Cost of Living Index Mid 2020

Rank	Country	Cost of Living Index
1	Bermuda	147.77
2	Switzerland	125.69
3	Norway	96.8
4	Iceland	90.19
5	Japan	86.22
6	Denmark	85.02
7	Luxembourg	84.38
8	Bahamas	84.25
9	Israel	82.52
10	Singapore	81.13
11	Barbados	79.92
12	Ireland	78.07
13	Hong Kong	77.9
14	France	76.34
15	South Korea	75.93
16	Australia	75.89
17	Netherlands	74.63
18	Seychelles	74.41
19	Belgium	73.59
20	Finland	72.71
21	United States	72.47
22	Sweden	72.31
23	New Zealand	71.83
24	Austria	71.78
25	Macao	70.18
26	Puerto Rico	70.02
27	Malta	69.26
28	Italy	68.95
29	Qatar	67.54
30	Germany	66.34
31	Canada	66.18
32	Libya	66.06
33	United Kingdom	65.67
34	Lebanon	64.26
35	United Arab Emirates	62.98
36	Taiwan	61.95
37	Cyprus	59.93
38	Bahrain	58.36
39	Greece	57.5
40	Trinidad And Tobago	56.66
41	Croatia	56.31
42	Spain	55.27
43	Slovenia	55.17
44	Panama	55.02
45	Palestine	54.96
46	Ethiopia	54.86
47	Jamaica	*54.36*
48	Costa Rica	54.2
49	Zimbabwe	54.06
50	Jordan	53.4
51	Belize	*53.08*
52	Estonia	52.93
53	Mauritius	51.75
54	Kuwait	49.86
55	Fiji	49.65
56	Portugal	49.52
57	Oman	49.42
58	Latvia	49.18
59	Saudi Arabia	49.15
60	Thailand	48.97
61	Suriname	47.95
62	Cambodia	47.91
63	Brunei	47.49
64	Slovakia	46.8
65	Uruguay	46.66
66	Chile	45.43
67	Czech Republic	45.05
68	El Salvador	44.96
69	Lithuania	44.85
70	Guatemala	44.23
71	Cuba	43.85
72	Nicaragua	43.7
73	Honduras	42.73
74	Dominican Republic	41.76
75	Ecuador	40.62
76	Hungary	40.09
77	Mozambique	39.98
78	China	39.51
79	Poland	39.46
80	Philippines	39.25
81	Botswana	39.13
82	Cameroon	38.95
83	Montenegro	38.68
84	Ghana	38.52
85	Iraq	38.49
86	Somalia	38.48
87	Iran	38.47
88	Myanmar	38.47
89	Bulgaria	38.39
90	Vietnam	38.12
91	Namibia	38.12
92	Malaysia	38.09
93	Kenya	37.75
94	Peru	37.64
95	South Africa	37.52
96	Serbia	36.98
97	Albania	36.96
98	Indonesia	36.86
99	Tanzania	36.85
100	Bosnia And Herzegovina	36.57
101	Romania	36.23
102	Rwanda	36.21
103	Bolivia	36.02
104	Morocco	34.44
105	Mongolia	33.97
106	Armenia	33.71
107	Russia	33.66
108	Moldova	33.52
109	Bangladesh	33.41
110	North Macedonia	32.96
111	Sri Lanka	32.93
112	Belarus	32.63
113	Turkey	32.44
114	Argentina	31.18
115	Azerbaijan	31.14
116	Kazakhstan	31.01
117	Brazil	30.99
118	Uganda	30.96
119	Mexico	30.93
120	Paraguay	30.34
121	Ukraine	30.05
122	Nigeria	29.76
123	Georgia	29.71
124	Egypt	29.55
125	Colombia	29.02
126	Algeria	28.88
127	Kosovo (Disputed Territory)	28.42
128	Nepal	28.17
129	Tunisia	27.93
130	Uzbekistan	27.37
131	Syria	27.04
132	Afghanistan	26.71
133	Kyrgyzstan	24.7
134	India	24.12
135	Pakistan	21

source https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_by_country.jsp

by OCEANPOSSE

A Pirate Botanist Helped Bring Hot Chocolate to England

William Hughes was a buccaneer with an early recipe for “the American Nectar.”

by Reina Gattuso source -> https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-invented-hot-chocolate

If you had met him the year his famous book was published, you might have mistaken William Hughes for a mild-mannered gardener. By that time, he had settled into his role at the country estate of the Viscountess Conway, a noblewoman and philosopher, and had published a book on grapevines. But the old man was more than a tottering plant enthusiast. When his treatise on New World botany, The American Physitian, dropped in 1672, its contents revealed a swashbuckling history.

“He was a pirate chocolatier,” says Marissa Nicosia, Assistant Professor of Renaissance Literature at Penn State Abington and co-founder of the Cooking in the Archives blog. Nicosia recently recreated Hughes’s hot chocolate recipe for the Folger Shakespeare Library’s “First Chefs” exhibition, a celebration of the first American culinary celebrities and the indigenous and African people who shaped American cooking.

William Hughes had not intended to become a chocolate celebrity. When the Englishman, who was a botanist by inclination, set out for the New World sometime in the 1630s or ‘40s, it’s possible he had never heard of cacao at all. “Britain was late to the game in terms of exploiting the resources in the Americas,” says Amanda Herbert, an Assistant Director at the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Hughes’s botanical studies, and his piracy, were a game of catch-up with the Spanish. His treatise on American botany, one of the first eyewitness English-language accounts of cacao planting and production, alerted the English of the New World resources they had yet to exploit. His notes on hot chocolate preparation, gleaned from encounters with indigenous, colonial European, and African Americans, helped bring the intoxicating brew, once regarded with wariness, to the tastebuds and imaginations of England’s upper classes.

But first, Hughes took to the high seas. He writes that he served on “his majesty’s ship of war,” a polite reference to privateering. At the time, English ships often had charters from the crown entitling them to capture and exploit ships from other countries, a kind of state-sanctioned piracy. Hughes’s ship privateered its way around the Caribbean, from Jamaica and Hispaniola to Florida. As a low-ranking sailor, Hughes was often stuck with the dangerous and tedious job of venturing out in a longboat to explore unknown coasts. But that gave him plenty of time to work on his passion project.

Hughes published his famous A treatise on American botany in 1672. Cooking in the Archives/Public Domain

Published decades after his return to England, The American Physitian includes notes on sugarcane (“both pleasant and profitable”), lime (“excellent good against the Scurvie”), and prickly pear (“if you suck large quantities of it, it coloureth the urine of a purple color”). But the longest entry of the book is dedicated to cacao, “that Fruit, which is the chiefest-ingredient of the deservedly-esteemed Drink called Chocolate.” This drink was so piquant and tempting, so symbolic of the lush riches of the New World, that Hughes dubbed it “the American nectar.”

While he was one of the first to write about it in English, Hughes wasn’t the first to bring chocolate into the European archive. That honor goes to Christopher Columbus himself, who, on his fourth voyage to the Americas, in 1502, encountered a boatful of indigenous people off the coast of Honduras. Their cargo contained a number of strange pods, which a stymied Columbus could only describe as almonds.

Indigenous Central Americans knew better. They had been consuming chocolate since at least 1400 BC. Pre-Columbian cultural artifacts are full of images and traces of cacao, which they fermented, crushed, and drank with hot water for special occasions. The Codex Zouche-Nuttall, a 14th-century document from the Mixtec people, depicts a couple marrying by sharing a frothing cup of the beverage. Scented with vanilla, honey, and other florals, colored red with annatto, and crowned with a signature crimson foam, cacao embodied life itself. “There was a lot of play around chocolate being like blood,” says Marcy Norton, Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, who wrote a book on chocolate.

An illustration from a 16th-century Spanish treatise shows indigenous American women making hot chocolate.

An illustration from a 16th-century Spanish treatise shows indigenous American women making hot chocolate. World Digital Library/Public Domain

Indigenous Americans also presented cacao to diplomatic guests. It was, perhaps, in this context that Europeans first encountered the drink. In 1518, a group of elite, likely Mayan-speaking Caribbean people presented a Spanish expedition with turkey stew, corn tortillas, and a cacao drink. The Europeans loved the turkey and tortillas, says Norton, but “the cacao drink was very strange to them.”

“Strange” is an understatement. At first, many Europeans simply couldn’t stand chocolate. Benzoni, an Italian traveler in 1500s Nicaragua, said that chocolate was more fit for pigs than humans. A Jesuit traveller in the 1500s compared the foam—one of the most important aspects of the beverage for indigenous Americans—to feces.

By the early 1600s, however, tastes were changing. Maybe it was because Spaniards had spent a century sipping chocolate in diplomatic meetings with indigenous leaders, part of the strategic military alliance that enabled European conquest. Maybe it was the addictive shock of caffeine in the era before coffee and tea captured Europe. Or maybe, as Norton argues, it was a result of the ever-permeable nature of colonial relationships, in which—without intending to, often without wanting to—the colonizer can’t help but take on the tastes and habits of the colonized.

A 1671 French treatise includes a drawing of an indigenous man, a cacao plant, and chocolate-making equipment.

A 1671 French treatise includes a drawing of an indigenous man, a cacao plant, and chocolate-making equipment. Public Domain Review/Public Domain

Whatever it was, by the early 1600s, chocolate had seduced Spain. Sold from street carts and chocolate houses favored by missionaries, traders, and others embedded in Transatlantic networks, the frothy beverage enchanted Spaniards as much as its indigenous origins alarmed them. “There’s a lot of satirical and literary production where people are very playful about how taking chocolate makes you an idolator,” says Norton. The fear was real enough to prompt European doctors, priests, and scholars to debate at length how much chocolate was too much, and whether it could be drunk while fasting.

