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We made it - Tally Ho is in the Atlantic!
🕑 Added 2026-02-09 22:10:25 +0000 UTCThe Panama Canal was an incredible experience - chaotic, exciting, and challenging!
We had a great crew on board, an excellent local canal advisor, and now - for the first time since 1968 - Tally Ho is back in the ocean that she came from.
Her home waters still feel a long way away, and the most challenging part of the trip is definitely still yet to come, but this is without a doubt one of the major milestones of this adventure.
I'm afraid a livestream just wasn't practical, but we have a lot of great footage and I'm excited to make this video - expect to see strong headwinds, torrential rain, many changes of plan, some near misses, extreme turbulence, and a dramatic finale!
Comments
Richard Spruill
Welcome to the other side...
Miguel Ángel Mira Illana
Enhorabuena. Vuestro último video fue emocionante. Estoy esperando con ganas el nuevo. Veo que estáis descansando en Bahía Limón. Parece que la próxima semana tendréis suaves vientos de cara y largas bordadas. ¡Disfrutadlos, y contádnoslo luego!. Un abrazo
Beau Vrolyk
Great fun. My passages through "The Canal" are in the top 10 experiences of my sailing life. Long ago, one was allowed to anchor mid-canal and spend the night. It was magical. Do they still allow that for slower craft? We also ended up in locks with SERIOUSLY BIG ships. Watching the bow of a ship near our rig was "exciting" and not in a good way. So glad you all are doing this. Thank you for letting us come along for the ride virtually!
Gary Cohen
Congrats Leo — let me know about any port-of-call in Boston!
Bill Brockmann
I was bummed that the Canal website only displayed a stock still of the Miraflores locks while billing it as webcam. I eagerly await your next upload.
James Eschman
Wonderful! Congrats to you all! Looks like you have a small audience watching you from atop that small boat ahead of you.
Philip Masters
Glad you took your Uncle Pip’s advice!
Patrick Horgan
Yay!!!
Tilley David
Fantastic news, congratulations and can’t wait to see the next YT video.
Mike Hughes
Excellent news,
