FLEET UPDATE 2019-11-16
- Please play ball and email us your head shots
- Some key 2019-2029 Panama Posse dates
- Counter Posse ( North Bound ) gathering in Vista Mar
- Long term planning
- Deep link into GoodNautical
- Picture of the week
- Mosquitoes, Malaria and the Panama Canal
- Tamarindo, Costa Rica
- Thanks to all of our Official Panama Posse Sponsors, Partners and Ambassadors
- Replies & the Panama Posse Gestalt Theory
1) PLEASE "PLAY BALL" & email us your HEAD SHOTS
the following vessels out of 123 have not submitted their pictures -
LUNA, COMPROMISE, RAIREVA, TRUE BLUE, SCOUT, WIND SWEPT, BONZAI, STAND DOWN, NAMAHANA, ALIZANN, KOUMBA BANG, ENTERPRISE III, SALPARE, CONTEXT, DOUBLE DEUCE, LILIPAD, SALISH DRAGON, CYCLADES, SEDNA VI, JOY, KARVI, SEAQUEL, TAKMOANA, STRAY CAT, SOUTHERN CROSS III, PILIALOHA, ANKYRIOS, HERITAGE, EPIPHANY
Please send in your pictures - some marinas use your pictures to verify discounts
AND SPEAKING OF HEADS and BALLS
To the Mayans, the game was known as Pok a Tok, to the Aztec it was Tlachtli, while nowadays most people refer to it as Ulama.
In the most common theory of the game, the players struck the ball with their hips, although some versions allowed the use of forearms, rackets, bats, or hand-stones.
The ball was made of solid rubber and weighed as much as 9 lbs and sizes differed greatly over time or according to the version played.
The most interesting part, however, is the fact that if a particular game had a religious purpose,
the winning team were decapitated and offered as a sacrifice and this was considered a great honor.
So please give us YOUR HEAD SHOTS 2) Some key 2019-2029 Panama Posse dates
We meet at Marina Puerto de la Navidad, Barra de Navidad, Mexico
- for details go to https://panamaposse.com/start
PLEASE RSVP by replying to this email if you plan to be there !
Thu Dec 5th, 2019 @ 1 PM
Route planning & navigation
Fri Dec 6th, 2019 @ 1 PM
Communications, Weather, Safety (with special video guest VAN to talk about personal safety and risk from safe-esteem.com)
Fri Dec 6th, 2019 Evening @ 5 PM(ish)
- the official Panama Posse Kick off Party with an open bar courtesy of Marina Puerto de la Navidad
Sat Dec 7th, 2019 @ 1 PM
Satellite Charts / OpenCPN / Good Nautical ( please bring yoru laptops and external hardrives with 32 GIG's avail )
Sat Dec 7th, 2019 Evening @ 6 PM(ish)
- the official Panama Posse pot luck BBQ Kick off Party with shooting of expired flares ( BRING YOUR OLD FLARES )
Sun Dec 8th, 2019 @ 1 PM
- Provisioning & What to see and do - Recap & Q&A
3) Counter Posse ( North Bound ) @ Monday's 16:30 UTC Line
We are looking to organize an event at Vista Mar for the northbound (Counter Posse) group -
if you are northbound - around 18 vessels are - please let us know if mid end January works for a little gathering at Vista Mar.... we know a band ...
We are also adding a northbound line call at 16:30 UTC on Mondays or immediately following the main call segments
And of course the May 30th, 2020 Vista Mar Panama Posse welcome party extravaganza !
4) Long term planning
Several vessels will be heading up the coast from Panama and parts in between towards Mexico.
Many are working on their Hurricane strategies and are looking for a safe place for next season.
There are of course several options to consider - please take all of this with a grain of salt.
Pacific Hurricane Strategies run the gamut with some general markers for you to ponder.
