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🇸🇻 Pacific Raven entering the Bahia del Sor Bar,  El Salvador - an exciting adventure with the expert guidance of Bill & Jean !

Not on the Panama Posse route (yet) the Galapagos are about a weeks sail south west from Panama and a world class destination. Here is a video by SY Gargoyle.

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with a 15 % discount over services to the Panama Posse and world class experiences - thanks to SY Gargolye
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Meet: Javier Plúa Rizzo  

YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS Co.  

Mobile:   +593 – 987 – 229 577

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 Check in here @ Wreck Bay, San Cristobal

Some of the MUST SEE DESTINATIONS in the Panama Posse

Music to listen to on the Panama Posse 

CAFÉ TACVBA

Café Tacvba is a band from Ciudad Satélite, Mexico.  The band took its final name from a coffee shop "el Café de Tacuba" located in downtown Mexico City. The cafe, which opened in 1912 and had its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s, was representative of the Pachuco scene at the time, something the band would later acknowledge as an influence. The Café de Tacuba is still in operation as a coffee shop and restaurant on Tacuba Street, in Mexico City's Historic Center.

Café Tacvba - Eres (Video Oficial)

Their musical style covers a wide variety of genres, though it is most commonly labeled as Latin Alternative/Rock en Español. Their music has been heavily influenced by Mexico's indigenous population and folk music traditions, but also by punk and electronic music and other bands on the Mexico City scene. Perhaps the most distinctive feature of their music is Albarrán's nasal voice, which, combined with his impressive lung capacity (as demonstrated on "La Ingrata", a homage of norteño music), makes for a very distinctive sound. They sing entirely in Spanish but have a significant Anglophone following regardless.

Café Tacvba - Chilanga Banda (Video Oficial)

With over 13 albums and Grammys for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album as well as two Latin Grammys for Best Alternative Album and Best Rock Song here are some of their notorious works.

Café Tacvba - La Ingrata (Video Oficial)

Agua Azul Waterfalls, Chiapas, Mexico 

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

🇰🇾  Kiabo Anchorage, GRAND CAYMAN 

🇰🇾 SY GARGOLYE at the Kiabo anchorage ...
Winds during the day are 15-20 knots,  then the sunsets and it drops down to 5-10 overnight.  👍 @SV Blessed Life it would be perfect for kite surfing

🇯🇲  MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

🇯🇲  Slow Dancer at anchor in Montego Bay , Jamaica

🇸🇻 SUPER BOWL LV Festivities in El Salvador courtesy of Bill and Jean 

🇳🇮 Report from Puesta del Sol Marina, Nicaragua

Ho'Okipa at the local Surf Camp in Nicaragua

And, after a bunch of misinformation about requiring a special $20 Zarpe, good for only 48 hours, every time I want leave the Marina to empty my holding tanks and make water, from the port captain to the Marina... Well, at my request the US Embassy sent me this notice: “con base a la Resolución DGTA Nº. 026-2015 para autorizar el descargue de aguas de lastre en las aguas jurisdiccionales de los puertos de la República de Nicaragua, y si su tanque lastre es de 40 galones, no existe inconveniente en que realice el descargue semanalmente a 5 millas de la costa y comunique de previo a la Capitanía de Puerto de la Fuerza Naval de Corinto”.

As you can read above, if the tank capacity is 40 gallons there is no “inconvenient” to empty the tank weekly at 5 miles from the coast...

So, now my tank is  40 gallons😜😱😎🌈

Going for that surf brake

🇳🇮  Marina Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua 
sponsors the Panama Posse 

With pleasure we are happy to announce the 20·21Sponsorship of the Panama Posse

20% discount on docks. Welcome national beer, access to beach and pool facilities.

Regards

Juanita 

CONTACT
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Tel: + (505) 8880-0013 + (505) 8880-0019 and + (505) 8883-0781

🇵🇦  PUNTA MALA, PANAMA

PUNTA MALA, PANAMA gust and wind forecast in PREDICT WIND - January through May  l

There are 2 anchorages to wait for slack tide and good conditions before entering or leaing the bay of Panama

12 nm  to the SW Ensenada Venao
10 nm to the N Isla Iguana

 The weather seminar video is online under https://panamaposse.com/seminars

The most difficult part, other than many mis-charted rocks and reefs, is of course the aptly named Punta Mala and the push north against prevailing winds and current to Marina Vista Mar – we opted to go around Punta Mala at slack tide and quickly had to tuck into Isla Iguana to avoid the following steep chop of rip tide currents and headwinds. Read the anchorage details in Good Nautical for details.

We wait for a coastal low and used the lifting southerly winds for the final 50 nm push (bash) to the Marina Vista Mar - this strategy works between January - May with predominant northerlies.

Another option is to tack out and back to Islas Perlas.

🇲🇽  LA QUEBRADA CLIFF DIVERS ACAPULCO MEXICO

Nice cliff divers in Acapulco today with Toketee... quick video to watch

La Quebrada (Spanish for "gulch" or "ravine") is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Acapulco, Mexico. Divers entertain tourists by jumping off either of two ledges on the cliff, one that is 40 feet (12 m) high and the top one which is 80 feet (24 m) high. The divers must calculate the right moment to jump to catch an incoming wave and avoid serious injury or death. Occasionally jumpers dive with a torch. Most of the divers come from the family of Quebrada divers. Although cliff diving at La Quebrada had taken place for many years, it was not until 1934 that the La Quebrada Cliff Divers was formed.

