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RE: The Story of My Life so Far - Part 41 - Returning to France: From Papeete to Brest

in #story7 years ago (edited)

Do you by any chance know how much does it cost today for a ship to cross panama canal? As the only one canal i have crossed until now is Corinth Canal in Grece. It saved us a few days if sailing, and Panama canal should be saving weeks :)

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I have no special knowledge of the rates.

However a quick Google search found this:
http://www.cheapestdestinationsblog.com/2013/07/19/how-much-does-it-cost-to-go-through-the-panama-canal/

It’s definitely best to go small than to look like a new money Russian tycoon. Small ships of less than 50 feet in length pay $800 for the transit.

You do not look like a Russian tycoon.

I am definitely not. It's quite alright, it says ~1k for a small yacht. having in mind time you save on around trip around South Americas :) Corinth even though savings in time was much smaller was about ~100EUR i believe. And if you can spare a day or two going around, that would be totally different story doing a roundabout of a few weeks.