FLEET UPDATE 2019-01-28
1) Marinas which sponsor the Panama Posse
and offer discounts to all participants lives here
https://panamaposse.com/sponsor
- Marina Puerto de La Navidad – Barra de Navidad – Mexico
- Marina Puerto Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta –
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
- Banana Bay Marina – Costa Rica
- Golfito Marina Village an IGY Destination – Costa
Rica - Vista Mar Marina – Panama
- Shelter Bay Marina – Panama
- Red Frog Marina – Panama
2) Winner of the prestigious 2018-2019
PANAMA POSSE SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD
LA MUSTACHE II
WELCOME TO PANAMA & Vista Mar Marina !
3) DOC TALK !
Here in Panama there are a lot of vessels prepping for the Puddle
Jump to the Marquesas and luckily one of the vessels is skippered
by a doctor who speaks on all sorts of medical topics on the
local morning net at Vista Mar Marina.
He recently shared with us details about Antibiotics which he
keeps on board and when he would use them.
Keflex/Cephalexin
Boat stores:40 tablets 500 mg
Infections of the skin and periphery-infected cuts, stabs,
thorns, legs and arms.
Dosing: 1 pill every 6 hours till redness gone plus one
day then stop. Also let’s say a penetrating wound or open
wound.
This is the antibiotic to use for prophylaxis.
Levofloxacin
Boat stores:250mg. 20 tabs 2nd line but powerful.
Reason: can be associated with tendon tears, peripheral
nerve and central nerve issues later on.
Pneumonia, severe uti, urogenital infection, kidneys, anthrax,
plague, severe stomach infections, chronic bronchitis
Dosing: for pneumonia or severe infection:750mg once a day.
For Uro 250mg once a day for 3 days. GI issue: 500mg x 3-5
days.
Azithromycin
Boat
stores: 250mg 20 tabs
Acute sinusitis, pneumonia, respiratory infections but also
gonorrhea, chlamydia Lyme disease
Dosing: Always taken same way: 500mg first day, then
250 each day after. Usually for 5 days
Bactrim DS
Boat
stores: 850mg. 40 tabs
Urinary
tract infection, meningitis, salmonella
Penicillin V
Boat stores:500mg. 50 tabs
Pneumonia, strep throat, some skin infections
Dosing: Adults 250-500mg every 6 hrs for 5 days
Kids age 6-teens 250mg every 6 hrs for 5 days
Kids 2-6 125mg every 6 hrs for 5 days
Metronidazole
Boat stores: 500mg 40 tabs
Amoebic disease, Acute appendicitis, guardia,
Doxycycline
Boat stores: 100mg 40 tabs
Pneumonia, respiratory and tick borne diseases
Dosing:1
pill q12 hours 10-14 days and malaria prophylaxis one pill
once a day start one day prior to entering endemic areas and
continue for 4 full weeks afterwards
Augmentin
Boat stores: amoxicillin/clavulanate
500mg/125mg 40 tabs
Sore throats, strep, sinusitis and pneumonia
Dosing: 500mg every 12 or 250mg every 8 hrs
Acute Appendicitis.
Combine the Metronidazole and Levoflaxacin for 10 days using
the standard dosing regime of each respective medic
Doc no longer on call as he is about
to head into the sunset
4) Bahia Potrero, Costa Rica
https://www.goodnautical.com/costa-rica/mooring/costa-rica-sailing-moorings
For those who want to go one bay south
from cocos, bahia Potrero call Jeff Herrman at the Costa Rica
Sailing Club
506 8699 7289 jeff@costaricasailingclub.com
he says
We are working on increasing our moorings now.
Hopefully by the time some of you start to arrive we will be
ready for you.
The whole bay is a pretty great anchorage and one of the best
protected bays in Costa Rica.
Just up around the corner is the start
of the Gulf of Papagayo and it is famous for the winds that
blow December through March.
We get some of that wind but our protection is great and the
sea commonly remains flat without much swell.
He also said he can provide water taxis and watches for your
boat, I have a good friend living ashore for the last six
months and knows him well
The location on shore is 10.44682N 85.77324W, The depth is 15-25’
their rates are $20/night >50’, $15/night<50’, no
scheduled water taxis but be arranged , they do have a night
watch
Argan & Gloria
MAI TAI
5) Pictures of the week from Mexico
Simple Life at Ixtapa Island - photos
taken by Epiphany !
Blessed at anchor in Zihuatanjeo, MX
George & SuzanneEPIPHANY
(note:
taking a picture of a fellow PanamaPosse vessel at sunset,
at anchor or under full sail is guaranteed to increase
your maritime karma)
7) Overheard on the "panamaposse"
LINE this week
AY CARAMABA ! :
Ay Caramba! Is in Tenacatita.
What is a must stop
here?
SEA GLUB:
Must stop
is our bonfire right now on the beach!!
(
64 Panama Posse members are actively chatting 24/7 in this
app even though they are 2500 nm apart )
Weekly
fleet call tomorrow Jan 28th @ 16;00 UTC get it from https://line.me
8) Tenecatita, MX
Woodwind
1 has their burgee
Brian & Tracy
WOODWIND 1
Antipodes
has their burgee
Ian
& Aldo
ANTIPODES
Providencia has their burgee
Peter
& Angel
PROVIDENCIA
9) Reminder on high risk dinghy
and outboard theft areas :
Last season dinghy and outboards
where compromised in the following locations
- please always lock your dinghy and hoist them up and
lock them at night - everywhere - every time !
Las
Hadas Marina, Mexico
https://www.goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/marina/las-hadas-resort-and-marina
Puerto
Huatulco Anchorage, Mexico
https://www.goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/puerto-huatulco-anchorage
Bahia
Dominicalito, Costa Rica
https://www.goodnautical.com/costa-rica/anchorage/bahia-dominicalito
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it in the next Fleet Updates
Dietmar & Suzanne
SV Carinthia
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FLEET UPDATE 2019-01-23
1) Picture of the week / big fish of the week !