By the time Hughes traveled to the Americas, Spain and the New World were already connected by the habit of hot chocolate drinking, part of a new transatlantic culture forged by trade in sugar, spices, and human beings. Hughes’s description of common hot chocolate ingredients reflects this worldly milieu of traders and the spices they coveted. Variations of the beverage could include “milk, water, grated bread, sugar, maiz, egg, wheat flour, cassava, chili pepper, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, musk, ambergris, cardamom, orange flower water, citrus peel, citrus and spice oils, achiote, vanilla, fennel, annis, black pepper, ground almonds, almond oil, rum, brandy, sack.”

The bitter undertones of cacao alluded to equally unsettling histories. By the time of Hughes’s voyage, the great pre-Columbian empires had all but fallen. Hundreds of thousands of Native Americans had been killed by European guns, forced labor, and disease. Thousands of enslaved Africans were being taken to American plantations to replace them. As a result of this violent, vibrant exchange, a new Mestizo culture was born, indigenous, African, and European all at once. These people in Empire’s margins—enslaved Africans coaxing sugarcane from island soil; Mestiza ladies mixing indigenous knowledge into chocolate for their Spanish employers or husbands—are the real authors of Hughes’s book.

As with many natural historians of the time, says Herbert of the Folger Shakespeare library, Hughes’s work “was an act of information possession.” His botanical buccaneering was a stand-in for the colonial project as a whole. Like all Europeans in the New World, he extracted resources and knowledge from lands and people that were not his to take. Yet this, says Norton, is the great irony of Europeans’ enduring obsession with cocoa. Hughes may have tried to possess American knowledge, but chocolate, and the indigenous traditions that created it, have possessed Europe ever since.

William Hughes’s Hot Chocolate

Adapted by Marissa Nicosia of Cooking in the Archives for the Folger Shakespeare Library’s “First Chefs” exhibition, part of the library’s ongoing “Before ‘Farm to Table’: Early Modern Foodways and Cultures” series.

Ingredients

This recipe makes two cups of hot chocolate mix.

1⁄4 cup cocoa nibs
3 1⁄2 ounces or 100 grams of a 70% dark chocolate bar, roughly chopped
1⁄2 cup cocoa powder
1⁄2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1⁄4 cup breadcrumbs or grated stale bread (optional for a thicker drink)
1⁄2 teaspoon chili flakes (substitute 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon for a less spicy drink)
Milk (1 cup of milk to 3 tablespoons of finished mix)

Preparation

Toast the cocoa nibs in a shallow pan until they begin to look glossy and smell extra chocolatey. Combine all ingredients in a food processor, blender, or mortal and pestle. Blitz or grind until ingredients are combined into a loose mix. Heat the milk in a pan on the stove or in a heatproof container in a microwave. Stir in three tablespoons of mix for each cup of heated milk.

Notes

Hughes lists many other ingredients that indigenous Caribbean people as well as Spanish colonizers added to their hot chocolate. Starting with a base of grated cacao, they thickened it with cassava bread, maize flour, eggs, and/or milk, and flavored it with nutmeg, saffron, almond oil, sugar, pepper, cloves, vanilla, fennel seeds, anise seeds, lemon peel, cardamom, orange flower water, rum, brandy, and sherry. Adapt this hot chocolate to your taste by trying these other traditional flavorings.

SOURCE -> https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-invented-hot-chocolate

by OCEANPOSSE

LOGISTICS

Getting parts in into a country can be expensive time consuming and challenging

Below are several freight companies customs clearing agencies for different areas who have been helpful in the past.

Most yacht parts are governed by customs rules and yacht in transit rules which vary from country to country.

LIST BY COUNTRY / AREA

MEXICO - ESTAFETA - slow but steady

COSTA RICA -

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - PAS Cargo USA

CARIBBEAN - TROPICAL SHIPPING - FEDEX - DHL

PANAMA - MAILBOXES ETC

by OCEANPOSSE

FLEET UPDATE 2020-05-31

BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT AWARD and runners up
HIGHEST WIND RECORDED AWARD
BIGGEST MISHAP AWARD AKA THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD and runners up
MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD AWARD and runners up
SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD
PANAMA POSSE YODA OF THE YEAR AWARD and runners up
PICTURE OF THE YEAR AWARD and runners up
GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
Marina Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua, Panama Posse Dinners
ANNOUNCING the 19/20 PANAMA POSSE T-SHIRTS
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Panama Posse virtual final party smashing success and below are the winners of this years fleet awards

Panama Posse

1) 🥥 BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT AWARD

PRIZE: one free week dockage at Marina Pez Vela, Costa Rica courtesy of MARINA PEZ VELA

WINNER: SEA LARKS

Jeff & Paula

SEA LARKS

Runner Up
SIRENA

Greg

SIRENA

Runner Up
REEF DANCER

Jerry & Debra

REEF DANCER

Runner up
SUSIMI

Hazel & Paul

SUSIMI

2) 🥥 HIGHEST WIND RECORDED AWARD

PRIZE: One week of Dockage at Marina Papagayo, Courtesy of Marina Papagayo, Costa Rica

WINNER: BLESSED LIFE

49 knots of wind recorded at Playa Cocos, Costa Rica

Bob and Margie

BLESSED LIFE

3) 🥥 BIGGEST MISHAP AWARD AKA THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD

PRIZE: one month of free mooring in El Salvador courtesy of Bill and Jean El Salvador

WINNER: MOONRISE

For their ordeal in reaching Marina Chahue from South of Acapulco
- oil sipping engine - how much oil can an engine burn over 200 nm ? answer - 1 liter per mile @ 4 knots

Stephen & Ana Veronica
MOONRISE

Runner Up
VOLARE - Exiting El Salvador with a splash

Jessica & Adam

VOLARE

Runner Up
GREENFLASH - kissing the dock in Costa Rica

Bob & Joan

GREEN FLASH

Runner Up
HALF MOON - Adventures in Anchoring in Zihuatanejo

Brain & Elizabeth
HALF MOON

Runner Up
HAPPY DANCE - Dripmore Shaft

Sue & Marty

HAPPY DANCE

Honorable Mention: Personal Head Injury in El Salvador

Matt & Britt
MALOLO

4) 🥥 MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD AWARD

PRIZE: 1.75 Liters of Flor de Caña Rum

Winner: JO

"Jay" & Kelley

THISLDU

Garrett & Audrey

THISLDU

5) 🥥 SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD

Prize: One year full access to 330 Good Nautical's Global Regions

WINNER: TRANCE - sailing from Virigina to Oregon in 6 months

November 30th 2019 - Virginia

May 24th 2020 - Bodega Bay Northern California

Dan & Marlene

TRANCE

6) 🥥 PANAMA POSSE YODA OF THE YEAR AWARD

Prize: One week at Red Frog Marina courtesy of Red Frog Marina, Panama

Winner: AVANT
For his exceptional support and informational updates during the C19 Crisis and his tiredless support and satellite chartmaking for Open Cpn

Rob & Debra

AVANT

Runner Up: KNOT RIGHT
For being a positive force and his continued participation in the Panama Posse

Walt & Jearine

RUNNER UP

Runner Up: SEAGLUB
For committing to providing top swell forcasts, relevant weather information

Chris

SEAGLUB

9) 🥥 PICTURE OF THE YEAR AWARD
https://panamaposse.com/panama-posse-2019-2020-picture-of-the-year-entries

Panama Posse Picture of the Year Award
PRIZE: one free week stay at Marina Vista Mar, Panama, Courtesy of Marina Vista Mar, Panama

WINNER: ROSA LEE
Sunset by SV Rosa Lee
ROSA-LEE Tenecatita
Gary

ROSA LEE

Runner Up: HALF MOON

Moonrise by SV Half Moon
HALFMOON MoonRise
Brain & Elizabeth

HALF MOON

Runner Up: ROSA LEE

Crossing the Bar
ROSA LEE

       Gary

       ROSA LEE

Honorable Mention: JEAN ANNE

Whalestale

       Steve & Chelsea

        JEAN ANNE

FYI Follow this link to listen to Steve's Awesome MIXES -> https://soundcloud.com/djlifeguard/

7) 🥥 GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR AWARD

PRIZE: Futue round of golf for 2 Barra de Navidad, MX

WINNER: HO'OKIPA

      Lucky Chucky and Lisa made a special donation of 6000 Pesos
      to the Barra Navidad Feed the locals Fundand as Wilderness Survival Experts
      went digging deep into a foot to take a metal splinter out.

      Lucky Chucky & Lisa

      HO'OKIPA

8) Marina Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua, Panama Posse Dinners
Second Wind still at Marina Puesta del Sol where it will be for the summer. Here is a photo of six of the seven (so far) Saturday night dinners hosted by Roberto Membreño, owner of the marina and resort. Juanita Garcia Uriza, the resort manager, orchestrates these dinners. You can see that our numbers have been dwindling. They are the chronological order.

Marina Puesta del Sol

Vessels TALIESIN ROSE, GARGOYLE, SECOND WIND, HALF MOON, THISLDU

Taliesin Rose is currently in Barra de Navidad Mexico.
Thisludu are at their new home in Charleston, SC.

