FLEET UPDATE 2022-12-25

PANAMA POSSE 
 
FLEET UPDATE 

December 25, 2022

TOP NEWS  

• PICTURE OF THE WEEK 
• HAPPY HAPPY HOLIDAYS 
• FESTIVE PICTURES 
• ENTRY INTO BOAT YOGA POSES
• SPINNAKERS AND GENNAKERS AWAY 
• EL SALVADOR 🇸🇻 BAR FORECAST 
• SUNSET ALERTS
• INTERNATIONAL LONG LINE LOCATION REPORTING 
• MEET VICENTE IN ACAPULCO
• PLACENCIA YACHT CLUB 
• EFFIGY  CELEBRATIONS IN PANAMA 
• PANAMA 🇵🇦 JAZZ FESTIVAL 

1) PICTURES OF THE WEEK 

C-YA @ La Cruz  🇲🇽 Mexico 

SV  C-YA 🇺🇸  Glenn – Island Packet 38.8′ 

2) HAPPY HAPPY HOLIDAYS 

FROM ALL OF THE PANAMA POSSE TO EVERYONE !!!

 
3)  FESTIVE YACHT PICTURES 
 

SY STRAY CAT 🇺🇸  Phil & Mary – PDQ 34′

Happy Christmas from Huatulco!  MY NAVIGATOR  🇺🇸 Dave – Nordhavn 46′

BILL & JEAN –  La Palma Moorings 🇸🇻  EL SALVADOR

La Palma Moorings 🇸🇻 EL SALVADOR SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE >>

Cruisers Christmas Pot Luck Vista Mar Marina

Vista Mar Marina 🇵🇦 Panama SY KNOT RIGHT  🇺🇸 Walt & Jeariene – Beneteau 47′

VISTA MAR MARINA 🇵🇦 SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE – PACIFIC HQ MARINA

MY DELTA SWIZZLER 🇺🇸  Mark & Cindy – Vantare 58′  @ TENECATITA 🇲🇽  MEXICO  

Feliz Navidad  🇲🇽 Puerto Vallarta from SY YO-D-YO 🇺🇸  David & Mary – Hunter 45′

Feliz Navidad !

 Complete with jolly Buddha belly painkiller cocktail

Barra de Navidad, Jalisco 🇲🇽  SY MAISON DE SANTÉ  🇺🇸 Keenan & Nicole – Cal 46′

Merry
Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, Kwanza and new year to everyone –
everywhere ! May there be peace on earth and a light breeze with
following seas on your passages

Quepos 🇨🇷 Costa Rica SY CARINTHIA 🇺🇸  Dietmar Suzanne & Maxi – Lagoon 44 

4) ENTRY INTO BOAT YOGA POSES

 

My daughter under the engine trying to help tighten our loose bearings

SY TULUM5 –  Chad, Michelle & Teagan – Chung Hua 51′

5) MEET THE FLEET
FEATURED PARTICIPANT WEBSITES

Hi
there, this is Olena and Maciek. We are a couple from the Puget Sound
area in Washington State, USA. In 2021 we left our land life and jobs,
sold our house, and embarked on a southbound journey to Mexico, on our
Outbound 46 – Qué vendrá. We were born and raised in Poland, got married
there, and then through a set of moves migrated to Canada and then to
the United States, to Washington state. Like most new transplants we
focused on building our life in the new land. But we also spent time
traveling and exploring our newfound homeland, near and far. As part of
that, we picked up sailing around 2004, starting in a local Seattle
sailing club. After several years of chartering, we bought our first own
boat, and then several years later switched to a bigger one. In 2020,
right before the pandemic hit, we got our third and current boat with
the goal of cruising longer term. We pressed on with our plans, despite
the pandemic. We are now wrapping up our first full-time cruising season
in Mexico and planning for the next set of adventures.

https://svquevendra.voyage/  >> 

SY QUE VENDRA   🇺🇸  Olena and Maciek  – Outbound 46′

6) SPINNAKERS AND GENNAKERS AWAY 

SY ROCHAMBEAU  🇺🇸   Rolf & Beverly  – Lagoon 39′

  SY MAISON DE SANTÉ  🇺🇸 Keenan & Nicole – Cal 46′

7) EL SALVADOR 🇸🇻 BAR FORECAST 

Bahia del Sol Bar Report

Week  12-25 to 12-31, 2022

Compiled by La Palma Moorings.

Notes:

1
Entry is only permitted at high tide during daylight hours.
Daylight hours include civil twilight (about 40 minutes before
sunrise or 40 minutes after sunset). Morning tides are always better due
to the absence of wind waves.

Forecast:

The
high spring tide will be diminishing during the forecast period.
Tides for the week are early morning. Any day during the forecast
period is good for arrival or departure.

This forecast is for planning purposes only.  As always, please contact Bill and Jean before arrival/departure.