We went south for 50 miles from Huatulco and then crossed the Tuhantapec
keeping 30 miles offshore. Dodged lots of turtles. Caught big mahi
Chris & Anne

DESTINATION
2) Longline Alert, MX
Destination just ran into long liners off of Puerto Angel Mx.
15 35.474 N, 096 32.822 W

Chris & Anne

DESTINATION
3) FLEET UPDATES
Vessel Locations as of Jan 23, 2019
Mariah - San Blas
Charly - La Cruz, MX
Seaglub - Tenacatita, MX

Single D - Tenacatita, MX
Firefly - Barra de Navidad, MX
Figment - Barra de Navidad, MX
Blessed - Barra de Navidad, MX
Slow Dancer - Barra de Navidad, MX
JO - Barra de Navidad, MX
Singularity - Barra de Navidad, MX
Blue Oasis - Barra de Navidad, MX
Floating Stones - Chiapas, MX
Mai Tai - Chiapas, MX
Destination - Chiapas, MX
Madeleine - en route to Marina del Sol, El Salvador
Raven - Marina del Sol, El Salvador
Avant - Marina del Sol, El Salvador
Taliesin Rose - Marina Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua
Shearwater - Marina Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua
Harizon - Marina Papagayo, Costa Rica
Sprezzatura - Quepos, Costa Rica
Happy Dance - Puerto Azul Marina, Costa Rica
La Mustache II - En route to Vista Mar Marina, Panama
Carinthia - Vista Mar Marina, Panama (T minus 7 days from generator repair completion and then heading back up to Barra de Navidad, MX)
Knot Right - Vista Mar Marina, Panama
Xenia - Las Perlas, Panama

4) Weather Links from SEAGLUB

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/wxmap_cgi/index.html
https://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream_fcsts.html
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/experimental/epoffshores/data/WRKOFFPZ8
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/experimental/epoffshores/data/WRKOFFPZ7
https://www.surfline.com/surf-charts/regional-water-temperature/southern-baja/58581a836630e24c44878fe5#
Then of course there is windy.tv (but use Gusts for wind forecasts) and even just weather.com
Of the links above I believe you can get the NOAA reports via sail mail,
these are the same reports Geary reads on Sonrisa / Amigo nets.
Chris & Monica


SEAGLUB
5) New Anchorage - Golfito, CR
THE OFFICIAL
La Mustache II ANCHORAGE

https://www.goodnautical.com/costa-rica/anchorage/golifito-la-mustache-ii-anchorage
@ 8°37.988N 83°10.440 20' of water. Tide about 6'. No swell.