Laurin SECOND WIND

9) Panama Posse SWAG we will send one more email out as soon as the
2019-2020 Tshirts orde form with your vessle name will go live
( expect this to be in about 2 weeks )

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10) sign up for next season-
here is the list of valiant entrants, explorers and adventurers
for the next season - to do so reply with "SIGN ME UP AGAIN"

https://panamaposse.com/2020-2021-vessels
Dietmar & Suzanne

CARINTHIA

11) Things you can do while sheltering in place ... Add you comments and findings to Good Nautical !!!
For the next 3 months you still have free access to Good Nautical so please add your findings.
If you sign up again for next season you will of course once again get access -
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Log into Good Nautical and make your relevant comments in any of the places you have been
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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
Vista Mar Marina – Panama
Shelter Bay Marina – Panama
Red Frog Marina – Panama
Bocas Marina – Panama

Official Panama Canal Agent

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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
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Park Avenue Villas – San Juan del Sur – Nicaragua
Coconutz – Annual Papagayo Victory Party – Playa Cocos – Costa Rica
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THANK YOU !

by OCEANPOSSE

🇲🇽 COPPER CANON - BARRANCA DEL COBRE - EL CHEPE

The Journey through the Copper Canyon by train is an experience of one of the most scenic train rides in the world. TAs El Chepe chugs along its 653 km (405 mi) of track, a journey which takes anywhere from 9 to 16 hours, it crosses over 37 bridges and through 86 tunnels. It crosses the Copper Canyon, called the Barranca del Cobre by Mexicans.
The El Chepe train | Evaneos

Copper Canyon

The Copper Canyon is one of Mexico's lesser-known gems. ...

Copper Canyon, called the Barranca del Cobre
is a group of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua
It is 65,000 sqk / 25,000 sqm in size.

Copper Canon outlook
The canyons were formed by six rivers that drain the western side of the Sierra Tarahumara (a part of the Sierra Madre Occidental).

All six rivers merge into the Rio Fuerte and empty into the Gulf of California. The walls of the canyon are a copper/green color, which is the origin of the name.

The Spanish arrived in the Copper Canyon area in the 17th century and encountered the indigenous locals throughout Chihuahua. For these New Spanish, America was a new land to explore for gold and silver and also to spread Christianity. The New Spanish named the people "Tarahumara", they encountered derived from the word Rarámuri, which is what the indigenous people call their men.

During the 17th century, silver was discovered by the Hispanic in the land of the Tarahumara tribe. Some were enslaved for mining efforts. There were small uprisings by the Tarahumara, but to little avail. They eventually were forced off the more desirable lands and up into the canyon cliffs.

The full journey takes either nine or sixteen hours

If you travel on the Chepe Express (Los Mochis to Creel and vice versa), your journey time will be nine hours, with the train leaving from Los Mochis at either 6am or 3.50pm. On the Chepe Regional (Los Mochis to Chihuahua and vice versa), the journey is around 16 hours from start to finish and the train leaves either Los Mochis or Chihuahua at 6am.

CLIMATE

The alpine climate of the mountainous regions of Copper Canyon has moderate temperatures from October to November and March to April. The bottom of the canyons are humid and warm and remain that way throughout the year. During the warmest months, April through June, drought is a chronic problem with little rainfall until July when the rainy season begins.

Copper Canyon

Edge

by OCEANPOSSE

🇨🇷 MANUEL ANTONIO PARK

Manuel Antonio National Park - Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, is a quintesential Cosat Rican national park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located on the Pacific coast a few miles south east of Quepos and Marina Pez Vela.

Manuel Antonio Park

It was established in 1972 and considered the smallest of any Costa Rica national park. It is well known for its beautiful beaches and hiking trails. In 2011, Manuel Antonio was listed by Forbes as among the world's 12 most beautiful national parks.

Manuel Antonio Park

The diversity of wildlife in its 6.83 km2 (3 sq mi) is unequaled with 109 species of mammals and 184 species of birds.
Dolphins can be observed there, as well as the occasional migrating whale

Manuel Antonio Park

There are three-toed sloth and two-toed sloth are a major feature, as are three of Costa Rica's monkey species —

The mantled howler monkey
Central American squirrel monkey
Panamanian white-faced Capuchin monkey.

Manuel Antonio Park

There are black spiny-tailed iguana, green iguana, common basilisk, white-nosed coati and many snake and bat species a

Manuel Antonio Park

Included in the 184 bird species are toucans, woodpeckers, potoos, motmots, tanagers, turkey vulture, parakeets and hawks. .

by OCEANPOSSE

FLEET UPDATE 2020-05-24

Announcing End of Panama Posse 2019-2020 Season
Highest Wind recorded
Pictures of the Week
Insuring with Novamar
Nicaragua exit via Humanitarian Flight
El Niño or La Niña - Climatology - OpenCPN - Predict Wind
Country Updates
Vessel Locations
Calling on all West Coast Yacht Clubs
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1) Announcing End of Panama Posse 2019-2020 Season

This is your second to last fleet update of the season !

The final celebration Saturday May 30, 2020 at 23:00 UTC via LINE

Everyone get's the mic and we'll tell our sea-tales
- have a few cocktails and relax and share
- we can even try turning on video if bandwidth permits it !

Among other things we announce the following awards
- please join and give us your words of wisdom

🥥 Picture of the Year
🥥 Biggest Fish caught
🥥 Highest Wind recorded
🥥 Biggest Mishap
🥥 Most un-welcomed visitor onboard
🥥 Speedy Gonzales award
🥥 Panama Posse YODA OF THE YEAR

2) Highest wind on record

This entry from Costa Rica shows 49 knots

Highest wind recorded. It was actually 52. Playa Del Cocos. Costa Rica

Bob and Margie

BLESSED LIFE

3) Pictures of the Week

Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica

‘Wolfhound’, observing 'social distancing' … Anchored off Jimenez, Costa Rica
Steven, Louise & Sam

WOLFHOUND

Marina Pez Vela, Cost Rica

Bob and Margie

Bob Margie
BLESSED LIFE

Barra de Navidad Lagoon, Mexico

Steve & Chelsea
JEAN ANNE

4) NOVAMAR INSURANCE

We are safe and sound in Santa Barbara after flying home from Barra one week ago.
Wanted to let you know that Novamar has stepped up and helped me with the option to leave our vessel in Barra di Navidad over the summer.
We dropped the hull value to reduce their risk and I am self insuring that portion not covered. The navigation area and the premium were a good
compromise to get Sea Larks covered for the next sailing season. I still may choose to go to California for the summer, but now have the option.
Not sure they would have allowed for this without the connection to Panama Posse and their being quite a few others in similar situations.
Morgan Wells, Broker for Novamar, was also helpful in getting this resolved in a timely manner.
Please forward to share my gratitude.

Cheers,

Jeffrey & Paula

SEA LARKS

5) Nicaragua exit via Humanitarian Flight

"... it was a hell of an adventure ..."

Thisldu is through customs waiting on our flight! Flight was approved at 4pm yesterday and tickets were on sale shortly after. The embassy called us before sending out the email, but the flight is not limited to Americans and is completely full (300+ seats).
Flight scheduled for 10am.

Arrived at 7am behind ~75 people already waiting in line. Airport opened doors at 730. They moved the line of 300 people twice. 95% of people wearing masks. 915 they check in the first person. Computers are down and so are printers. Every ticket and luggage tag is hand written. Most payed for a seat assignment but all tickets say “open seating”. 12 now and we are through immigration waiting to board.
A total cluster *#%}@ but Ill sit on the toilet at this point.

To read Audrey's blog entry visit
https://www.thisldu.com/home/homecoming

Garrett & Audrey

THISLDU

6) El Niño or La Niña

U.S. forecaster sees 65% chance for no El Nino, no La Nina during summer months
https://reut.rs/2WYIsb9

In general, warm El Niño events are characterized by more tropical storms and hurricanes in the eastern Pacific and a decrease in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. ... The increased wind shear helps to prevent tropical disturbances from developing into hurricanes.

During La Niña, westerly winds high in the atmosphere weaken. This results in an expanded area of low vertical wind shear, allowing more Atlantic hurricanes to develop during La Niña events. La Niña increases the number of hurricanes that develop and allows stronger hurricanes to form.

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7) Country Updates C19 Extraordinar Line Call

As of today here is where each country stands

 MEXICO 65,856 7,179 ✝
- border closings between USA and Mexico but commercial entry permitted - outbound and inbound vessels still possible - certain ports are closed or locking down  
https://mx.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/covid-19-information/

Schools are closed until May 30 in most municipalities.
Non-essential activities have been suspended. Essential activities include medical services and supplies, public safety, fundamental economic functions, government social programs, and critical infrastructure.
Meetings of 100 participants or greater have been suspended.
Individuals should practice good hygiene such as frequent hand washing and social distancing.
Those not involved in essential activities should self-isolate at home.
People over age 60 or with high risk medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, compromised immune system, pregnant, or post-partum should self-isolate at home.

States and municipalities may implement additional closings and restrictions on public gatherings, transportation, business operations, and government operations.