8) SUNSET ALERTS

Cuastecomates 🇲🇽 Mexico Sunset from Southern Cross Eh!

SY SOUTHERN CROSS EH ! 🇨🇦  Bet & Cam – Ta Yang 42′

9) PANAMA POSSE INTERNATIONAL LONG LINE LOCATION REPORTING 

LONGLINES, DRAGNETS, UNMARKED FISHING DEVICES

– HERE ARE THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE FLEET HAS ENCOUNTERED THEM

REPORT THEM HERE >> 

Unmarked
nets and unlit  long lines are a  mayor concern to the
unencumbered freedom of navigation and catch sea turtles and other
endangered species – in an effort to identify areas of concern we are
publishing recent and historic sightings of long lines and hope to shed
light to these obstacles – to view these past locations or to report
long line visit https://panamaposse.com/longlines 

10) MEET VICENTE IN ACAPULCO 🇲🇽 MEXICO

Acapulco
is beautiful and coming into the harbor in daylight is breath taking.
We bought a mooring for15 a night from a captain who said he
managed the group of moorings we are in near La Marina.  The
captain’s name is Vicente Herrera, phone +52 (1) 744-439-8184.  He
and his son helped us with the mooring line which was a real treat!
–

(fast response ) Whatsapp: + 52 744 439 8184

(slow response ) Email:  vicen.28herrera@gmail.com

We had 2 hitchhikers. Left Cabo this AM and headed to mainland Mexico

At anchor in Zihuatanejo 🇲🇽 Mexico

SY  WILDFLOWER   🇺🇸 Steve, Roan & Karrie – Beneteau 54′

11) MORE PICTURES OF THE WEEK 

SY  STELLA BLUE  🇺🇸  Larry & Kimberly  – Hunter 46′

12) ENCOUNTER WITH A BREACHING WHALE 

Brief video of a whale breaching 

SY AIR BENDER 🇺🇸    Mike & Colleen – Lagoon 42′

13) PLACENCIA YACHT CLUB 🇧🇿 BELIZE 
SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE

We are please to sponsor the Panama Posse with a 20 % discount on our slip fees

•     6 slip depth of 8 – 10 feet
•     Depth 8 to 10 feet
•     Water (Drinking quality)
•     50amps electricity
•     Washing Machine / Laundry
•     Free WIFI
•     Extensive Outdoor Area
•     Sky bed
•     Sofa and pick-nick tables
•     Bathroom
•     Outdoor shower
•     Dog Friendly

CONTACT Beat Caroline, dogs  & Heyson Garcia 

info@clearwaterexploring.com  

T: +501 639 8555 

Whatsapp   +41 78 605 5181 

VHF 68 

14) PANAMA POSSE 23′ AWARD  CATEGORIES

HERE ARE THE CATEGORIES 

• BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT* 
• PICTURE OF THE YEAR 
• YODA OF THE YEAR 
• SPEEDY AWARD – SEVENSTAR AWARD 
• THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD 
• MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD 
• HIGHEST WIND RECORDED 
• SPIRIT OF EXPLORATION 
• GALLEY GOD(ESS) ✔  WINNER HULA KAI 
• GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR 
• BOAT YOGA POSE OF THE YEAR 
• COURAGE AWARD

*no bill-fish entries   ✔winner announced already

15)  OCEAN POSSE PARTY 
@ SHELTER BAY PANAMA

 FRI FEB 03 ‘23    

SPONSORED BY 
🇧🇿 
BELIZE TOURISM BOARD
 

PANAMA POSSE MEETS PACIFIC POSSE 

Afternoon & Evening of Panama Posse and South Pacific Posse seminars 
Followed by an evening of RUM and MUSIC
Save the date Fri Feb 3rd ’23

16) NEW YEARS CELEBRATIONS 🇵🇦  PANAMA 

Many
Panamanians are superstitious and have certain rituals they believe
must be done as we cross from one year to the next.  Panamanians
traditionally spend New Years eve with friends and family.

EFFIGY:
Throughout Panama at this time of year, you’ll see effigies, or
life-sized dolls. The effigy, also called a Judas doll,  represents
someone or something they dislike. 

These
large replicas have various names, including muñecos de año viejo (old
year dolls), muñecos judas (judas dolls), or simply muñecos (dolls). The
dolls are a  way to ring in the new year in the area. Muñecos are
typically made with a wood or metal frame, old clothes, and stuffed with
leaves and firecrackers. They are then thrown into a bonfire on the
strike of midnight on New Years’.

Some
of the dolls are stuffed with firecrackers. At the stroke of midnight,
they are lit on fire and beaten. According to folklore, by beating and
setting the effigies on fire, the sins and evil spirits of the old year
are destroyed. Making way for good fortune in the new year. The fire
crackers are said to help drive the evil spirits away.

