracked with Minis on board have been in the dark of night. Very crafty.

 

Still maneuvering off shore

GeorgeH - watching recorded video of the Royal Wedding while keeping an eye on the AIS data.

 

Woke up at 5pst to see that she had moved on and thought I had totally missed her. Got a snag of her leaving the Gatun locks but not arriving unfortunately...

^^^LOL. Simultaneous posts. Hah! - Saw that. What's the odds?

 

Looks like she went the Gatun locks already. I figured she would hang out for a while but I guess not. Just missed getting screen captures of her going through. Oh well, maybe we'll have better luck on the other side.

^^^LOL. Simultaneous posts.

 

Bummer! I totally missed it crossing! Yeah.. I thought it would hang out at port of Cristobal for a few days as well.. but boy, that was wrong!

 

Thanks for the image!

 

BTW, it's on the move already at 10.4 knots in Lago Gatun... it looks like it will pass the miraflores locks later today? it takes about 9 hours to make the passage from one end to the other.

 

Can someone take a snag or two? I will be at my daughter's La Cross game...

 

I'm eager to see what the updated expected arrival at Port Hueneme will be after AL gets out of the canal.

 

crossing the Centennial Bridge

http://www.countrymanmotoring.com/20...riga_3928.html

 

entering Miraflores dock right now

http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html

 

Short animated sequence coming later for those who missed it

 

Great captures of our party boat headed toward the Pacific. I like all the fans observing the momentous occasion.
My MA said that Fenton should be at the dealership around May 18. Much better than the original prediction of sometime in June.

 

Yes, thanks sooooo much for getting these captures. I thought for sure it would be days before she made it all the way through, not hours.

I saw the animation fron the Centennial Bridge. Very cool. Are you doing one from Miraflores as well; is that what you meant above?

 

By the way, we went to the dealer today for a look at all the cars and options and saw this sitting out front. Pretty cool, huh?

 

Cool. Did you go to Alexander today? I was just there today for MINI Rocks the Rivals event! Must have missed you by hairs?

 

Yep, we were there from 10:30-1. How funny.