GUATEMALA 3,054 55✝
- full lock down - no entry permitted - Curfew extended to june 5th 
 Guatemala's Congress has voted to extend the current state of calamity until June 5 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A  The Guatemalan government declared a “state of calamity” on March 5 and then extended the expiration of this declaration to June 5. Declaring a “state of calamity” allows the Guatemalan government to take exceptional measures to protect national security (similar to a “state of emergency” in the United States). Under a state of calamity, the Guatemalan government can authorize specific actions, such as

EL SALVADOR 1,915 35✝
full lock down - no entry permitted
El Salvadorian government extends COVID-19 lockdown restrictions until June 6   

HONDURAS 3,743 174✝
  Honduras - full lock down - no entry permitted  
National Curfew Extended Until May 24

The Government of Honduras has extended the national curfew until Sunday, May 24 at 11:00 p.m. Under the latest order, circulation for shopping and essential activities is permitted on certain days based on national identity number.

The National Police announced banks, supermarkets, pharmacies, hardware stores, fruit and vegetable stands, and gas stations will be open Monday through Friday until 5:00 p.m. Shopping will be allowed from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. according to the last digit of an individual’s national identity card or passport number for non-Honduran citizens.

NICARAGUA 279 17✝

 Nicaragua - closed

Nicaragua likely to maintain restrictions on international passenger flights and cross-border cargo transport through   09 Jun 2020 23:59 GMT.

The border with Costa Rica has also been closed for cargo transport since May 18. Hundreds of cargo trucks are stranded in Penas Blancas on the Nicaraguan side of the border.  
Event: Several airlines have extended their suspension of regular service between Nicaragua and the United States. The following dates for resumption of service are current as of April 28, 2020 but could change:
* Aeromexico service suspended until June 01, 2020
* United Airlines service suspended until June 04, 2020
* Avianca Airlines service suspended until June 04, 2020
* Delta Airlines service suspended until June 13, 2020
* American Airlines service suspended until June 04, 2020
* Copa Airlines service suspended until June 01, 2020
* Spirit Airlines service suspended until July 05, 2020 

  
 
COSTA RICA 930 10✝
 The travel ban has been extended and the lockdown will last until at least June 15.
 Costa Rica has announced that it will close its borders (land, air, and sea) to all foreign travelers entering between March 18 and June 15 (at midnight on both dates).
Visas are automatically extended to mid August

PANAMA 10,577 299✝

On May 15, the Government of Panama extended the suspension of international commercial passenger flights for an additional 30 days until June 22. The previous exceptions for cargo, humanitarian, medical supplies, medical evacuation, and vaccines remain in place.

May 18, exercises such as bicycling, running, and skating will now be permissible activities if done within one kilometer of your home, with a mask, and inside your two-hour window. Sundays will remain a day of total quarantine.  
no entry permitted 14 day quarantine has been obtained by some in internal movements - curfew w 1 hour movement x day for mots with 30 minutes based on ID number and day - no alcohol sales -  restrictions - we do not - in Panama city have been breaking curfew - in particle - the area - show every single infected person - 20 km - from this location - feel rather safe here - stay on lock down - how - rhapsody - opening up as many curves violations -
The Embassy arranged for a commercially-operated humanitarian flight on May 8 for any U.S. citizen or other qualified traveler able to enter the United States who had expressed wishes to depart Panama.  That flight is now full.  
The Embassy is continuing its efforts to identify future flights. However, there are no other planned flights at this time.  We encourage you to be prepared to remain in Panama for the next 30-60 days, or perhaps more.
For now, please closely monitor Spirit’s website (www.Spirit.com) for any openings due to cancelations on the May 8 flight from Panama City, Panama (PTY) to Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA (FLL).

8) Vessel Locations and plans from the Saturday 24th Extraordinary 12th Line call

	NAME	LOCATION	STAY IN PLACE
1	BAJA FOG	Barra de Navidad, MX
John & Monique



2	ANGELIQUE OF VANCOUVER	Vessel is in Mazatlan
	Mike & Jacquie


3	TALIESIN ROSE	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Victoria & Rowan



4	THISLDU	Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua
	Garrett & Audrey



5	LUNA	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Bob & Kris



9	CARINTHIA	Barra de Navidad, MX
Dietmar & Suzanne



10	SEAGLUB	Marina San Jose de Cabo - pretty full
Chris


12	JEAN ANNE	5 boars in tenecatita - firefly
	Steve & Chelsea


13	SINGULARITY	Vista Mar, Panama
Robert & Carol
19 ©	KNOT RIGHT	Vista Mar Marina, Panama - 2 healthstops on the way to the airport - had to stay outside - once inside - had to use sanitizer - heat check camera -	I'm flying repatriation flight - heading to virginia - june 22 airport is closed
Walt & Jeariene




20 ©	COMPROMISE	no much new s- we are new chiapas -
Ronald & Karen





22	DUE WEST	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Kirk & Heidi



23	TOP CIDER	Chiapas, MX
Chuck & Sharon



24	RAIREVA	on dry land in arizona in mazatlan on the hard
Marek



25	HALF MOON	Nicaragua
Brain & Elizabeth




26	MADELEINE	Vessel in El Salvador
Huibert & Maaike



27	ANGELIQUE	telemar near cape canavral - anchor
Dan & Angela



28	JO	Barra de Navidad, MX
Phillip Jay & Kelley



29	DELTA SWIZZLER	Barra de Navidad, MX	insurance - agent with jackline is a resident in boca del toro,
Mark & Cindy



30	FIREFLY	Tenecatita, MX
	Brenda & Ted


34	ONE LIFE	Barra
Doug & Mary



37	WISHLIST	Barra de Navidad, MX
Chris


40	AVANT	Shelter Bay, Panama - post updated humanitarian flights - air canada - started to re-announce flights but - not this	canada is nice - meet with friends - all is well - slowly returning back to normal
Rob & Debra


48 ©	DENOVO	Puerto Penasca - I am in Canada ?
Andre, Naomi & crew



51	GREEN FLASH	boat is in vista mar - we are in california - hoping to get to panama in june - ultimatly to get to shelter bay
Bob & Joan



52	BONZAI	South beach miami - restrictions arebeing lifted on Monday	tracking 7 vessels that are leaving honduras on route to the keys - anchored behind the tropical storm - -
Don



54	STAND DOWN	Vista Mar, Panama
Richard & Nancy




55	SONAMARA	bocas del toro - all is well - easing of restrictions	issue without local flights - need to take a car 12 hour drive - copa airlines on july 3rd - local airport
	Louis & Patrice



56	NAMAHANA	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Curtis & Jill


58	KATHLEEN	Barra de Navidad, MX
Robert & Karen



59	RAVEN	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Neil, Tammy, & Jan



60	BLUE OASIS	Blue Oasis - St Petersburg Fl on the hard- waiting next cruising season
Barry & Kathy


62	SHEARWATER	Belize
	Pati & Eric


63	SECOND WIND	Puesta del Sol NIC	;eave boat there and head to us jun 8
Laurin


64	SECRET WATER	En Route to Puerto Penasco
	Annie & Chris & Crew



65	WOODWIND 1	paradise village - all is well - 2 sets of rules - beaches are closed - able to walk around with masks -
	Brian & Tracy




67	CHIMERA	Costa Rica
Dennis & Margaret


69	ALIZANN	approaching the yucatan channel - their plan is to go to deltaville virgina - put boat hard
Martin & Suzanne



70	FLOATING STONES	Currenty in brunswick georgia - made a decision - hoping to get cruising again - midst of boat cleaning
Bryan & Cheryl



74	MAISON DE SANTE	we are barra all well indefinatly - all is well nicole and I
Keenan & Nicole



75	BELLA SIRENA	Puerto Vallarta Marina Vallarta
Bryon


80	DAD’S DREAM	Vessel for Sale in Panama
Rick & Brenda



81	AY CARAMBA !	On the Hard in the US
Juan & Michelle




82	BULA	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Kenny & Cari


85	FOLLOW YOU FOLLOW ME	San Diego
	Allan & Rina



86	CONTEXT	san diego - vessels is panama
John


88 ©	SEA LARKS	Banana Bay Marina, CR
	Jeffrey & Paula


92	BAIT ‘N SWITCH III	still in la - vessel is in Marina Papagayo - slice of good news - start to do the 2 year importation and a guy got the tip extended with a power - thank
John & Laurie



94 ©	MARIAH	En Route to Key West
Trish & John



95	WAVE DANCER	everything the same in florida in isolation - boat is well preserved in golfity
	Vladimir & Galinda


96	MALOLO	Perula , mx - underway - left chamela - headigng north - to banderas bay - 5 botas anchored
Matt & Britt



99	HO’OKIPA	Barra de Navidad, MX	next foreseabel future
	Lisa & Lucky


100	VOLARE	Tenecatita, MX
	Jessica & Adam
109	JOY	barra de navida, mx -
	Jeff & Roxanne


110	KARVI	barra de navida, mx -
	Dan & Nancy


117	PILIALOHA	we are in hawaii - lockdown has been extended to june 30th in hawaii - lowest cases of c19 in the country - 300 all arrivals must quarntine for 14 days -	few cases vessel is in chahue
	Rick & Maria



121	ANKYRIOS	Barra de Navidad
Dennis, Brandy & Crew


124 ©	INDEPENDENCE	in jupiter florida - after leaving roatan - is opening to all people on the island - made it to a restaurant - heading back to Bay
	Larry & Jamie



125	LILY ROWAN	Marina Chahue
Jim & Zyanya




129 ©	NESHUMA	on the hard at mazatlan marina
	Carl & Cynthia


131	MAR Y SOL	Marina Vallarta, MX
Bob & Marisol



138	BLESSED LIFE	Marina Pez Vela, Costa Rica - in quepos Costa Rica - immigration has extended the visas to august 18th stay witj boat in quepos farmers market - open things
Bob and Margie


146	ROSA-LEE	texas	vessel is in el salvador leave october
	Gary


147	GRASSHOPPER	chiappas - pool to be finished
Jeffrey & Cheri




148 ©	ELEVEN 11	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Tim, Kim &



161 ©	SPREZZATURA	buddy boating in Bocas - very nice - planning to leave on june 3rd flight to houston and heading to shelter bay
Eric

171	GenM	still in la paz - working away on the boat - in the heat - swapping vessel to cooling	stay at home to june 15th orders in la paz
Marvin and Laurie



173 ©	BISOU	bocas del toro - been out for 10 days - government is talking about easing things up - take away only - hardware stores - opening in 14 days blovks
Robin and Tad




176	REEF DANCER	barra de navidad - trying to dive - too much swell - all well
Jerry & Debra



179	Seamantha	locked down in Colombia 3 or 4 weeklt flights to ft luderdale - humantarian flights	staying in carthagena

9) Calling on all West Coast Yacht Clubs

If you are a member or have good relations with any West Coast Yacht Club please let us know we'd love to create a bigger liaison
with the Panama Posse and work on a graduation plan to get your Yacht Clubs Vessel to participate and plan for future Panama Posse Rally's.

