Johnny Bates

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Mr. Johnny Bates

aka. Juan Bate, The Voice of the Cayuco Race

Being an outstanding character in, Mr. Bates has dedicated many of his panamanian summers to help escorting cayucos and to support cayuco paddlers with his white boat.

When escorting cayucos accross the Gatun Lake or during the race events, he uses his megaphone to scream: "Leeeeeet's goooooo [The Name the cayuco]!!!!!", or plays out loud the song "Eye of the Tiger" (The "Rocky Movies" main theme), to pump up cayuco paddlers with his positive energy. He has claimed in several ocassions that when he plays this song all members in the cayuco start paddling harder, picking up the cayuco speed.

Paddling Career (1963 - 1967)

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 PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
 *Name of the boat(s) from 1965-1967.
 *Confirm that Mr. Bates paddled for Post 7 through out all these seasons.

Mr. Bates and his white boat

• 1963: Slave Galley - 14 people boat, Ocean to Ocean race (Post 7).
• 1964: Slave Galley - 14 people boat, Ocean to Ocean race (Post 7).
• 1965: (Post 7)
• 1966: Paddled with Mr. Pablo Prieto, Ocean to Ocean race.
• 1967: Lucky Seven - Paddled with Mr. Pablo Prieto, 3rd place in the Ocean to Ocean race (Post 7).

Cayucopedia facts

• The cayuco No Slack "Juan Bate", is named after him (Johnny Bates = Juan Bate).

Picture Gallery

Pablo and Johnny in Lucky Seven, 1967 (please confirm to WikiAdmin)

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