Tenacius, the world”s largest wooden sailboat navigates the Panama Canal with a crew integrated in part by disabled people living the unique experience of sailing.

These people have assignments within the marine operation, which they normally comply, like maneuvers with sails, cleaning and cooking, although the more daring can be lifted until the first crow of the mainmast.

Today, very early, Prensa Latina knew that the ship was anchored in the lake Gatún, after crossing the set of locks of the same name, located on the Caribbean side of the route, and it will continue its journey south to dock in the Balboa port, in this capital.

It sailed on January 4 from the island Antigua, and after the stay of several days here, it will head to Costa Rica and then will carry out its journey to Australia, through the South Pacific, and in this way complete nine months of navigation, informed the Panamanian publication El Visitante.

The British ship belongs to Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST), a non-profit organization that promotes the integration into society of people with mobility, vision and hearing problems, among others, the website of the institution explains.

For its construction was taken into account that wheelchairs could be used on decks, and that on the polished teak floor were metal parts to fixate them, besides the door signs have a version in Braille for the blind and the cabins have vibrating pads to alert deaf.

The Tenacious, 65 meters of length (long), has three poles which display 1,200 square meters of sails and in its construction 1,500 disabled volunteers worked. It was thrown to water in the British port of Southampton on April 6, 2000.

Another originality of the boat is that for 14 years Barbara Campbell has been the captain, a woman with extensive experience in the UK marine forces.