What a shame! Had a wonderful time there years ago. The entire "canal experience" (a lifelong dream) was unforgettable.
The link didn't work for me, but here's a different article about it: http://www.laestrella.com.pa/mensual/2009/03/07/contenido/73236.asp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Petri" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 5:28 PM Subject: [Liveaboard] Midnight raid destroys 81-year-old yacht club > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