10) Sign up for the next season 20-21 of the Panama Posse
- simply reply with "sign me up again"

Registration fees will stay at $100 for those who "re-posse" before July 31st, 2020

It all starts Dec 3rd 2020 at Barra de Navidad, MX

54 vessels are already signed up and for our kick of week schedule visit

https://panamaposse.com/2020-2021-panama-posse-kick-off-week

11) Panama Posse Swag !
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We will open our T-shirt hats and Visor Swag upon completion of this season in June
- please confirm that your vessels name is on this list above
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Stay tuned for our pre-order payment and full fillment process via squareup.
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FLEET UPDATE 2020-05-17

Leaving the vessel in Nicaragua
Uninvited Visitors of the Week
Picture of the Week
Biggest fish Caught Contest
Culinary delights by Debra on Avant
Save the Date Panama Posse Awards Finale
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1) THISLDU's checklist for leaving the vessel in Nicaragua at Marina Puesta del Sol

Exterior:

Weekly:
-Check Dock lines for damage
-Check for mold
-Check for/remove insects, bees, etc.
-Check for/remove birds & bird nests
-Look for tares in the rain cover, make sure it is still secure
-Take and send photo to Garrett

As needed
-Have bottom, propeller, and shaft cleaned once a month or as needed
-Please check zincs and replace as needed

Interior:Weekly:
-Check for mold
-Look for signs of water leaks, or damage
-Make sure fans are running
-Make sure dehumidifiers are running and empty water
-Check bilge for water
-Take and send photo to Garrett

Engine:
-Run every 2 weeks
-Check engine and transmission oil once a month

Garrett & Audrey

THISLDU

2) Uninvited Visitors of the Week

Blessed Life's battle with Termites

Making the Paste

Poison Cookie Baking

Bob and Margie

BLESSED LIFE

3) Picture of the Week

Steve & Chelsea

JEAN ANNE

4) Entry in the Biggest fish Caught Contest

Paul & Hazel
Paul Hazel
SUSIMI

5) Culinary delights by Debra on Avant

Winner of the most persistent connoisseur of Ice Cream Sundae's

why it's called a Sundae ?
A local belief is that a Plainfield druggist named Mr. Sonntag created the dish "after the urging of patrons to serve something different." He named it the "sonntag" after himself, and since Sonntag means Sunday in German, the name was translated to Sunday, and later was spelled sundae

AVANT

DEBRA & Rob

6) SAVE THE DATE
Saturday May 30th, 2020

is the end of season Panama Posse Awards Finale

LINE CALL at 23:00 UTC

Panama Posse Award

Among other things we announce the following awards
- please join and give us a few words of wisdom

🥥 Picture of the Year
🥥 Biggest Fish aught
🥥 Highest wind recorded
🥥 Biggest Mishap
🥥 Most un-welcomed visitor onboard
🥥 Speedy Gonzales award
🥥 Panama Posse YODA OF THE YEAR

7) Country Updates C19 Extraordinary Line Call

As of today here is where each country stands

Mexico 47,144 47,144†
- border closings between USA and Mexico but commercial entry permitted

Wearing Masks is now mandatory in most states

 Guatemala 1,763 33†
- full lock down - no entry permitted - Curfew extended to May 18th  - upon entry you are subject to 15 day quarantine

Event: The United States Embassy in Guatemala City advises U.S. citizens that United Airlines has opened multiple flights from Guatemala City to the United States throughout the month of May, including the following flights through Friday, May 8:
Sunday, May 3 – 12:00 departure (Flight 3011) from Guatemala City to Houston, TX.
Tuesday, May 5 –12:00 departure (Flight 3016) from Guatemala City to Houston, TX.
Friday, May 8 –12:00 departure (Flight 3017) from Guatemala City to Houston, TX.

Curfew

As of Monday 18, May the mobility for individuals will only be from 5 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon, and only in cases of need.
Only pedestrian circulation will be allowed, not in vehicles or motorcycles, to neighborhood stores and grocery stores, and only from 8 to 11 hours, and wearing a mask and respecting social distance.
Municipal markets: they can only operate on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 6 in the morning to 1 in the afternoon.
Supermarkets and convenience stores will operate only Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (that is, they will not be open this weekend).
The home service of supermarkets can work in the coming days.
Pharmacies may operate without restriction and food delivery services, without time restrictions.
Giammattei reported that an area of Roosevelt Hospital was closed and the staff, patients and visitors who arrived will be quarantined.
No new patients will be accepted and the health system will be in charge of deferring them to other centers in the capital and the department of Guatemala.

El Salvador 1,338 27†
- full lock down - no entry permitted  
https://sv.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/

The Government of El Salvador has declared that the country is in a state of national quarantine. There are no commercial flights entering or departing El Salvador at this time. To date, the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador has assisted over 5,500 U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents to return to the United States through repatriation flights. As it is impossible to predict how long these repatriation flights will continue, if you are interested in repatriating we encourage you to visit our repatriation flight booking page and confirm a departure reservation as soon as possible. https://sv.usembassy.gov/repatriation-flights-booking-information

Starting May 7, the Government of El Salvador implemented additional movement restrictions based on the last digit of an individual’s Salvadoran identification document (DUI) or — for U.S. citizens and other foreigners — it will be based on the last digit in an individual’s passport or residency card (carné de residencia). Only one individual per household will be permitted to leave the home, hotel or residence to purchase basic necessities or to access banking services. Please also note that public commercial transportation services are currently restricted. Movement will be restricted to the days designated by the Government of El Salvador, which appear on the following table:
  Honduras 2,565 138†
- full lock down - no entry permitted  
The Honduran government announced all borders (air, land, and sea) would be closed as of Sunday, March 15, 2020, until further notice.

https://hn.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/
Additional Flight Opportunities
The U.S. Embassy has worked with United Airlines and the Government of Honduras to secure the following commercial flights.
Departing from San Pedro Sula to Houston, Texas:
Friday, May 8    Thursday, May 14
Saturday, May 9    Saturday, May 16
Departing from Tegucigalpa to Houston, Texas:
Friday, May 15    Sunday, May 24
Sunday, May 17    Tuesday, May 26
Tuesday, May 19    Thursday, May 28
Thursday, May 21    Saturday, May 30
Saturday, May 23    Sunday, May 31
You should contact United Airlines directly at www.united.com to take advantage of these flights.

Entry and Exit Requirements

The Honduran government announced all borders (air, land, and sea) would be closed as of Sunday, March 15, 2020, until further notice. Travelers should communicate directly with individual air carriers to confirm flight options.

Curfew

On April 26, 2020, the Government of Honduras announced the extension of a total curfew through Sunday, May 3, 2020 for the entire country. Aware of the need to obtain food, medical, fuel and hardware supplies and to access banking services, a system has been set for orderly circulation.
The population will be segmented and allowed to circulate according to the ending number of their national ID, passport, or resident ID, like this:
– Monday – those whose ID, passport, or resident ID end in 1 or 2.
– Tuesday – those whose ID, passport, or resident ID end in 3 or 4.
– Wednesday – those whose ID, passport, or resident ID end in 5 or 6.
– Thursday – those whose ID, passport, or resident ID end in 7 or 8.
– Friday – those whose ID, passport, or resident ID end in 9 or 0.
As of April 16, the Government of Honduras authorized the opening of hardware stores. They will open Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and will serve customers according to the ending number of their national ID, passport, or resident ID.
Supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, and gas stations will open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
From 7:00 to 9:00 a.m., the supermarkets and pharmacies will serve only customers over 60, pregnant women and persons with disabilities, Monday through Friday and according to the end number of the ID.
From 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., banks will serve only customers over 60, pregnant women and persons with disabilities, Monday through Friday and according to the end number of the ID.
As of Tuesday, April 7, it is MANDATORY to wear protective mask outside of home and inside all establishments.
Pharmacies and supermarkets are allowed to make home deliveries everyday between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
No circulation is allowed Saturday and Sunday, other than the exemptions established in Executive Order PCM-021-2020 and showing letter of safe passage if required by authorities.
Only 2 persons per vehicle are allowed and only one of those persons is allowed in the establishments. Non-compliance with this measure is subject to the confiscation of the vehicle for the duration of this emergency, as well as the detention of the persons on board for up to 24 hours, as established by law.
From Thursday, April 30, at 5:00 p.m. through Wednesday, May 6, at 11:00 p.m., all municipalities in the department of Cortés, the municipality of El Progreso, Yoro and the municipality of Las Vegas, Santa Bárbara are under an absolute curfew with no measures to leave home. For these municipalities, pulperías are allowed to open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., observing biosecurity measures. Pharmacies and supermarkets are allowed to make home deliveries between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. All other businesses will remain closed until further notice. In these municipalities, the Honduran National Police and Armed Forces are instructed to keep accesses closed and to strictly enforce the absolute curfew.
All municipalities in the department of Colón will complete their circulation cycle on Friday, May 1, for those whose IDs end in 0. From then on, they are under an absolute curfew awaiting further dispositions.
From April 22 through May 1, all municipalities in the department of Cortés, all municipalities in the department of Colón, and the municipality of El Progreso, Yoro are under an absolute curfew.
Use of protective mask is MANDATORY outside the home.
Puerto Cortés is authorized for import and export operations.
Transit of cargo is allowed in this area of the country.
Exemptions established in Executive Order PCM-021-2020 also remain in place in this area of the country.