SOUTH ZONE
Panama on the Pacific side stay at Vista Mar Marina
(no hurricanes, yes lighting strikes)
Costa Rica stay at a marina Golfito Marina Village, Banana Bay Marina, Marina Pez Vela, Marina Papagayo
– several offer the options with a bond which helps with customs issues
(no hurricanes, yes lighting strikes)
Nicaragua – stay at Marina Puesta del Sol
(no hurricanes, yes lighting strikes)
El Salvador – stay on Bill & Jean’s Moorings
(no hurricanes, yes lighting strikes)
There are ample electrical storms, thunder and lightning and each season vessel suffer from lightning strikes in these places.
CENTRAL ZONE
Tehuntapec ,MX is the area where the hurricanes usually originate from
Mexico – Marina Chiapas a great place to haul out - ask for Memo !
and soon Marina Chahue – dredging is maybe underway
NORTH ZONE
All Mexican marinas above this line on the Pacific side are in the bona-fide Hurricane Zone
(expect for Ensenda) and vessels also occasionally suffer from lightning strikes.
Here are some visualizations of the historic hurricane tracks in the Pacific
and the the lighting strikes map
5) Here is the deep link into GoodNautical just choose the Mexican marina's form the left side selector
https://www.goodnautical.com/gma/mexico-pacific?field_gma_value=MX-PAC
and clicking on the little icons gives you full details and info on each including contact info and comments
Good Nautical is our bonafide 501(c)3 non profit organization
and any budget left over goes towards development of new features and data entry.
6) PICTURE OF THE WEEK
Greg
SV SIRENA
7) MOSQUITOS, MALARIA and the PANAMA CANAL
In 1904 the US Army was tasked* with helping construct a canal (* there is a bit more to this...) to connect the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
The US was not the first country to attempt the feat. As early as the 1840s the British thought about digging a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, but were deterred by the hostility of the politics and geography. In 1881 the French, buoyed by the successful construction of the Suez Canal in Egypt, decided to take on the project. But they did not account for the deadly mosquitoes: 22,000 of the project’s workers died after contracting malaria and yellow fever. The loss of life caused construction costs to spiral, leading to the bankruptcy of the canal’s owners in 1889 after they had spent $287m on the project ($7 billion at today’s prices). The canal lay abandoned and incomplete.
The American government bought* (* there is a bit more to this...) the land in 1904 and quickly realized that it needed to protect its workforce from the diseases. To do so, it tried to kill as many of the disease-carrying mosquitoes in Panama as possible. Thousands of American troops were sent in with orders to destroy every habitat that could harbor the mosquitoes.
Swamps were drained. Pools and lakes of still water were tainted with oil or simply blown up with explosives. Buildings in the area were fumigated and high-risk areas were doused with insecticide. The scale of the operation was huge: around 700,000 gallons of oil and 124,000 gallons of insecticide were used during the construction of the canal each year. And it was success, at least in relative terms. The death toll among the workforce was 5,000 by the time the canal opened in 1914.
One of the cruisers from last season met with an infectious disease specialist in early Dec at the Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans so as to address vaccination needs related to travels. Bottom line – no Yellow Fever in the parts of Panama and CR that most plan to visit - coastal areas and San Blas. The guidance document provided for
Malaria risk is low throughout the year in all areas including the Canal Zone and Panama City. Risk is highest in Darien, Guna Yala, Panam and San Blas Provinces. No Risk - Cruises along the Panama canal will not necessitate anti-malarial medication. Adopt bite avoidance measures.
Transmission does not occur on the San Blas Islands, but it is necessary to transit areas with known transmission risk en route to the islands. Daytime insect precautions are essential for un-vaccinated travelers.”
TROPICAL STRENGTH BUG SPRAY
(note: each country's requirement and relevant statistics has been diligently compiled
for review on the official Panama Posse website by Tally from SV RAVEN )
https://panamaposse.com/mexico
https://panamaposse.com/guatemala
https://panamaposse.com/el-salvador
https://panamaposse.com/honduras
https://panamaposse.com/nicaragua
https://panamaposse.com/costa-rica
https://panamaposse.com/panama
Neil, Tally, Jan & Otter
RAVEN
8) Tamarindo, Costa Rica
We finally unglued ourselves from the comforts of Playa El Coco to begin again our journey southward. We popped up to Marina Papagayo for some fuel. As we had already checked into the country there were no issues, but we wouldn’t have been allowed if we were not already cleared through immigration and customs.