"Fun in Acapulco"  
Elvis Presley & Ursula Andress

"It’s a pleasant, idyllic movie that never takes itself seriously and moves briskly under Richard Thorpe’s direction. The excellent color photography and the balmy atmosphere of the resort—the luxurious hotels, the beaches and the quaint byways—were positively eye-popping."

Elvis actually filmed his scenes for the 1963 movie on a Hollywood lot and at a California hotel; Despite singing a song in Spanish, Presley was not exactly “El Rey” in Mexico at the time, as far as officials were concerned. After a newspaper columnist revealed in the late '50s that he had called Mexico “a distasteful country” and was accused of making ugly remarks about Mexican women during an interview, anti-Elvis protestors rose up, and his albums were reportedly burned by protestors. But Elvis' rebellious image also fueled rowdy youth, who caused a “riot” at the premiere of King Creole. And his music was a spark that ignited Mexican rock.

The book "Refried Elvis: The Rise of the Mexican Counterculture"  claims that quote was fabricated. According to author Eric Zolov, "Herbe Pompeyo of Polygram Records in Mexico City claims that a high-up Mexican political figure wanted to contract Presley for a private party, for which he sent the performer a blank check to fill in as he wished.

Presley, according to the story, returned the blank check, so the politico, extremely offended, invented the storyline about Elvis not liking Mexican women."  More juicy stuff here >>

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PICTURE OF THE WEEK 

and entry into the UNINVITED VISITORS Contest

It’s been about a year now since I left Banderas bay.
Maybe I’ll head back up that way, lots of things to see!!
Gary and Lisa

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Based on seasonal gathering spots here are the "sub pods" with line calls after the
main calls starting Mondays in November to save everyone's time
(great suggestion Eric Sprezzatura)

REMINDER WEEKLY PANAMA POSSE LINE CALLS MONDAYS @15:30 UTC for CARIBBEAN  16:00 UTC for PACIFIC

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IT WOULD NOT BE A RALLY WITHOUT A CONTEST 

by the end of May 2021 we will announce the winners in these highly competitive fields

BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT

HIGHEST WIND RECORDED

BIGGEST MISHAP aka THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD

MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD

SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD

PANAMA POSSE YODA OF THE YEAR

PICTURE OF THE YEAR

GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR

San Andres, Colombia

PANAMA POSSE SPONSORS 

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🇲🇽 Marina Ixtapa, Ixtapa – Mexico

🇲🇽 La Marina Acapulco, 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

🇵🇦 PANAMA POSSE PACIFIC HQ Vista Mar Marina – Panama

🇵🇦 Shelter Bay Marina – Panama

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🇨🇴 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

🇲🇽 Marina Makax – Isla Mujeres – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina V&V – Quintana Roo – Mexico

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

🇨🇺 Marina Marlin Nautica Cayo Largo – Cuba

🇺🇸 Marathon Marina, Florida, USA

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• HOME DEPOT PRO MEXICO
• HERTZ RENTAL CARS  MEXICO
• YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS OFFICIAL PANAMA CANAL AGENT 

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Vicente’s Moorings – Acapulco – Mexico

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"There's probably more history now preserved underwater than in all the museums of the world combined. And there's no law governing that history. It's finders keepers."-  Robert Ballard, Discoverer of the Titanic Wreck

THISLDU and SECOND WIND rafted up in Northern Costa Rica 

🇵🇦 PUERTO ARMUELLES, PANAMA 

This port of entry is currently only a port of exit for those who are northbound on the Pacific coast of Panama

MAMBO # 8 
Great music to listen to on the Panama Posse 

Mambo is a genre of Cuban dance music pioneered by Arcaño y sus Maravillas in the 30s and decades later popularized by Pérez Prado in the big band style. It originated as a syncopated form of the danzón, known as danzón-mambo, Guajeos became the essence of the genre when it was played by big bands which leaned towards swing and jazz. By 1950 mambo had become a "dance craze" in the United States as its associated dance took over the East Coast thanks to Pérez Prado, Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez and others.

Dámaso Pérez Prado  was a Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger who popularized the mambo in the 1950s.  His big band adaptation of  "Mambo No. 5" earned him the nickname "King of the Mambo".  In 1955, Prado and his orchestra topped the charts in the US and UK. He frequently made brief appearances in films, primarily of the rumberas genre, and his music was featured in films such as La Dolce Vita.

He moved to Mexico where the developed this particular genre in multiple forms, including bolero-mambo (with María Luisa Landín), guaracha-mambo (with Benny Moré) and two forms of instrumental mambos he created. Prado moved back to Mexico in the 1970s, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1980. His son, Pérez Jr., continues to direct the Pérez Prado Orchestra in Mexico City to this day.

FFFUNY !

