69

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• aka. Buoy 69
• sp. Boya 69

Also known as "69" among cayuco paddlers, the term usually refers as the stretch between the Panama Canal Buoys No. 69 and the Buoy 93 (Located right in front of ACP's Dredging Division in Gamboa). This is the last section of the second stretch of the Ocean to Ocean Race, The Gatun Lake.

Hence, the phrase "To do a 69" refers to paddle all the way and back to Buoy 69 from one of the Gamboa boat ramps.

[edit] Location Maps

69 stretch at the Gatun Lake

Panama Canal, from Wikipedia

Isthmus of Panama , from Wikipedia

Location of Panama, from Wikipedia

[edit] Cayuco Race Facts

• A big difference of this Panama Canal buoy from other Panama Canal buoys is that 69 doesn't float. It rests over a concrete basement.

[edit] The Practice stetch

[edit] Weather conditions

Panama Canal's Weather Radar

[edit] Currents

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[edit] Practice Access

This stretch can be accessed through the Gamboa Public Ramp at all times in the year, and through the ACP's Dredging Division facilities in Gamboa only during the Cayuco Season with a special permission from CREBA.

[edit] Related Articles

• Ocean to Ocean Cayuco Race
• Gamboa

[edit] External Links

• Cayuco Race official website

By: Mr.P 11:21, 27 March 2007 (EDT)