The fuel pumps did their work quickly and as the sport fishing fleet are the main customers, the fuel was clean, no need for a baja filter. As we headed out of Bahia Culebra we saw hundreds of jumping Mabula Rays trying to catch flight in hopes of catching a mate, apparently. Yet again, the the breezes were allowing for pleasant sailing.
We pulled into Bahia Portrero for a quick overnight, with the crew of Shearwater over for dinner on board. The lights in the mooring field are bright, supposedly to prevent theft. We had no issues at all in our spot between the two groups of fishing boats and pangas. We we’re up in the morning to get a head start and pop around the corner to Playa Conchal. Due to the name we had dreams of some shell collecting but the shells had already been ground up to make the beautiful light color sand. A walk along the beach revealed a few souvenir vendors on the side of the gravel path. And the beach clubs for two hotels. Not open to the public, unfortunately. But we had planned to picnic anyway, and not long after we picked our lunch spot, a man with a cooler came by, offering ice cold beers and coco frios. It was a perfect lunch-hook stop-over. The afternoon graced us with more good sailing weather and we enjoyed snapping pictures of Shearwater flying full canvas.
We pulled into Tamarindo just as the sun was setting behind us. We picked a spot near the mooring field. We spent the next week taking full advantage of all Tamarindo has to offer with our buddies, Pati and Eric. We took the dink and anchored outside the lineup at Playa Grande and caught some fun party waves at the beach break near the river. We beached the dinghy and headed into town most days. We found the best landing at the jet ski launch. We did lock the two dinghies together but never had any issues. Each time we found our dinks just the way we had left them. We sampled the microbrews at Witches Rock Surf Camp. We found a street off the beaten path that had a coffee shop called Breaking Bread that Walter White would approve of, Nacho Libre tacos at Little Lucha, and the open air El Mercadito with lots of options including poke bowls and a bar in a sailboat. The roadside BBQ skewers near the beach were cheap and delicious. We had a great meal at the beautiful Bamboo Sushi Club.
We checked out the funky shops more for the air conditioning than anything else and came away with some cool shirts from the five dollar bin. Pati arranged an estuary tour and we saw a ton of birds and a few crocodiles. If you go at high tide you can see monkeys as well. The Papagayos were still howling and at one point we were slowly dragging along the rock bottom and had to reset at the edge of the mooring field and a little closer to the beach, but there was no fetch to speak of so it was still pretty comfortable even in the high winds.
Tamarindo is pretty busy with a lot of crispy gringos escaping the snow and soaking up some rays. But even with the crowds, the vibes are mellow and there are plenty of chilled out spots to find a lounge chair or hammock and an umbrella drink. We almost skipped it since we had been before, but from the water, Tamarindo is a real treat!
Tamarindo Swings for Crew
Pura Vida!
https://www.goodnautical.com/costa-rica/anchorage/tamarindo
Victoria, Rowan & Crew
TALIESIN ROSE (report from last season)
9) As always we want to thank all of our
Official Panama Posse Sponsors, Partners and Ambassadors
- Marina Puerto Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta – Mexico
- Marina Puerto de La Navidad – Barra de Navidad – Mexico
- Marina Ixtapa, Ixtapa – Mexico
- La Marina Acapulco, Acapulco – Mexico
- Marina Chiapas – Mexico
- 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
- Banana Bay Marina – Costa Rica
- Golfito Marina Village – Costa Rica *
- Vista Mar Marina – Panama
- Shelter Bay Marina – Panama
- Red Frog Marina – Panama
- ULLMAN SAILS PUERTO VALLARTA
Official Panama Canal Agent
Official Panama Posse Ambassadors
- Jaime Figueroa Navarro – Panama
- Bill & Jean – El Salvador Rally, El Salvador
- Ralph Hewitt – Nicaragua
Panama Posse Partners
- Vicente’s Moorings – Acapulco – Mexico
- Luis Sanchez Tours – Chiapas – Mexico
- Discover Tours Chiapas – Mexico
- Park Avenue Villas – San Juan del Sur – Nicaragua
- Coconutz – Annual Papagayo Victory Party – Playa Cocos – Costa Rica
- Abernathy – Chandlery – Panama
- Advertising Partners – Las Vegas
10) Please reply to this email with any updates - your vessel location -
contenders for picture of the week - your favorite song for our list -
and we'll include it in the next Fleet Update
The Panama Posse transfer of knowledge and learning process operates under the gestalt theory
We will not tell you what to do, when or how - we want you to to figure that out.