Nicaragua 25 8†
  Nicaragua - closed as of 2 weeks ago  
Independent health organizations estimate the number of cases to be much higher, with one civil society group estimating over 1000 suspected cases.
https://ni.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/

Several airlines have extended their suspension of regular service between Nicaragua and the United States. The following dates for resumption of service are current as of April 28, 2020 but could change:
* Aeromexico service suspended until June 01, 2020
* United Airlines service suspended until June 04, 2020
* Avianca Airlines service suspended until June 04, 2020
* Delta Airlines service suspended until June 13, 2020
* American Airlines service suspended until June 04, 2020
* Copa Airlines service suspended until June 01, 2020
* Spirit Airlines service suspended until July 05, 2020 
 everything is closing -

Nicaragua

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/coronavirus-nicaragua-quick-burials-ortega-hiding-deaths/2020/05/17/288d29ac-9633-11ea-87a3-22d324235636_story.html

Costa Rica 853 10†
Costa Rica - Extended their lock-down
 Costa Rica has announced it has closed it borders (land, air, and sea)
https://cr.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/

Until June 15, only Costa Rican citizens, Costa Rican residents who departed Costa Rica PRIOR to March 24, those whose residency is in process who departed Costa Rica PRIOR to March 24, minor children of Costa Rican citizens, and foreign diplomats will be able to enter Costa Rica. This restriction applies to land, sea, and air arrivals. Air crews will not be subject to this restriction.
Any foreigners resident in Costa Rica who left Costa Rica on March 24 or later – or who will leave shortly – automatically lose their status as legal residents and thus are unable to re-enter under the current restrictions, but they will not have to begin the residency process again.
Tourist stays in Costa Rica are normally limited to 90 days, but under the current COVID border restrictions, any foreigner who entered Costa Rica after December 17, 2019 for tourism purposes has been granted an extension of stay until July 17, 2020.
Driving privileges for tourists who entered Costa Rica after December 17 have also been extended until July 17.
Management of both airports that receive international flights (San Jose and Liberia) have protocols in place in order to deal with suspected COVID-19 cases.
Puerto Caldera, the main commercial port on the Pacific side of Costa Rica, has also established o protocol for suspected COVID-19 cases

Panama 9.449 269†
- no entry permitted 14 day quarantine has been obtained by some in internal movements
https://pa.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/

On May 11, the Government of Panama announced a gradual plan to reopen the economy beginning May 13.

For details, see the infographic in this tweet from MINSA. Movement restrictions remain in place and the date for opening additional business blocks remains unknown. Updates in English will be posted to the Embassy’s COVID-19 information page (see link below).

All international and domestic commercial passenger flights are suspended. There are exceptions for cargo, humanitarian, medical supplies,medical evacuation, and government aircraft flights. Any U.S. Citizens remaining in Panama should be prepared to remain indefinitely. On May 15, the Government of Panama extended the suspension of international commercial passenger flights for an additional 30 days until June 22.
The previous exceptions for cargo, humanitarian, medical supplies, medical evacuation, and vaccines remain in place.

A presidential decree ordered the closure of non-essential businesses. Only markets, supermarkets, drug stores, gas stations, among other exceptions, will be able to operate.

Sales of alcohol to start up again in Panama!

8) Known Vessel Locations

	NAME	LOCATION	STAY IN PLACE
1	BAJA FOG	Barra de Navidad, MX
John & Monique



3	TALIESIN ROSE	Northbound from Isla Ixtapa
	Victoria & Rowan



4	THISLDU	Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua
	Garrett & Audrey



5	LUNA	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Bob & Kris



9	CARINTHIA	Barra de Navidad, MX
Dietmar & Suzanne



10	SEAGLUB	San Jose de Cabo
Chris


12	JEAN ANNE	Barra de Navidad, MX, Lagoon
	Steve & Chelsea


13	SINGULARITY	Vista Mar, Panama
Robert & Carol



19 ©	KNOT RIGHT	Vista Mar Marina, Panama	I'm flying repatriation flight - heading to virginia - till june 22 airport is closed
Walt & Jeariene




22	DUE WEST	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Kirk & Heidi



23	TOP CIDER	Chiapas, MX
Chuck & Sharon



24	RAIREVA	on dry land in arizona in mazatlan on the hard
Marek



25	HALF MOON	Nicaragua
Brain & Elizabeth




26	MADELEINE	Vessel in El Salvador
Huibert & Maaike



27	ANGELIQUE	Telemar Bay Marina, Florida
Dan & Angela



28	JO	Barra de Navidad, MX
Phillip Jay & Kelley



29	DELTA SWIZZLER	Barra de Navidad, MX	insurance - agent with jackline is a resident in boca del toro,
Mark & Cindy



30	FIREFLY	Tenecatita, MX
	Brenda & Ted


31 ©	EL GATO	Norhtbound MX
	Eric & Annie



40	AVANT	Shelter Bay, Panama	canada is nice - meet with friends - all is well - slowly returning back to normal
Rob & Debra


51	GREEN FLASH	boat is in vista mar - we are in california - hoping to get to panama in june - ultimatly to get to shelter bay
Bob & Joan



52	BONZAI	South beach miami - restrictions arebeing lifted on Monday - anchorage at Belle Isle	tracking 7 vessels that are leaving honduras on route to the keys - anchored behind the tropical storm - -
Don



54	STAND DOWN	Vista Mar Marina, Panama
Richard & Nancy




55	SONAMARA	bocas del toro - all is well - easing of restrictions - red frog	leave boat here will try to get to US issue without local flights - need to take a car 12 hour drive - copa airlines on july 3rd - local airport
	Louis & Patrice



56	NAMAHANA	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Curtis & Jill


58	KATHLEEN	Barra de Navidad, MX
Robert & Karen



59	RAVEN	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Neil, Tammy, & Jan



60	BLUE OASIS	Blue Oasis - St Petersburg Fl on the hard- waiting next cruising season
Barry & Kathy


64	SECRET WATER	en route north to Puerto Penasco
	Annie & Chris & Crew



67	CHIMERA	Costa Rica
Dennis & Margaret



69	ALIZANN	approaching the yucatan channel - their plan is to go to deltaville virgina - put boat hard
Martin & Suzanne



70	FLOATING STONES	Currenty in brunswick georgia - made a decision - hoping to get cruising again - midst of boat cleaning
Bryan & Cheryl



71	MOONRISE	Marina Chahue, MX
	Stephen & Ana Veronica



74	MAISON DE SANTE	we are barra all well indefinatly
Keenan & Nicole



75	BELLA SIRENA	Puerto Vallarta Marina Vallarta
Bryon


82	BULA	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Kenny & Cari


85	FOLLOW YOU FOLLOW ME	San Diego, CA
	Allan & Rina



88 ©	SEA LARKS	Banana Bay Marina, CR
	Jeffrey & Paula



92	BAIT ‘N SWITCH III	still in la - vessel is in Marina Papagayo - slice of good news - start to do the 2 year importation and a guy got the tip extended with a power - thank
John & Laurie



94 ©	MARIAH	En Route to Florida
Trish & John




95	WAVE DANCER	everything the same in florida in isolation - boat is well preserved in golfity
	Vladimir & Galinda


96	MALOLO	Northbound from Barra
Matt & Britt



99	HO’OKIPA	Barra de Navidad, MX	next foreseabel future
	Lisa & Lucky


100	VOLARE	Barra de Navidad, MX, Lagoon
	Jessica & Adam

109	JOY	vessel is in Barra de Navidad, MX
	Jeff & Roxanne


110	KARVI	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Dan & Nancy


117	PILIALOHA	we are in hawaii - lockdown has been extended to june 30th in hawaii	few cases vessel is in chahue
	Rick & Maria



119 ©	TRANCE	Marina Bay Yacht Harbor, Richmond, CA
	Dan & Marlene



124 ©	INDEPENDENCE	in jupiter florida - after leaving roatan - is opening to all people on the island - made it to a restaurant - heading back to Bay
	Larry & Jamie



125	LILY ROWAN	Marina Chahue, MX
Jim & Zyanya




129 ©	NESHUMA	on the hard at Mazatlan Marina
	Carl & Cynthia


131	MAR Y SOL	Marina Vallarta, MX
Bob & Marisol



138	BLESSED LIFE	Bahia Herradura, CR
Bob and Margie


143 ©	SEA GLASS	Panama
Chris



152 ©	SUSIMI	La Paz
Paul & Hazel


161 ©	SPREZZATURA	Panama, Bocas del Toro
Eric

171	GenM	still in la paz - working away on the boat - in the heat - swapping vessel to cooling	stay at home to june 15th orders in la paz
Marvin and Laurie



173 ©	BISOU	Dolphin Bay Panama
Robin and Tad



176	REEF DANCER	both all are staying put in barra until - bored to death -
Jerry & Debra

9) Calling on all West Coast Yacht Clubs

10) HURRICANE PLANNING

From a long term planning standpoint you now have 8 -12 weeks before the beginning of the North Pacific Hurricane season
- which typically does not have mayor storms starting until the end of July - and runs through early November.

