Cruising sailors wishing to transit the Panama Canal knew the Panama Yacht Club almost as an institution, their home from home while waiting to transit the canal, or a welcome respite when reaching the Atlantic. But it was all history in a matter of minutes at midnight last week when the Panama authorities staged their surprise raid.
The 81-years-old Panama Canal Yacht Club, near the French cut in Colon was demolished in the middle of the night by employees of Panama Ports Company. Boat owners, employees and businessmen, were evicted and give only only an hour to vacate the premises. MORE STORY: http://www.sail-world.com/USA/Midnight-raid-destroys-81-year-old-yacht-club/ 54602 -- Stephen Petri S/V Witchcraft, Ranger 33 No. 161 http://www.teamwitchcraft.com _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