YOUR VESSEL YOUR CREW YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
Dietmar & Suzanne
SV Carinthia
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FLEET UPDATE 2019-11-09
- Marina Puesta del Sol - Nicaragua
- The Panama Posse burgee is flying
- El Salvador - Medical Emergency
- Emergency Contact Information
- RSVP for the Panama Posse Season Kick off Party
- Picture of the Week
- Download the official Barra de Navidad, Mexico Maritime and Cruisers Guide
- Line Calls every Monday @ 15:45 UTC warm up Mics muted at 16:00 UTC
- Pets in and out of Panama via Airplanes, Panama
- Offshore Waters Forecasts for the East Pacific Ocean
- Marina Ixtapa info
- Keep 'em coming
1) Marina Puesta del Sol - Nicaragua.
This is one of the undisputed relaxing gems along this Panama Posse route and a welcome respite in a serene and tranquil setting.
You can leave your vessel and explore this incredible
interesting country. If you are a political junky there is
are a lot of geopolitical layers to explore here.
Visiting the UNESCO world heritage sites of Leon, Lake
Nicaragua and Granada from here is as easy as renting a car
and driving on well paved roads.
Plus you get to visit the Flor de Caña Rum Factory nearby.
Clearing in is fairly easy - for south bound vessels - its
a short
sail from the Golfo de Fonseca via a well marked entrance
into a lovely estuary.
To check out the 27+ anchorages and UNESCO sites visit Good
Nautical
https://www.goodnautical.com/gma/nicaragua?field_gma_value=NI
Here is the track
https://www.goodnautical.com/route/marina-puesta-del-sol-puerto-sandino-outer-anchorage
Aerial View of Marina Puesta del Sol
Below are the costs to clear in and out of Nicaragua which
can be done at the Marina -
just let them know when you plan to arrive
| CHECK IN | CHECK OUT | |
| IMMIGRATION | U$ 20.00 per boat | U$ 20.00 per boat |
| U$ 12.00 per person | U$ 2.00 per person | |
| PORT CAPTAIN | U$ FREE | U$ 30.00 International Zarpe |
| or U$ 20.00 a National Zarpe ( to San Juan del Sur for example ) |
||
| CUSTOM | U$ 10.00 per boat | U$ FREE |
| AQUATIC TRANSPORT FEE | U$ 25.00 per boat | U$ FREE |
To book ahead and get your 20% Panama Posse Marina discount
contact Juantia Garcia
Tel: + (505) 8880-0013
+(505) 8880-0019
+(505) 8883-0781
email: administracion@marinaps.com
2) The Panama Posse burgee is flying onboard
ANGELIQUE @ Marina Ixtapa, Mexico
A little word of caution to the crocks in the marina ...
Dan is a retired US Navy Captain Nuclear submarine officer
with 9 years Active Duty
and has been cruising with his wife Angela for over a year -
so torpedoes and missiles away
... more at
Adventuresonangelique.com
Dan & Angela
ANGELIQUE
3) El Salvador - Medical Emergency
A fellow Panama Posse cruiser was seriously hurt while
playing in the pool with other cruiser kids. He is a truly
great guy volunteering to teach English to the locals,
always willing to lend a hand in any projects, and always
playing with the kids. Matt needs the help of the sailing
community right now. Please show your support. Please follow
the link below and contribute if you can.
Matt & Britt
MALOLO
wanderlustsailors@gmail.com
4) EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION
MEDICAL
REPATRIATION TO U.S.