 

17) PANAMA 🇵🇦 JAZZ FESTIVAL 

ABOUT THE PANAMA JAZZ FESTIVAL

With
almost 20 years, the Panama Jazz Festival has become a cultural tourism
attraction with the visit of more than 500,000 people from different
latitudes.

Currently,
the event is sustainable thanks to the work of the Festival’s Executive
Directorate, which leads a team of 70 lead coordinators, 500
volunteers, 300 national and international musicians, and some 200
collaborators from all sectors of Panama, adding more than 1,000 people
who work hard to carry out the event.

Some of the Artists 

• Danilo Perez
• Chucho Valdez
• Catherine Russell
• Erika Ender
• John Patitucci – Children Of The Light
• Farayi Malek Quartet

https://panamajazzfestival.com/

 

18)  71 PANAMA POSSE MARINA SPONSORS 

🇺🇸 Safe Harbor South Bay – Chula Vista, USA

🇲🇽 Marina Coral, Ensenada – Mexico  

🇲🇽 IGY Marina Cabo San Lucas  – Mexico  

🇲🇽 Marina Puerto Escondido – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina Palmira Topolobampo – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina y Club de Yates Isla Cortes – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina el Cid – Mazatlan – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta – Mexico  

🇲🇽 PANAMA POSSE HQ  – Marina Puerto de La Navidad – Mexico  

🇲🇽 Marina Ixtapa, Ixtapa – Mexico 

🇲🇽 La Marina Acapulco, Acapulco – Mexico  

🇲🇽 Vicente’s Moorings, Acapulco – Mexico 

🇲🇽 Marina Chiapas – Mexico  

🇬🇹 Marina Pez Vela – Guatemala  

🇸🇻 Marina Bahia del Sol – El Salvador  

🇸🇻 La Palma Moorings – Bahia del Sol – El Salvador

🇳🇮 Marina Puesta del Sol – Nicaragua  

🇨🇷 Marina Papagayo – Costa Rica  

🇨🇷 Marina Pez Vela – Costa Rica 

🇨🇷 Marina Bahia Golfito – Costa Rica  

🇨🇷 Banana Bay Marina – Costa Rica  

🇪🇨 Marina Puerto Amistad – Ecuador  

🇵🇦 Buenaventura Marina – Panama 

🇵🇦 PANAMA POSSE PACIFIC HQ Vista Mar Marina – Panama 

🇵🇦 Shelter Bay Marina – Panama  

🇵🇦 IGY Red Frog Marina – Panama

🇵🇦 Bocas Marina – Panama 

🇵🇦 Linton Bay Marina – Panama 

🇨🇴 ClubNautico Cartagena – Colombia 

🇨🇴 Club de Pesca Marina Cartagena – Colombia 

🇨🇴 Marina Puerto Velero – Colombia

🇨🇴 IGY Marina Santa Marta – Colombia 

🇯🇲 Royal Jamaica Yacht Club – Jamaica 

🇯🇲 Errol Flynn Marina – Jamaica  

🇯🇲 Montego Bay Yacht Club –Jamaica 

🇰🇾 The Barcadere Marina –Cayman Islands 

🇭🇳 Barefoot Cay Marina – Roatan – Honduras 

🇭🇳 Fantasy Island Marina – Roatan – Honduras

🇭🇳 Jonesville Point Marina -Roatan – Honduras  

🇬🇹 Marina Nana Juana Resort & Boatyard – Guatemala 

🇧🇿 Thunderbirds Marine – Placencia – Belize 

🇧🇿 Placencia Yacht Club – Belize 

🇲🇽 Marina Makax – Isla Mujeres – Mexico 

🇲🇽 Marina V&V – Quintana Roo – Mexico 

🇲🇽 Marina El Cid – Cancún – Riviera Maya – Mexico  

🇨🇺 Marina Marlin Nautica Cayo Largo – Cuba 

🇹🇨 South Bank Marina & Boatyard – Turks and Caicos  

🇧🇸 Romora Bay Resort and Marina – Bahamas  

🇧🇸 Elizabeth on the Bay Marina – Bahamas 

🇧🇸 Great Harbour Cay Marina – Bahamas

🇧🇸 Blue Marlin Cove Resort & Marina – Bahamas  

🇩🇴 Ocean World Marina – Dominican Republic

🇩🇴 Marina Puerto Bahia – Dominican Republic    

🇺🇸 Marathon Marina – Marathon Keys 

🇺🇸 Pier 66  Hotel & Marina – Ft. Lauderdale, USA

🇺🇸 IGY Marina at Ortega Landing – Jacksonville, FL , USA 

🇺🇸 Oasis Marinas at Fernandina Harbor Marina – FL , USA  

🇺🇸 Morningstar Marinas Golden Isles St. Simons Isl. – Georgia, USA  

🇺🇸 Windmill Harbour Marina – Hilton Head South Carolina , USA  

🇺🇸 Coffee Bluff Marina – Savannah Georgia , USA  

🇺🇸 Hazzard Marine – Gerogetown, North Carolina , USA  