Paths

https://coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes/#map=3.7/21.17/-95.76

What's your plan ?
What's
your plan

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

   The Marina in Barra de Navidad, MX has long term discounts available to all vessels seeking shelter
and typically has greatly discounted summer rates around 11 USD x foot for the Panama Posse

contact Secundino harbormaster@islaresort.com.mx

Harbormaster Secundino Alvarez

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- please confirm that your vessels name is on this list above
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Stay tuned for our pre-order payment and fullfillment process via squareup.
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FLEET UPDATE 2020-05-10

In this weeks Fleet Update

Save the Date Panama Posse Awards Finale
Country Updates C19 Extraordinary Line Call
Vessel Locations
Kissing the dock in Costa Rica
Termites oh my !
Puerto Angel, MX
Marina Chahue, Fuel Dock
Happy Cinco de Mayo - Taco Tuesdays Pictures from the Fleet
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1) SAVE THE DATE

Saturday May 30th, 2020

is the end of season Panama Posse Awards Finale

LINE CALL at 23:00 UTC

Among other things we announce the following awards

🥥 Picture of the Year
🥥 Biggest Fish caught
🥥 Highest wind recorded
🥥 Biggest Mishap
🥥 Most un-welcomed visitor onboard
🥥 Speedy Gonzales award
🥥 Panama Posse YODA OF THE YEAR

2) Country Updates C19 Extraordinary Line Call

As of today here is where each country stands

  Mexico 33,460 3,353†
- border closings between USA and Mexico but commercial entry permitted

On April 21, the Mexican government announced the start of Phase 3 of the pandemic, meaning widespread community transmission, thousands of cases of infection, and increased numbers of patients requiring hospitalization.
Schools are closed until May 30 in most municipalities.
Non-essential activities have been suspended. Essential activities include medical services and supplies, public safety, fundamental economic functions, government social programs, and critical infrastructure.
Meetings of 100 participants or greater have been suspended.
Individuals should practice good hygiene such as frequent hand washing and social distancing.
Those not involved in essential activities should self-isolate at home.
People over age 60 or with high risk medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, compromised immune system, pregnant, or post-partum should self-isolate at home.
States and municipalities may implement additional closings and restrictions on public gatherings, transportation, business operations, and government operations.

 Guatemala 967 24†
- full lock down - no entry permitted - Curfew extended to April 28th  

Event: The United States Embassy in Guatemala City advises U.S. citizens that United Airlines has opened multiple flights from Guatemala City to the United States throughout the month of May, including the following flights through Friday, May 8:
Sunday, May 3 – 12:00 departure (Flight 3011) from Guatemala City to Houston, TX.
Tuesday, May 5 –12:00 departure (Flight 3016) from Guatemala City to Houston, TX.
Friday, May 8 –12:00 departure (Flight 3017) from Guatemala City to Houston, TX.

 
El Salvador 889 17†
- full lock down - no entry permitted  

  Honduras 1,830 108†
- full lock down - no entry permitted  

https://hn.usembassy.gov/
Additional Flight Opportunities
The U.S. Embassy has worked with United Airlines and the Government of Honduras to secure the following commercial flights.
Departing from San Pedro Sula to Houston, Texas:
Friday, May 8    Thursday, May 14
Saturday, May 9    Saturday, May 16
Departing from Tegucigalpa to Houston, Texas:
Friday, May 15    Sunday, May 24
Sunday, May 17    Tuesday, May 26
Tuesday, May 19    Thursday, May 28
Thursday, May 21    Saturday, May 30
Saturday, May 23    Sunday, May 31
You should contact United Airlines directly at www.united.com to take advantage of these flights.
  Nicaragua - closed as of this week  

Nicaragua 16 5†

Costa Rica 780 6†
Costa Rica - Extended their lock-down to June 15th
 Costa Rica has announced that it will close its borders (land, air, and sea) to all foreign travelers entering between March 18 and June 15 (at midnight on both dates).

Panama   8,282   237†

Panama - no entry permitted   14 day quarantine has been obtained by some in internal movements - curfew w 1 hour movement x day for mots with 30 minutes based on ID number and day - no alcohol sales -  restrictions - we do not - in Panama city have been breaking curfew - in particle - the area - show every single infected person - 20 km - from this location - feel rather safe here - stay on lock down - how - rhapsody - opening up as many curves violations -
The Embassy arranged for a commercially-operated humanitarian flight on May 8 for any U.S. citizen or other qualified traveler able to enter the United States who had expressed wishes to depart Panama.  That flight is now full.  
The Embassy is continuing its efforts to identify future flights. However, there are no other planned flights at this time.  We encourage you to be prepared to remain in Panama for the next 30-60 days, or perhaps more.
For now, please closely monitor Spirit’s website (www.Spirit.com) for any openings due to cancelations on the May 8 flight from Panama City, Panama (PTY) to Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA (FLL).

Sales of alcohol to start up again in Panama!
 

3) Vessel Locations

NUMBER	NAME	LOCATION
1	BAJA FOG	Barra de Navidad, MX - northern californai is oing fine - finally back to work - back in sales - next
John & Monique



4	THISLDU	Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua
	Garrett & Audrey



5	LUNA	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Bob & Kris
9	CARINTHIA	Barra de Navidad, MX
Dietmar & Suzanne



10	SEAGLUB	boat is in san jose del cabo - driving around - business as usual - live is normal - strict rules in Baja - noone out an about - word is the hotels are going to open on june 1st
Chris


12	JEAN ANNE	Chiapas, MX
	Steve & Chelsea


13	SINGULARITY	Vista Mar, Panama
Robert & Carol



16 ©	ENJOY	we in red frog marina - will be here until
	Don & Nina



19 ©	KNOT RIGHT	Vista Mar Marina, Panama who knows - as far as vista mar - little drizzle everyting is the same - as far a salcohol is concerned - you will obide by rules
Walt & Jeariene




22	DUE WEST	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Kirk & Heidi



23	TOP CIDER	Chiapas, MX
Chuck & Sharon



25	HALF MOON	Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua
Brain & Elizabeth




26	MADELEINE	Vessel in El Salvador
Huibert & Maaike



29	DELTA SWIZZLER	Barra de Navidad - food deliveries - restaurants - staying in barra - has
Mark & Cindy



40	AVANT	incredible bored - broadbad cable - what is yoru thinking at this stage - wait and see - worried about an echo reurgence - at this point -
Rob & Debra


50	ANDURIL	Chiapas, MX
Alice & Greg


51	GREEN FLASH	still in so cal - opening up - boat parts - stock up - return to vista mar - dana point lot;s of sail boats out on day sils
Bob & Joan



52	BONZAI	Miami - picked an Anchorage at belle isle - 1 week worth of weather chris parker - monroe county - we are in dade county - 30 - 50 % of activity ft lauderdale - jump to georgia outside
Don



53	GARGOYLE	half moon wait for Costa Rica -
Kevin & Carla



56	NAMAHANA	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Curtis & Jill


58	KATHLEEN	Barra de Navidad, MX
Robert & Karen



59	RAVEN	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Neil, Tammy, & Jan



60	BLUE OASIS	Shelter Bay Marina, Panama
Barry & Kathy


61 ©	WILDEST DREAMS	Puntarenas, CR
Grant & Michelle


63	SECOND WIND	heading back to the US leaving the boat in NIC
Laurin


67	CHIMERA	Bahia Drake / Quepos Pez Vela
Dennis & Margaret



85	FOLLOW YOU FOLLOW ME	MARINA LA CRUZ, MX
	Allan & Rina



86	CONTEXT	in San Diego
John


87	EL GATO	Northbound from Barra
	Jules & Jeff


88 ©	SEA LARKS	Barra in Navidad - fling back to cali
	Jeffrey & Paula



99	HO’OKIPA	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Lisa & Lucky


100	VOLARE	Chiapas, MX
	Jessica & Adam

109	JOY	Barra de Navidad, MX
	Jeff & Roxanne
117	PILIALOHA	good morning - vessel is in Huatulco - no new cases in Hawaii - looking at partial reopening - 35 % unemployment rate - 2 week quarantine -
	Rick & Maria
121	ANKYRIOS	Barra de Navidad, MX
Dennis, Brandy & Crew


129 ©	NESHUMA	on the hard at Mazatlan marina
	Carl & Cynthia


131	MAR Y SOL	Marina Vallarta, MX
Bob & Marisol




138	BLESSED LIFE	quepos costa rica pez vela - we are going to stay - we got a tip - 2 year used ernesto - 900 for the documents - one could do it on themslves - july 17th - weather is ramoing up - regular thunderstorms - lots of lighting - quepos - aside from the marina - the rest of quepos seems unconceredn - tourism is shot down - 3 days ago - flower in the rain everything is open - place is pumping -
Bob and Margie

143 ©	SEA GLASS	Panama
Chris
152 ©	SUSIMI	la paz marinas are full - anchorage 30 - 50 feets
Paul & Hazel
161 ©	SPREZZATURA	you can move around within the area - the federal govt removed the restrictions on sales but municpailutes contiune to ban it -
Eric
173 ©	BISOU	bocas del toro - rainy season - talking about lifting the ban - rainy season - rumor is that airports will open may 22nd
Robin and Tad
176	REEF DANCER	Barra for the foreseeable future
Jerry & Debra

4) Kissing the dock in Costa Rica

As my wife and I were sitting around this week under California’s stay-at-home orders with spring weather and a cool beverage, we were fondly recounting all that we had experienced on our adventure south before COVID-19 forced an unplanned early departure from Panama on an Air Force C-130. One of the things I really enjoy about Cruising is sitting around with fellow sailors hearing their experiences and sharing ours. Since there is no group fireside chatting these days I thought I would share one of our more memorable stories from this past season via e-mail.