REMINDER 
PLEASE USE THE GESTALT THEORY

 absorbing information and sharing information in the Panama Posse has been empowered by this  

Here is a quick tip sheet on how GESTALT THEORY works:

Speak from your own experiences rather than giving advice or opinions

Use “I” statements instead of “You” statements -
IE: We sailed from A tp B and ... this is what happened 
DON'T: "you should sail from A to B and you could do this ... "

Don'ts speak in generalities, be specific share a relevant past experience

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES

🇲🇽  ISLA ISABELLA, MX

Isla Isabela is so hard to describe, it’s like going to Jurassic Park. This paradise of volcanic origin is inhabited exclusively by birds and iguanas with no fear of predators. It can only be visited by boat and is now a national park. Its an up close and personal adventure with giant Frigates (wing span is up to 7 feet, they are giants) and blue footed boobies!! The Frigates nest in the trees/bushes and the boobies on the ground. Scott was able to land a fish on the way. Not much protection for anchorage so we had 3 restless sleepless nights but so worth it to see this magnificent island. Scott and Nick dove on the anchorage and lots of colorful fish. We will be posting more video/pictures. This is why we do what we do!!

Animal Cracker

 Isla Isabel National Park is a national park about 15 nm off the Mexican Mainnland in Nayarit

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

🇲🇽 SY Toketee entering Acapulco Bay, MX

🇰🇾 GRAND CAYMAN - SEVEN FATHOMS RUM TOUR

Great visit to the Cayman Distillery yesterday.  Definitely add this to the list when touring around Grand Cayman

Postcards from "HELL"

🇵🇦 Report from Bocas del Toro, Panama

Madawaska had so much fun and learned so much at the chocolate farm

The green-and-black poison dart frog, also known as the green-and-black poison arrow frog and green poison frog, is a brightly colored member of the order Anura native to Central America and northwestern parts of South America. This species has also been introduced to Hawaii.

Video of a Sloth in it's natural environment
noted for their slowness of movement, they spend most of their lives hanging upside down in the trees of the tropical rain forests of South America and Central America

🇵🇦 SY Emmy Kate Panama Canal  

1000+  bird species in Panama

For tropical bird watching a vast amount of  bird biodiversity exists in Panama  with over 1000 bird species identified in the country, which is more than the United States and Canada combined.

Toucans are members of the Neotropical near passerine bird family Ramphastidae.

Papagayo Winds 

Here is what a typical Papagayo forecast between January and March looks like and below is a report of what can happen - GUST are forecast to 40 knots but they can be 10 knots higher than forecast in the area - one foot on the beach strategy is recommended - the weather seminar video is online under https://panamaposse.com/seminars

PAPAGAYO PASSAGE NOTES 

We left from Pier 32 in San Diego on December 19th. Doing a rather quick transit and hoping to be in Fort Lauderdale by the beginning of April. There are 4 of us. My grandfather, his brother, a friend of ours, and I. We are on a 1972 Bristol B40 that I have owned for just over 2 years now

 Please keep in mind that all of us onboard are quite inexperienced. I learned that similar too Tehuantepec, as most know, and I was aware but thought that we may be ok in the time frame we had; but stay close too shore.

As we had left Chiapas, the app for charts that we use stopped working and so we made the choice to stay further off-shore. This was a bad idea. As we battled the steady 35 knot winds for 2.5 days, we were also being pushed even further offshore and catching the winds at a wider spot than if we would have been closer too shore. Once we finally were within 40 miles of the shore, we were trying to beat right into it as steeply as we could to come as far East as the sails would allow. At the time, we were still too far South as well by about 17 miles. In the process of trying to head upwind our jib began too rip. Our Main had ripped a bit the day before so it was down and we were sailing solely off of our 135% genoa with the motor, unnecessarily but possibly gave us piece of mind, as again we are all not experienced sailors.

The other young man on the crew and I had been switching shifts every 1.5 hours for the past 2.5 days becuase the older gentleman on our crew had become quite seasick and were not coming out of the cabin and were not great helmsmen anyways in the conditions we were in. So, Harry and I fought it out for almost 3 days together. When the jib finally gave out completely, we tried fighting our way through with the motor. We were only making about 2 knots and bobbing around as you can imagine, but headed in the right direction none  the less. We had taken so much water on in the past few days that our cockpit had been full very often of water. At some point the water had leaked into both of the diesel tanks.

 It was too much for the water separator too handle and eventually shut down the motor. Our last option was too try and sail her in on the slightly ripped main alone. As most will know (we didn't) in those conditions, we were basically hove-to with just the main. We had a bit of phone service then but were quickly being blown back out to sea. I was in touch with Ernesto telling him the situation and he had eventually sent the Coast Guard out.

We had called a MAYDAY on the radio while we still had contact and M/Y Maria sent out their 25' jet drive tender too tow us into Flamingo Beach.

 On our way in they asked if we could leave the main up too try and help stabilize the boat. We did so, but when we entered into the bay it began too luff. While it was luffing we read 50 knots on the gauge  Harry and I tried our hardest too pull it down in time but there was no way. It disintegrated into shreds by the time we lowered it and almost took him overboard. Funny enough, during all of this, the person at the helm was hit in the face with a flying fish!! The tender was kind enough too tow us into the beach and made sure we were able too anchor safely in the still high winds that we were facing. Once anchored we spoke with Ernesto and told him that we were aware that Costa Rica makes you check in at a marina but we were not able too get there.

Dan was not happy and I have nothing against him but he was not helpful and told us when i called him too ask for help when we were in a dire situation, and all that he was worried about was if we had been in touch with Ernesto and if our paperwork was already in order on our way in.