DAN Boater (boating accident) (take from ship to nearest
hospital/medical facility; limitation on amount but might
get you all the way home). This is an annual membership fee
service.
Emergency +1-919-667-9111
Information +1-919-490-2011
MEDJET Expat 180 Family Membership (any medical
condition)(take from hospital/medical facility in foreign
country to your home in U.S.). This is an annual membership
fee service.
+1 205-595-6626
There are a number of Medical repatriation companies. Check
your boat insurance, policy carefully as some policies do
not contain any or sufficient medical repatriation expense.
Medjet and DAN Boater provide emergency information. There
are a number of companies on the internet that are pay as
you go and do not require that you purchase a membership
that provide emergency information.
U.S. COAST
GUARD EMERGENCY SSB CHANNELS
MHZ UTC time
4.125 2300-11
6.125 24 hr.
8.290 24 hr.
12.290 1100-2300
U.S. COAST
GUARD EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER
001 310 732 2046
HAM SSB NETS
World wide emergency Ham net: 14.313 24 hr.
Central America Ham net: 7.083 UTC time 1300
U.S. COAST GUARD RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER
Rescue Coordination Center: (510) 437-3701. This is
the number for group receiving EPIRB emergency beacon
distress signals. They will coordinate with local country
Coast Guards if boater is outside of the U.S. and they have
translators, as the numbers at the local country Coast
Guards in Central America will speak Spanish. They said it
would be ok to call them in emergency.
CENTRAL AMERICA COUNTRY COAST GUARD CONTACT NUMBERS
These numbers were given to me by the U.S. Coast Guard
Rescue Coordination Center. The individuals from these
local Coast Guards will speak Spanish when you call them.
If you cannot communicate with them, the Rescue Coordination
Center can call them, but that will take more time.
El Salvadore Coast Guard: (505) 22500210, Extension
5103
Nicaragua Coast Guard: (504)22342507
Costa Rica Coast Guard: (506) 22314924
Panama Coast Guard: (507) 60451197
CALIFORNIA COAST GUARD OFFICES WHO COULD BE
called if you cannot reach rescue coordination center,
however the local coast guards will likely just go through
the Rescue Center:
Coast Guard Sector LA/Long Beach: 310 521-3815
Channel Islands office: 805 985-9822
VHF EMERGENCY CHANNEL FOR MAYDAY: 16
HAM SSB NETS
World wide emergency Ham net: 14.313 24 hr.
Pacific Seafares Net 14300 @ 0300 UTC
Central America Ham net: 7.083 @ 1300 UTC
CENTRAL AMERICA EMBASSY CONTACT INFORMATION.
Go to www.usembassy.gov/ for further
information. For Central America embassies, emergency
number is +1-202-501-4444, and press “0”, from 8 a.m. – 5
p.m. EST. When dialing embassy numbers below probably start
with “ +” depending on phone service.
MEXICO
+52 55 5080-2000
Paseo de la Reforma 305, Colonia Cuauhtenoc, 06500
Mexico, DF
GUATEMALA
+502 2326 4000
Avenida Reforma 7-01, Zona 10, Guatemala Cuidad,
Guatemala
EL SALVADOR
+503 2501 2999
Final Blvd. Santa Elena, Antiguo Cuseatlan, La
Libertad, San Salvador
HONDURAS
+504 2238 5114 (after hours X4100)
+504 2236 9320 (per embassy website, but not
communications received: 011-504 2236 9320)
Avenida La Paz, Tegucigalpa MDC, Honduras
NICARGUA
+505 2252-7100
Kilometer 5.5 Carreter Sur, Managua, Nicagagua
COSTA RICA
+506 2519 2000
Calle 98 Via 104, Pavas, San Jose, Costa Rico
PANAMA
+507 317 5000
Bldg 783, Demetrio Basilio Lakas Ave, Clayton, Panama
REPORT U.S. CITIZEN MISSING ABROAD: 1-888-407-4747
GLOBAL MARINE DISTRESS SAFETY SYSTEM:
1-888-407-4747, press “0” for overseas citizen
emergency services.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MARITIME ADMINISTRATION,
OFFICE OF MARITIME SECURITY.