I watched in slow motion as the marina staff on the dock were yelling and waving for us to slow down. We entered the slip next the large sailing vessel sharing our double wide berth and I still remember the look of disbelief on the faces of our soon to be neighbors; I remember the dock in front of us pushing up high enough to see it above the bow anchor; I remember the pangas on the far side of the dock bouncing violently and I remember the splinters flying. What I do not remember seeing is my wife disappearing from the deck at the mid-ship standing rigging. I had accounted for wind and cross-current and had a perfect line coming into my assigned slip at Banana Bay Marina in Golfito, Costa Rica. There would be no entering at a bad angle and scratching the gel coat, no fending off the neighbor’s boat; the yachtistas sipping their cervesas and tropical drinks at the bayside bar would be disinterested at the clean entry and would be back to their drinks after a quick glance; the way that conversation pauses and all eyes point toward the new boat coming in, waiting to see if any drama is going to unfold. Well, I did not disappoint. The sight of a sailing vessel hitting the dock at 4 or 5 knots was my own version of shock and awe!

In calculating my entry to the slip I failed to account for a suddenly sheared clevis pin, unbeknownst to me, inside in my all-in-one throttle/shifting lever. When I did not seem to slow down with the first burst of reverse, I gave it a lot more reverse, which only mad me go much faster. By the time I reluctantly grasped what was happening, it was too late to do anything about it except kill the engine. I was already committed and any turn would have me hitting the vessel to port or starboard on my abort attempt. So I held course and yelled to the 3 marina staff on the dock “NO REVERSE! NO REVERSE!”, and braced for impact. Despite the surreal slow motion of the event unfolding before me, I do not remember any actual jolt or impact, though it was enough to catapult my unsuspecting wife onto the dock. Fortunately nobody on the dock was injured, though my wife had a nasty bruise on her leg for a couple of weeks following. It is the kind of thing that we can laugh about now, but was shocking at the time and caused us both heart palpitations docking at our next marina. Dock

As I jumped off the boat to quickly tie off, things went from slow motion to very rapid motion, my mind was racing and I was imagining the damage done to the dock and boat, the marina manager was yelling at me that I should not be entering a marina without reverse gear (interesting but little known fact), and my wife was giving me a wide-eyed look like “what just happened!?" after getting back up on her feet.

As it turned out, I hit the dock at a joint, which caused a fair amount of local dock damage, but also seemed to absorb a lot of the collision energy. Green Flash, our Beneteau 351, seemed to have only suffered some deep scratches to the bow gel coat where the metal dock hardware dug in and matching gel coat smiles on both sides of the bow where it flexed a bit on impact.

After his initial anger, the manager and his marina staff were very gracious about the whole mishap. I spent a couple of days making trips to the local hardware store to pay for repair materials, but the marina completed the repairs using their own staff. We stayed almost a week, but I did not have the thick skin to ask for the Panama Posse discount rate! First, I felt bad about destroying their dock and felt it would be bad form; secondly, we were one of the first Posse boats to arrive in Golfito this year and we did not want to give the rest of the unsuspecting 2019-20 Posse, who was yet to arrive, a bad name! So after paying for the final dock repairs we checked out and uneventfully left for Panama. We have had a few laughs about the incident since and it made for a good story sitting around the BBQ with fellow cruisers over a beer before the COVID-19 gauntlet fell on all social events!

We are now back home in San Clemente, California longing for things to settle down and open so we can return to Green Flash at Vista Mar Marina, Panama and continue our adventure!
Cheers!

Bob and Joan

GREEN FLASH

5) Termites oh my !

Aaaaahhhh! My neighbor informed me that the “flying ants”are not that. They are flying termites! I have discovered shedded wings. That means that they have flown into our boat, shed their wings and are setting up a taco stand. ANYBODY have a suggestion on how to now trap them and then mitigate! When I asked him he just shook his head. 😱

Bob and Margie

BLESSED LIFE
Friends had termites take residence. Very hard to get off the boat. They fumigated twice and still have them. The damage they can cause is huge if they get a foothold. Keep an eye out and if you see them aboard use any and all means available to get rid of them. Perhaps the best means are either aggressive fumigation or an ozone generator (neither of which is particularly good for humans, either).

Did a deep dig for my friends. Sadly, there is no magic cure. Poison is the only way. Once they get established, poison is very hard to administer effectively because of the nature of their nests. So step one is vigilance, and if you see them (even one), step two is going nuclear with either fumigation or ozone. Both fumigation and ozone have side effects (fumigation typically damages metals like SS due to its chemical nature, and ozone attacks natural rubber and some plastics due to its nature). Ozone is less dangerous to humans overall IF you ventilate well after a treatment because it leaves no residue.

The problem is that once established, they eat wood on your boat from the inside out. All wood, plywood, mahogany, oak, etc. They don’t leave many access points to their nests to use to get the poison of choice in, so it’s hard to reach them. And if you have 1,000s aboard in a big infestation and kill 9,995, the 5 that got away start up the infestation all over again.

Here’s an article with some proposed solutions. Problem is, the poison application(s) they suggest only kill those that go out of the wood and nest(s) aboard. It doesn’t take a very large residual population to do serious damage on a boat or re-infest a boat. Do look at the discarded wings at the top of the article to confirm termites vs. Flying ants.

https://thebugskiller.com/how-to-kill-termites-and-get-rid-of-them-forever/

AVANT

DEBRA & Rob

6) Puerto Angel, MX

Taliesin Rose anchored briefly in Puerto Angel for fuel transfer and breakfast.

Waiting for sailing eleven-11 and will continue soon to Zihuatanejo with possible stop in Acapulco.

Victoria & Rowan

TALIESIN ROSE

7) Marina Chahue, Fuel Dock

Yes you can enter to the marina and get diesel, they have a fuel dock, also you can
leave your boat there for a while to get groceries, there is a big grocery store like 1 km from the marina

Fuel Dock
Jim & Zyanya

LILY ROWAN

8) Happy Cinco de Mayo - Taco Tuesdays Pictures from the Fleet

Cinco de Mayo, or the fifth of May, is a holiday that celebrates the date of the Mexican army’s May 5,
1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War.
While the French and Spanish did loose Mexico as a dominion they (unfortunately) bequeathed Mexico with their legal structures.
Mexico is working to completely overhaul its justice system...

Tacos by MAISON DE SANTE

Keenan & Nicole Keenan Nicole
MAISON DE SANTE

Tacos by SEALARKS

Jeffrey & Paula

SEALARKS

Tacos by TRANCE

TRANCE

Dan & Marlene
TRANCE

Tacos by TRANCE

Dan & Marlene
TRANCE

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SV Carinthia

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The online shop is open for a limited time (open till July 5th
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To celebrate the end of the season so get your memorabilia gear

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2) Panama Canal, Panama

PICTURE OF THE WEEK !

Canal

You know the old man...

Panam Posse Fleet Updates May 2019

The young lady in the burgundy top is our daughter Alison

Panam Posse Fleet Updates May 2019

Seth with our other, granddaughter Sylvie.

Panam Posse Fleet Updates May 2019

Don & Jan
FIGMENT

3) Panama City, Panama

Anyone needing a ride in Panama City or to/from Shelter Bay call
Carlos +507 6912 7843 he speaks good English and has a nice car
and reasonable
We also had a great experience getting our dog Snickers out of the
country, we used Family Member Vet in Panama City +507 387 7875
who rewrote the rabies certificate on her letterhead, did the
health certificate which must be done within 10 days of travel,
and went to the govt office and picked up her exit certificate ,
then we picked everything up at her office just before we left,
all for $58

Panam Posse Fleet Updates May 2019

Argan & Gloria

MAI TAI

4) Seasonal Weather Update

Expect very heightened SW to S swell for at least the next 10
days. Those of you in or thinking of crossing the bar in Bahia del
Sol, take extreme caution.

Yes, the bar here at Bahía del Sol is closed this week due to the
swell conditions making crossings dangerous. Bill & Jean are
able to give forecasts before you depart enroute to El Salvador.
Best to use their resources or risk having to either cruise on by
or anchor outside until it’s safe to enter.

Big
Swell

Tropical Weather Outlook

For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west
longitude:,,1. Disorganized showers and thunderstorms are
associated with a broad,area of low pressure located a couple
hundred miles south of,Guatemala. Environmental conditions could
support some slow,development of this system by the middle of the
week while the,disturbance moves slowly westward to the south of
Mexico., ,
Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.,
Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.

Hurricane

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