Finn & May Linn

LA MUSTACHE II
6) Manuel Antonio Park, Costa Rica ( for details and comments follow this link)

https://www.goodnautical.com/costa-rica/anchorage/punta-catedral-manuel-antonio-park

World-famous Manuel Antonio National Park founded in 1972 -
one of the most picturesque anchorages along this route

BUT please follow the rules !
- best to arrive after 4:30 PM as park closes anchor get settled and wait till the next morning to go ashore
- DO NOT ARRIVE ON MONDAYS ( park is closed & rangers are on site !) - DO NOT GO ONSHORE ON MONDAYS ( park is closed & rangers are on site !) - DO NOT GO ASHORE AFTER 5 PM ( park is closed & rangers are on site !)
- monkeys and sloth on the beach(es) - watch out for all the wild animals - don't bring food we saw raccoons get into a bag an grab it and ran off into the jungle - don't feed the animals - $ 8 dollar anchorage fee - $ 16 park fee per person per day
Pay fees online at www.sinoc.go.cr or at the pay station 75 meter from the exit of the park - call +506 8937 - 9657 ask for Roger Murillo tell him you are with the panama posse We anchored near SV Myla's Spot @ 09 22.942 N 084 08.855 W in 11 feet;
The Park ranger hailed us on VHF 16 in Spanish, we arrived on a Friday afternoon around 2.33 PM and told us that we had to pay a park fee and anchorage fee. The park was closing at 4 PM and so due to the safety of the vessel explained that I had no time but would stop by the entrance first thing the the next day and would pay for $16 per person for normal Park daily entrance fee and the one time $8.00 USD anchorage fee.
Had a lovely time at anchor and dropped the dinghy at 7 am as the park opens and we landed it near high tide at 09° 22.8619' N 084° 08.8114' W and locked it up ! We then walked along the beach towards the park trail and main entrance 09°23.4583 N, 084°08.7133 W.
I would not recommend any of these anchorage in any swell over 5 feet because the swell wraps around and can make things pretty rolly. You may need to use a stern anchor if you are a mono hull.
Spoke with Ranger Roger Murillo, you can contact him on his cell at +506 8937 9657; or email roger.murillo@sinac.go.cr , his colleagues speak English. Our recommendation is to arrive at the anchorage after 4:30PM ( everyone is gone ) and you simply go in the next morning and pay.
The Park can take at least a half day to explore, waterfalls, exotic birds, Raccoons, families of Monkeys and of course sloths.
There are many official Park Rangers who can direct you to find your favorite animals.
You can also hire a personal guide for $25 USD. Bring water ( no food ) and your binoculars.
Dietmar & Suzanne
CARINTHIA
7) Live Weather & safety chats every Monday at 16:00 UTC in the Panama Posse LINE Group
Tehuantepec - Papagayos - El Salvador Bar crossing - Punta Mala - a.m.o

https://line.me/R/ti/g/WpxC2m7tNA

8) Open CPN - for those seeking a backup Navigation system on a very cruiser friendly budget
Visit https://panamaposse.com/open-cpn and follow the instructions.
To get your GPS position onto a windows/mac laptop for less than $30 get this unit
GlobalSat BU-353-S4 USB GPS Receiver Amazon Link: https://a.co/d/8RJGxoK
A very big thank you to SV LIQUID ( Marc & Laura ) currently en route to Playa Cocos
for creating over 2.7 Gig's of free Satellite Chart-lets to
overlay into Open CPN for your voyage down the coast
- available from https://www.panamaposse.com/open-cpn
9) Please reply to this email with any updates , suggestions , news - and we'll include it in the next Fleet Updates
Dietmar & Suzanne
CARINTHIA

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