His words were "just because you're broken down, does not mean that our countries policies have changed." I explained that we had already done what we needed too and that we were expected too arrive on this day, and that we were also not just "broken down" we were in some pretty big trouble at the time.

After arriving too the beach, Ernesto directed us to get off of the boat and into a hotel for the evening and he was able too send an agent to us to check into Immigration and the Port Captain. Customs was less receptive. Ernesto worked hard to try and get them too come inspect us at the anchorage but they wouldn't. Ernesto also had sent the Coast Guard out too help us in our time of despair. We were able too get a mechanic too look at our boat in Flamingo Beach. His name was Mariscio and his phone number was +50686466628 . He was able too diagnose and get us back and running within the day for around $300. He got us running well enough to get us to our original destination of Marina Papagayo under our own power on a mild day, where customs finally checked us in and gave us our 90 day cruising permit.

Still have not found much in the way of sails here. I am leaning towards having 2nd hand sails shipped too us from Baconsails.com in Annapolis Maryland. This was our experience and if we can help anyone else in any way too avoid what happened too us we will be happy to do that.

Pilot Charts are focused on cruising conditions, there is a diagram for every month of the year for each section. They are on the Panama Posse site under each country example https://panamaposse.com/nicaragua

Every one of these maritime areas have a graph for every month. You can in this way utilize the graph to find out about the breezes and flows in every month.  Example Prevailing conditions in  Colombia - Caribbean in January

🇳🇮 RUM TOUR AT FLOR DE CAÑA NICARAGUA

Lisa sipping the 30 year old barrel aged treasure !

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PICTURE OF THE WEEK 

🇵🇦  Sunrise at Isla Perida, Panama. We are on the. way to Golfito, CR

Pairadice, Delta Swizzler and Alamos all easily across the bar it in to Bahia Del Sol.

Look at that face !
Followed by a special visitor a baby dududududududuu whale-shark

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 PANAMA POSSE  "PODS"  

PANAMA POSSE pods based on your cruising plans
 
💰 🍹🌿 ☠️ 🥥☸️ 🦜🌊 🏝️

Based on seasonal gathering spots here are the "sub pods" with line calls after the
main calls starting Mondays in November to save everyone's time
(great suggestion Eric Sprezzatura)

REMINDER WEEKLY PANAMA POSSE LINE CALLS MONDAYS @15:30 UTC for CARIBBEAN  16:00 UTC for PACIFIC

UPDATES ON QUARANTINE BY COUNTRY >>
 

QUARANTINE UPDATES  
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NOT PART OF THE 20·21 POSSE ?  SIGN UP NOW

181 VESSELS HAVE SIGNED UP  ALREADY >>

See the faces of the 20·20 Panama Posse, SEE WHO IS ON THE ROSTER >>>

MY RED ROVER >> 

Here is the link to Past and Present Participant Websites and Blogs. 
Great experience here ...more >>>
 

IT WOULD NOT BE A RALLY WITHOUT A CONTEST 

by the end of May 2021 we will announce the winners in these highly competitive fields

BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT

HIGHEST WIND RECORDED

BIGGEST MISHAP aka THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD

MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD

SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD

PANAMA POSSE YODA OF THE YEAR

PICTURE OF THE YEAR

GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR

CHOCOLATE TOURS IN BOCAS DEL TORO PANAMA 

Green Acres Chocolate tour in Bocas del Toro Panama @ Porras Lagoon.

PANAMA POSSE SPONSORS 

🇺🇸 California Yacht Marina, San Diego, Chula Vista - USA

🇲🇽 Marina Coral, Ensenada – Mexico

🇲🇽 IGY Marina Cabo San Lucas  – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina de la Paz – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina y Club de Yates Isla Cortes – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina el Cid – Mazatlan – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta – Mexico Marina

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

🇲🇽 Marina Ixtapa, Ixtapa – Mexico

🇲🇽 La Marina Acapulco, 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

🇵🇦 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

🇲🇽 Marina Makax – Isla Mujeres – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina V&V – Quintana Roo – Mexico

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

🇨🇺 Marina Marlin Nautica Cayo Largo – Cuba

🇺🇸 Marathon Marina, Florida, USA

SERVICE PROVIDERS

• ULLMAN SAILS SAN DIEGO
• PREDICT WIND
• SEVENSTAR YACHT TRANSPORT
• CABRALES BOATYARD
• ONESAILS MEXICO
• NAUTICED.ORG
• HOME DEPOT PRO MEXICO
• HERTZ RENTAL CARS  MEXICOOFFICIAL PANAMA CANAL AGENT 

    Centenario & Co.S.A. Eric Galvez – Panama

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

Advertising Partners – Las Vegas

Safe-Esteem.com – Delaware

PLEASE SEND US YOUR UPDATES AND WE'LL INCLUDE YOUR STORIES IN NEXT WEEKS FLEET UPDATE via email to news@panamaposse.com

CHINATSU @ SHELTER BAY

WE OPERATE UNDER INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW

YOUR VESSEL YOUR CREW YOUR RESPONSIBILITY 

Tell us your stories and findings along the route  ! SEND US YOUR VIDEOS

MV CrossRoads - SY Liquid - SY Carinthia on the inaugural 17-18 Panama Posse 

© 2020 Panama Posse / Good Nautical Inc

20·21 PANAMA POSSE
FLEET UPDATE 2021-01-30

 
We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds. - Aristotle Onassis

The inevitable south bound migration - here is an impromptu gathering at Marina Chiapas with 10 Panama Posse vessels on the docks

Congrats to all for a safe passage across the Tehuantepec

BURGEE SIGHTINGS 

Welcome to the Panama Posse SY SUR 

Greetings Panama Posse Voyagers 

We're a few months into this 20-21 season and while it’s been wonderful and inspiring to follow your adventures we would love to gather more video stories so we can share them at the end of the season in a longer, compilation video.