They provide information on piracy and safety and security,
and you can sign up for alerts by going online.
Emergency: 1-202-501-4444 (8-8 EST, M-F)
Stan & Diane
CROSSROADS
5) RSVP for the Panama Posse Season Kick off Party @
Marina Puerto de la Navidad
If you plan to attend seminars and the party please RSVP
!
There is an open bar on Friday
and we are going to organize an amazing Pot Luck BBQ cook
of for Saturday.
Here is who's coming thus-far
CARINTHIA
SEAGLUB
RAVEN
ANGELIQUE OF VANCOUVER
Are
you coming ? Please RSVP !
Marina Puerto de la Navidad our Panama Posse HQ !
Barra de Navidad has a world class 27 hole Gold Course !
6)
Picture of the Week
Juan from Ay Caramaba ! in
the - Lost City / Ciudad Perdida
Top of the world after a 4 day Indiana Jones
hike - way to go !
Ciudad
Perdida is the archaeological site of an ancient
city in Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
It is believed to have been founded about 800 CE,
some 650 years earlier than Machu Picchu.
https://www.goodnautical.com/colombia/point-interest/ciudad-perdida-lost-city
Juan & Michelle
AY
CARAMBA !
7) Download the official Barra de Navidad, Mexico
MARITIME & CRUISERS RESOURCE GUIDE
Thanks to Tally, Neil, Jan and of course Otter -
this is the best resource guide to date on Barra de Navidad
and we wholeheartedly thank Tally and SV Raven for creating
such a detailed guide !
Follow this link and download this 36 page guide !
https://route.panamaposse.com/books/BarraResourceGuide.pdf
Neil, Tammy, Jan & Otter
SV RAVEN
8) WEEKLY 2018-2019
PANAMA POSSE FLEET CHECK IN and MORNING
NET on MONDAY’S at 16:00 UTC
via LINE 15:45 Warm up
Please download and install LINE https://line.me/en-US/
Works on Android / ios / Windows / MAC OS
– Register using your vessel name as the
USERNAME ie MY_CROSSROADS
– Next search for dietmarpetutschnig and
befriend us –
– wait and accept your PANAMAPOSSE 2019-2020 GROUP
INVITE
Connect every Monday at 16:00 UTC and send us your
position via the message
system and listen to the vessel check ins (all
free as long you have IP connectivity
which we now know is pretty much all along the coast)
The LINE system allows for up to 200 live
conference call participants.
9) Pets in and out of Panama via Airplanes, Panama
This is the link to what you need to do to bring your pet
into Panama: https://www.aphis.usda.go/aphis/pet-travel/by-country/petravel-panama
We did not get the paper work “approved” by a Panamanian
Consulat but we had no problems when we checked into
Pedregal. We DID have email evidence of sending the paper
work to cam@minsa.gob.pa three days
prior. I think that is a must. Our Panamanian Vet indicates
that all you need to pay is $3/day for the 40 days of home
quarantine plus $10 to a Vet for a verification exam. BUT we
also did not do that. We just filled out the paper work and
emailed it and showed the Port Captain that we did so.
This is the link to what you need to do to remove your pet
from Panama: https://wwww.minsa.gob.pa
We used our Panamanian Vet in Coronado (Vista Mar) that we
heavily recommend. He did everything for us. He created the
appropriate certification and dated it for us to have it be
within 10 days of our exit. He also went into Panama City to
get export permit for us, which you need. Our issue was for
some reason the Airline we are using (United) thinks Panama
will not permit pets on a plane and a third party has to be
set up to ship (as cargo) your pet. If we did that, it was
going to cost twice as much as our airline ticket. Our Vet
said we should have used Copa Airlines. Don’t know if that
works or not, but if I had to do it all over I would have
checked their flight schedules first.