🇺🇸 Holden Beach  – Town Dock, North Carolina , USA 

🇺🇸 Portside Marina – Morehead City, North Carolina USA  

🇺🇸 Tideawater Yacht Marina – Portsmouth,  USA  

🇺🇸 Ocean Yacht Marina, Portsmouth, USA  

🇺🇸 Yorktown Riverwalk Landing – Virginia USA  

🇺🇸 Regatta Point Marina – Deltaville, Virginia USA 

🇺🇸 Regent Point Marina – Topping, Virginia USA 

MARINA BOCAS 🇵🇦 SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE

19) FLOR DE CAÑA  
SUSTAINABLE COCKTAIL SESSIONS

Learn this Flor de Caña Cocktail Recipe 
FLOR🍸FASHIONED

•     1.5 oz. of Flor de Caña 12-Year
•     4 dashes of Aromatic Bitters
•     1 Tbsp. of Sugar
•     1 Cherry
•     Twist of Orange Peel

Preparation Method:

In
a mixing glass, pour 1.5 oz. of Flor de Caña 12-Year, 1 Tbsp. of Sugar
and 4 dashes of Aromatic Bitters. Mix the ingredients with a spoon and
add ice. Using a strainer, serve the cocktail in a rocker glass with
abundant ice and decorate with a Cherry and Twist of Orange Peel.
Salud! 

20)  PANAMA POSSE SPONSORS 

• PREDICT WIND
• SEVENSTAR YACHT TRANSPORT
• HOME DEPOT PRO MEXICO
• HERTZ RENTAL CARS  MEXICO
• YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS 
• FLOR DE CAÑA
• SAFE HARBOR SOUTH BAY MARINA EVENT CENTER  
• WESTMARINE PRO
• SAILMAIL 
• CHRIS PARKER – MARINE WEATHER CENTER
• SAN DIEGO MARINE EXCHANGE
• DOWNWIND MARINE
• BELIZE TOURISM 

YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS 🇪🇨  SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE

21) SIGN UP FOR FREE VESSEL  
TRACKING COURTESY OF PREDICT WIND 

Tracking is voluntary, free and easy. Plus you get to see where your peers are and see where vessels have bee

22) THE BARREL OF HOPE

 Make your mark and Track the barrel of hope here  >>

The barrel of hope is ready for signatures currently in Barra de Navidad MX

23) SEVENSTAR YACHT TRANSPORT

 SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE

More info on Sevenstar™s services can be found on 
https://www.sevenstar-yacht-transport.com/

Who is Sevenstar Yacht Transport?

Sevenstar is the world’s leading provider of yacht shipping services on a lift-on, lift-off basis.  

For a quote with the Panama Posse discount please contact 
Kris Caren  kris@sevenstar-usa.com   sevenstar-usa.com

24) PANAMA CANAL AGENT 
CENTENARIO CONSULTING ERICK GALVEZ

To
arrange for transit with the Panama Canal Authority please contact Eric
Galvez our dedicated Panama Canal agent and sponsor of the Panama Posse
and the Pacific Posse

Erick Gálvez

info@centenarioconsulting.com

www.centenarioconsulting.com

Cellphone +507 6676-1376

WhatsApp +507 6676-1376

25) STRATEGIC PARTNERS

 

SEVEN SEAS CRUISING ASSOCIATION

Vicente’s Moorings – Acapulco – Mexico

Park Avenue Villas – San Juan del Sur – Nicaragua

Coconutz – Playa Cocos – Costa Rica

Abernathy – Chandlery – Panama

Pacific Posse 

Atlantic Posse

Advertising Partners – Las Vegas

Safe-Esteem.com – Delaware

26) WORK REMOTELY FROM YOUR YACHT
JOIN THE OCEAN POSSE ORGANIZATION 

• HAVE AN IDEA ? 
• SUGGESTIONS ? 
• WANT TO HELP ? 
• CAN YOU HELP WITH GOOD NAUTICAL ?
• PROGRAMMING SKILLS ?
• CAN YOU NEGOTIATE ?
• SALES ?
• LIKE DETAILS  ?
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT ? 
• PARTY PLANNING ? 
• DOCUMENTING ?
• ORGANIZING ?
• SPEAK FLUENT FRENCH ? 

We can always improve – so  if anything peaks your interest please email registration@panamaposse.com 

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YOUR VESSEL YOUR CREW YOUR RESPONSIBILITY 

Marina Nanajuana 🇬🇹 Rio Dulce – Guatemala 

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