We invite, encourage and politely request that you share more of your journey via video.

The great news is  you are carrying a professional video camera right in your pocket,
yup your cellphone!

All we are asking is that you take a moment and record a quick video journal that includes:

• Your name & vessel name
• Where you currently are & which route you have been on
• Where your are heading this season ?

What to share:

•     Stories of places you visited
•     Adventures you have had or Misadventures you had to overcome
•     Did something break that you had to fix
•     Have you met anyone unforgettable
•     Tasted any incredible food or beverage

Please turn your camera/phone horizontal when you make the video and perhaps someone can film you vs a selfie…

Please send any additional photos of videos that compliment the stories you share and remember to make a mark.

When you are ready to upload email us at news@panamamposse.com and we'll send you an upload link.

Mr. Fix is Panama Posse’s documentary, video producer

With over 21 years experience in all facets of producing live events, video, film including sports, concerts, entertainment, fashion, corporate, political and non-profit functions.

FOCUS ON WEATHER 

Maritime Climatology

Pilot Charts

depict averages in prevailing winds and currents, air and sea temperatures, wave heights,  visibility, barometric pressure, and weather conditions at different times of the year and is divided into 12 months

The information used to compile these averages was obtained from oceanographic and meteorologic observations over many decades during the late 18th and 19th centuries.

The charts are intended to aid the mariner in selecting the fastest and safest ocean and coastal routes with regards to the expected weather and ocean conditions.

Pilot Charts are focused on cruising conditions, there is a diagram for every month of the year for each section. They are on the Panama Posse site under each country example https://panamaposse.com/colombia

Every one of these maritime areas have a graph for every month. You can in this way utilize the graph to find out about the breezes and flows in every month.  Example Prevailing weather in  Colombia in January

NEED CREW ? WANT TO CREW ? CREW LOGISTICS ...

PANAMA POSSE <-> CREW 

1) Please note that you are responsible for your CREW

2) You are also responsible for REPATRIATION and CLEARING FEES

3) We strongly consider a “flight home” deposit – typical last minute tickets are $$$$

4) Each CREW will have answered our initial questions but we do not know if these responses are truthful.

5) If anything goes wrong onboard, the buck stops with you. As captain, you are responsible for the total operation of the yacht including safety of crew, yacht and environment.

6) You are responsible for the conduct of the crew as well. And, of course, you are the navigator.

If you would like to receive CREW resumes please notify the Panama Posse via email and we will forward you CREW seeking vessel information >>

YOUR  CREW LOGISTICS MAP 
WITH AIRPORTS – CODES AND MARINAS ALONG THE PANAMA POSSE ROUTE TO MAKE CREW LOGISTICS EASIER >>

"DOMINO"  hauled in this beautiful specimen -
wonder how many fish you have to eat to get this big ?

PICTURES OF THE WEEK 

Ho'Okipa's view from Marina Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua with view of the Volcano San Cristóbal Casita - only 20 miles away

PICTURE OF THE WEEK 

Gargoyle's final COVID test in the Cayman Islands after 14 days quarantine BRAVO !

Sassafrass on the Dock in Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua

Marina y Club de Yates Isla Cortés in ALTATA, MX
Sponsors the Panama Posse 

Altata Navolato, Sinaloa

+52 (672) 854 7371

comercialmcortes@gmail.com

North from Mazatlan and only 45 minutes from Culiacán, Sinaloa´s Capital, you can find a heavenly landscape with dunes and beautiful beaches bathed by Mar de Cortés called Bahía de Altata.

PANAMA POSSE VESSEL "SY LUNA" FOR SALE 

We've decided to put LUNA, our 1989 Taswell 43 on the market. We are currently cruising out of Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico and are still enjoying the lifestyle, but considering a move to land. A separate post has the extensive equipment list. She has been well maintained and loved currently in Mexico Pacific Coast. Would like $189K US.

For more pictures and details follow this link  >>> 

Contact Bob & Kris    rrrigging.br@gmail.com      kris.bobr@gmail.com

UPDATE:  ROATAN BAY OF ISLAND HONDURAS 

We just received this news from the owner of Fantasy Island Resort & Marina:

Port of Roatan Entry Protocols (Bay Islands, Honduras)

Step # 1

Vessel Information:

• Vessel Documentation

• Tentative arrival date – Estimated stay in Port

• Confirmation on assigned Marina or Anchorage Area.

All Information is required at least 7 days before your vessel arrival date.

Step # 2 

Health Information:

Negative PCR test results must be sent 72hrs prior to arrival, if the sea passage exceeds 72hrs report must be sent on your last day in Port.