Out dogs are 10 and 15 pounds, they have flown with us under
our seat many times. But we had to make them our “emotional
support animals” in order to get them on the plane out of
Panama. For United, they have three forms which you can read
about and download: https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly/travel/special-needs/disabilities/assistance-animals.html
The three forms, one for you, one for the vet and one for
the licensed mental health professional. For the Medical,
We used an online service called CertaPet. After Jeariene
finished her “certification” with them, she referred me and
received a $15 Amazon reward for the referral. So if you
want to go this route, I can submit your email (lol), or
just try them yourselves. This also means you don’t have to
pay the airline for the pet travel, but I would still gladly
fork over the $125, that wasn’t our purpose. Our Vet is in
Coronado (Vista Mar) Panama on Tuesday, Thursday and most
Saturdays. His English is excellent, and his front desk
staff also is semi fluent in english. Dr. Jorge E. Barriga
F. +507 240-1468 jbarriga@cwpanama.net Good luck
Walt & Jeariene
KNOT RIGHT
10) Offshore Waters Forecasts for the East Pacific
Ocean
Offshore Waters Forecasts for the East Pacific Ocean within
250 NM of Mexico,
Central America, Columbia, and Ecuador to Operational
Effective April 16, 2019
Yay!
Get em here -https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/scn19-24east_pac_offshore_waters.pdf
Rob & Debra
AVANT
11) Marina Ixtapa, Mexico (Report from 02/2019)
Entrance was the lowest at 7.3ft (calculated to zero tide)
over three different passages. Sometimes there may be swells
hitting the bar, so you’ll want to enter at full cruising
speed to prevent losing steerage from a following wave. One
place you don’t want to end up sideways in. The marina is
to the right at the channel Y.
Ixtapa is a very large marina and has many slips that
appeared to be open. It appears that transients are
assigned slips on ‘F’ dock, which is the farthest dock to
the right, two docks past the fuel docks.
Slips 1-27 are between F & G,
28=end tie,
29-52 nearest the shore.
Paseo de la Darsena S/N, Interior Casa Club Boulevar Paseo
Ixtapa.
C.P. 40880, Ixtapa, Zihuatanejo, Guerrero.
+52 (755) 55-32180
(755) 55-30222
No bottom work in the marina due to crocodiles. For hired
bottom cleaning, contact the team of Memo and Sonya. They
can be contacted directly at +52-555-127-7446 or
+52-755-128-5302 or the marina office can contact them. You
can take the boat and them out to the anchorage at La Isla
Grande to clean and then return to the marina afterward. If
you’re already at anchor, either in Zihuatanejo or La Isla,
so much the better. They’ll arrive at your boat. Cost was
a VERY reasonable $25mx per foot.
Wi-Fi – Marina office has power and wi-fi, but fairly slow.
Marina restaurants also have wi-fi available, but also
slow. The General Bar in Ixtapa (to the right of Señor Frog
store, one block back) had excellent free wi-fi, but no
power. Cuattro Cycle coffe shop in Zihuatanejo had
excellent wi-fi and power available. One of the restaurants
on the beach in Zihua had wi-fi with good speeds at times,
but of course no power.
Laundry: Take to the office for pickup and next-day
return. Very reasonable price.
Buses: Very frequent and reliable. $14mx pp each
way to either Ixtapa or Zihuatanejo.
Diesel was a bit spendy at $25.25mx per liter after taxes,
etc.
Groceries: tiny tienda in Marina. Small grocery
(Merza) in Ixtapa.
Two large groceries in Zihuatanejo – the first, Bodega
Aurrera is a green building on the right as the bus
arrives downtown.
The other is a Mega-Soriana some blocks away,
located behind the large bus station where the 14peso
bus/vans do a U-turn after leaving the downtown to go back
to Ixtapa.
AutoZone is in Zihuatanejo, across the highway and 4
blocks up from the main bus station (behind the Mega
Soriana).
Bob & Carol
SINGULARITY
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– relevant blog posts – and of course
your valuable suggestions
and we’ll include it in the next FLEET UPDATE
– Keep em ‘coming
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knowledge via the gestalt theory...
Dietmar & Suzanne
SV Carinthia
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