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Originally Posted by maxingout
It sounds like prices have gone up for transiting the Panama Canal. I think we paid about $250 back in 1995 for our Privilege 39 to transit the canal.
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The Canal is a smoking deal. The Canal loses
money on each small handline transit. A transit takes 2 days, at least most do now. The adviser gets $250-$450 depending on how long he works. There is a pilot
boat with a
captain and crew to pick up and drop off the adviser each day. There are 4 handline crew at each lock when you center lock. Paperwork, scheduler, admeasurer,
security to pay. Then each year the canal damages a few yachts and pays off for the damage.