Immigration Information:

Pre checking procedures are required, Immigration Agent will comply once the crew/guest passport information has been made available.

Information required at least 3 days prior arrival.

Step # 3

PRE ARRIVAL Documents – All are required in PDF Files Format – 72Hrs prior to arrival.

• General Declaration

• Cargo Declaration

• Ship Stores

• Crew Effects

• Crew List

• Passenger list

• Dangerous Cargo (Bunker information)

• NOA – Notice of Arrival

• NIL List

• Health Declaration

• MANI – Manifest

• POC (Last 10 ports arrival)

• Last Port Clearance (Once available)

Agent will help full out these documents if necessary.

Step # 4

Official Port Call notification in the Port Authorities platform – Request of navigation permit (sailing within territorial waters) which will be in accordance to the period of time approved by the immigration officer.

HERTZ RENTAL CAR DEAL ADDED  IN HUATULCO,  MX

to reserve your car contact gdegyves@avasa.com.mx 
for details visit  https://panamaposse.com/hertz

Marina Santa Marta Colombia 
Sponsors the Panama Posse
 

 PANAMA POSSE  "PODS"  

PANAMA POSSE pods based on your cruising plans
 
💰 🍹🌿 ☠️ 🥥☸️ 🦜🌊 🏝️

Based on seasonal gathering spots here are the "sub pods" with line calls after the
main calls starting Mondays in November to save everyone's time
(great suggestion Eric Sprezzatura)

REMINDER WEEKLY PANAMA POSSE LINE CALLS MONDAYS @15:30 UTC for CARIBBEAN  16:00 UTC for PACIFIC

UPDATES ON QUARANTINE BY COUNTRY >>
 

QUARANTINE UPDATES  
 Keep checking this section for most recent updates  ...more >>>

NOT PART OF THE 20·21 POSSE ?  SIGN UP NOW

178 VESSELS HAVE SIGNED UP  ALREADY >>

See the faces of the 20·20 Panama Posse, SEE WHO IS ON THE ROSTER >>>

PANAMA POSSE PARTICIPANT WEBSITES 

SY KYRIE

Here is the link to Past and Present Participant Websites and Blogs. 
Great experience here ...more >>>
 

IT WOULD NOT BE A RALLY WITHOUT A CONTEST 

by the end of May 2021 we will announce the winners in these highly competitive fields

BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT

HIGHEST WIND RECORDED

BIGGEST MISHAP aka THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD

MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD

SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD

PANAMA POSSE YODA OF THE YEAR

PICTURE OF THE YEAR

GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR

PANAMA POSSE SPONSORS 

🇺🇸 California Yacht Marina, San Diego, Chula Vista - USA

🇲🇽 Marina Coral, Ensenada – Mexico

🇲🇽 IGY Marina Cabo San Lucas  – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina de la Paz – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina y Club de Yates Isla Cortes – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina el Cid – Mazatlan – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta – Mexico Marina

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

🇲🇽 Marina Ixtapa, Ixtapa – Mexico

🇲🇽 La Marina Acapulco, 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

🇵🇦 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

🇲🇽 Marina Makax – Isla Mujeres – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina V&V – Quintana Roo – Mexico

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

🇨🇺 Marina Marlin Nautica Cayo Largo – Cuba

🇺🇸 Marathon Marina, Florida, USA

SERVICE PROVIDERS

• ULLMAN SAILS SAN DIEGO
• PREDICT WIND
• SEVENSTAR YACHT TRANSPORT
• CABRALES BOATYARD
• ONESAILS MEXICO
• NAUTICED.ORG
• HOME DEPOT PRO MEXICO
• HERTZ RENTAL CARS TAPACHULA & HUATULCO MEXICOOFFICIAL PANAMA CANAL AGENT 

    Centenario & Co.S.A. Eric Galvez – Panama

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

Advertising Partners – Las Vegas

Safe-Esteem.com – Delaware

PLEASE SEND US YOUR UPDATES AND WE'LL INCLUDE YOUR STORIES IN NEXT WEEKS FLEET UPDATE via email to news@panamaposse.com

SY WISHLIST Welcome to the Panama Posse

WE OPERATE UNDER INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW

YOUR VESSEL YOUR CREW YOUR RESPONSIBILITY 

Tell us your stories and findings along the route  ! SEND US YOUR VIDEOS

panama posse communications on land @ 9811 w charleston blvd 2262 89117 Las Vegas USA

© 2020 Panama Posse / Good Nautical Inc

20·21 PANAMA POSSE
FLEET UPDATE 2021-01-25

VOYAGES
“The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats..”

― Ernest Hemingway

The season of the big Pacific Highs and lows creating cold fronts, swells and intense winds in
SoCal Congrats to all for a safe passage down the Baja dodging these systems 

PANAMA CANAL 

SY SOPHIE GOING THROUGH THE LOCKS

Line handlers walking on the edge of the Panama Canal

SY SOPHIE IS BACK IN THE PACIFIC

HOME DEPOT PRO MEXICO DISCOUNTS FOR 
THE PANAMA POSSE in 110 STORES 

Thanks to Jose Nardy Estrada from Home Depot Tapachula for making it official !

Check out at the pro counter with discounts up to 30% and no minimum quantities.

Please make a test purchase a the pro counter first to set up your account - average savings ~ 7 %  More benefits for the Panama Posse

PICTURES OF THE WEEK 

Street art in Jamaica

GARGOYLE SHOWING OFF EFFECTS OF THEIR WINDWARD MILES FROM THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

Check out Gargoyle's track on Predict wind >>

The Cayman Islands in Good Nautical 

The Barcadere Marina, Cayman Islands 
sponsors the Panama Posse 

HERTZ RENTAL CAR DEAL IN TAPACHULA,  MX

to reserve your car contact  gdegyves@avasa.com.mx 
for details visit
https://panamaposse.com/hertz

An old green door in Granada Nicaragua

VESSELS FLYING THEIR  PANAMA POSSE BURGEES 

Pacific Southbound FREEBOUND joined the Panama Posse a story of "Reeds"

Pacific Northbound AVENTURE joined the Panama Posse in Chiapas

 PANAMA POSSE  "PODS"  

PANAMA POSSE pods based on your cruising plans
 
💰 🍹🌿 ☠️ 🥥☸️ 🦜🌊 🏝️

Based on seasonal gathering spots here are the "sub pods" with line calls after the
main calls starting Mondays in November to save everyone's time
(great suggestion Eric Sprezzatura)

REMINDER WEEKLY PANAMA POSSE LINE CALLS MONDAYS @15:30 UTC for CARIBBEAN  16:00 UTC for PACIFIC

UPDATES ON QUARANTINE UPDATES >>
 

QUARANTINE UPDATES  
 Keep checking this section for most recent updates  ...more >>>

NOT PART OF THE 20·21 POSSE ?  SIGN UP NOW

177 VESSELS HAVE SIGNED UP  ALREADY >>

See the faces of the 20·20 Panama Posse, SEE WHO IS ON THE ROSTER >>>

MY PAIRADICE

Here is the link to Past and Present Participant Websites and Blogs. 
Great experience here ...more >>>
 

IT WOULD NOT BE A RALLY WITHOUT A CONTEST 

by the end of May 2021 we will announce the winners in these highly competitive fields

BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT

HIGHEST WIND RECORDED

BIGGEST MISHAP aka THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD

MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD

SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD

PANAMA POSSE YODA OF THE YEAR

PICTURE OF THE YEAR

GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR

PANAMA POSSE SPONSORS 

🇺🇸 California Yacht Marina, San Diego, Chula Vista - USA

🇲🇽 Marina Coral, Ensenada – Mexico

🇲🇽 IGY Marina Cabo San Lucas  – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina de la Paz – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina y Club de Yates Isla Cortes – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina el Cid – Mazatlan – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta – Mexico Marina

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

🇲🇽 Marina Ixtapa, Ixtapa – Mexico

🇲🇽 La Marina Acapulco, 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

🇵🇦 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

🇲🇽 Marina Makax – Isla Mujeres – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina V&V – Quintana Roo – Mexico

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

🇨🇺 Marina Marlin Nautica Cayo Largo – Cuba

🇺🇸 Marathon Marina, Florida, USA

SERVICE PROVIDERS

• ULLMAN SAILS SAN DIEGO
• PREDICT WIND
• SEVENSTAR YACHT TRANSPORT
• CABRALES BOATYARD
• ONESAILS MEXICO
• NAUTICED.ORG
• HOME DEPOT PRO MEXICO
• HERTZ RENTAL CARS TAPACHULA MEXICOOFFICIAL PANAMA CANAL AGENT 

    Centenario & Co.S.A. Eric Galvez – Panama

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

Advertising Partners – Las Vegas

Safe-Esteem.com – Delaware

PLEASE SEND US YOUR UPDATES AND WE'LL INCLUDE YOUR STORIES IN NEXT WEEKS FLEET UPDATE via email to news@panamaposse.com

SY Descanso Welcome to the Panama Posse

WE OPERATE UNDER INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW

YOUR VESSEL YOUR CREW YOUR RESPONSIBILITY 

Tell us your stories and findings along the route  !

panama posse communications on land @ 9811 w charleston blvd 2262 89117 Las Vegas USA

© 2020 Panama Posse / Good Nautical Inc

20·21 PANAMA POSSE
FLEET UPDATE 2021-01-19

DISCOVERY

“Man cannot discover new oceans
unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

― Andre Gide

One of the celebrations for those crossing the Tehuantepec is the inevitable satisfaction of having overcome an weather obstacle. The timing the preparations and execution all done and behind -  lt is time to celebrate in the southern region of Chiapas !

Congrats to all for a safe passage down with no major issue’s!!!!!

CHIAPAS THE UNDISCOVERED REGION 

PART 1: COFFEE 

A lot to see here including COFFEE - CHOCOLATE - RUM - RUINS - HIKING
ALL ACCESSIBLE FROM MARINA CHIAPAS

The dueling Fincas of Hamburgo and Argovia both multi-generational master coffee growers and agricultural powerhouses

Tour provided Courtesy of  Discovery Tours  
Miguel Angel Sánchez Morales
toursdiscoverchiapas@hotmail.com
+ 52 962 133 6820

Exhibitionism at Argovia

Some of the best beans come from Chiapas -
Overall Mexico is the 8th largest coffee producer in the world

Marina Chiapas sponsors the Panama Posse and has special rates including for the hurricane season flat rate of 250 x month for vessels up to 60'

Meet GM Memo and Rolf at Marina Chiapas

ENTRIES OF PICTURES OF THE WEEK 

 BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT !

THISLDU's entry

DOMINO"S ENTRY INTO BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT 

SUR anchored at LA INDIA in OAXACA

 PANAMA POSSE  "PODS"  

PANAMA POSSE pods based on your cruising plans
 
💰 🍹🌿 ☠️ 🥥☸️ 🦜🌊 🏝️

Based on seasonal gathering spots here are the "sub pods" with line calls after the
main calls starting Mondays in November to save everyone's time
(great suggestion Eric Sprezzatura)

To add your designation to you LINE display name

1) to find your emoji and use it, copy them form the bottom legend of this page
https://panamaposse.com/2020-2021-vessels

2) edit your display name using the GEAR icon within LINE  and paste or insert your EMOJI

PICTURE OF THE WEEK BY SUR

Catweazle in the Canal

REMINDER WEEKLY PANAMA POSSE LINE CALLS MONDAYS @15:30 UTC for CARIBBEAN  16:00 UTC for PACIFIC

HONDURAS BAY OF ISLANDS is in GOOD NAUTICAL 

UPDATES ON QUARANTINE UPDATES >>
 

QUARANTINE UPDATES  
 Keep checking this section for most recent updates  ...more >>>

NOT PART OF THE 20·21 POSSE ?  SIGN UP NOW

172 VESSELS HAVE SIGNED UP  ALREADY >>

See the faces of the 20·20 Panama Posse, SEE WHO IS ON THE ROSTER >>>

SY STARFISH

Here is the link to Past and Present Participant Websites and Blogs. 
Lot's of goodness here ...more >>>
 

IT WOULD NOT BE A RALLY WITHOUT A CONTEST 

by the end of May 2021 we will announce the winners in these highly competitive fields

BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT

HIGHEST WIND RECORDED

BIGGEST MISHAP aka THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD

MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD

SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD

PANAMA POSSE YODA OF THE YEAR

PICTURE OF THE YEAR

GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR

MASTER CLASS RUM TOUR AT RUM BONAMPAK 

ONLY 20 minutes from Marina Chahue is Rones "Bonampak"

Master of the Rum Domain

These rums proudly display the Bonampak name and the Jaguar image, which pays homage to their heritage.

Bonampak Rum is named after the Mayan archaeological site in Chiapas. It literally means “painted wall” in modern Mayan.

The 8 year aged rum waiting for it's final destination ...

Rum is full of flavor compared to say ... vodka

these rums are the most awarded in México. Crafted to satisfy the demands of traditional rum lovers and make sailors fall in love with this extraordinary spirit.

Kevin first mate of Exhibitionism a self-proclaimed life long rum expert geeing acquainted with Bonampak

The Jaguar appears in these ancient murals, and in the long and sacred tradition of ancient Mexican art and religion.

This tour was provided courtesy of Nativo Tours from Chiapas

Dear Blue Water Mariners,

Thank you for participating in our Winter Weather Webinars for Blue Water Mariners on December 10-11, 2020.  For those that would like to see the recorded presentations, they are available on the National Hurricane Center's YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMjPe419vN4 - Atlantic Ocean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUnNf-gHGWw - Pacfiic Ocean

  National Weather Service forecast product websites for Blue Water Mariners

- December 2020

Within 60 NM of the U.S. coastline (except within 25 NM in Atlantic from Georgia northward):

https://www.weather.gov/

Tropical North Atlantic - 07N to 31N, west of 35W, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/marine/?atlc

Tropical Northeast Pacific - Equator to 30N, east of 140W and 03.4S to Equator, east of 120W:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/marine/?epac

National Weather Service Marine Program:

https://www.weather.gov/marine/

Chris Landsea

Branch Chief, Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch

NOAA/NWS/NCEP/National Hurricane Center

11691 S.W. 17th Street

Miami, Florida 33165

Chris.Landsea@noaa.gov  P: 305-229-4446

PANAMA POSSE SPONSORS 

🇺🇸 California Yacht Marina, San Diego, Chula Vista - USA

🇲🇽 Marina Coral, Ensenada – Mexico

🇲🇽 IGY Marina Cabo San Lucas  – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina de la Paz – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina y Club de Yates Isla Cortes – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina el Cid – Mazatlan – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta – Mexico Marina

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

🇲🇽 Marina Ixtapa, Ixtapa – Mexico

🇲🇽 La Marina Acapulco, 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

🇵🇦 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

🇲🇽 Marina Makax – Isla Mujeres – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina V&V – Quintana Roo – Mexico

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

🇨🇺 Marina Marlin Nautica Cayo Largo – Cuba

🇺🇸 Marathon Marina, Florida, USA

SERVICE PROVIDERS

• ULLMAN SAILS SAN DIEGO
• PREDICT WIND
• SEVENSTAR YACHT TRANSPORT
• CABRALES BOATYARD
• ONESAILS MEXICO
• NAUTICED.ORGOFFICIAL PANAMA CANAL AGENT 

    Centenario & Co.S.A. Eric Galvez – Panama

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

Advertising Partners – Las Vegas

Safe-Esteem.com – Delaware

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