People'ing in the Americas

THE DISCOVERY OF THE LANDMASS OF THE MODERN AMERICAS did not begin with Christopher Columbus.ย  The most long-standing and widely held theory has been that people entered the Americas in the north at the tail end of the last ice age some 10-15,000 years ago and began to settle across the land.ย  This long standing theory holds that homo sapiens came across the Bering Straight on a now extinct land bridge from Asia.ย  However, recent finding across the Americas are questioning this theory and proposing other theories.ย  ย Interestingly, the study of Home Sapien migration through science, archeology, geneology and more continues to uncover more and more clues that cloud the picture of how and when homo sapiens populated the Americas more than they are shedding light on the mystery.ย  ย  Basically, people came overland by foot or people came by water from the east or the west.ย  Experts have and continue to piece together the past with new findings and new ideas, yet sometimes the mystery just gets bigger.ย  Regarding the 'by water theory from the west' according to Megan Gannon from Sapiens.org,

"According to this coastal migration theory, some 16,000 years ago the ice had retreated from the coastlines of the Pacific Northwest, such that seafaring people could take advantage of coastal resources like kelp forests to navigate all the way down the shores of California, eventually reaching sites like Monte Verde in Chile.

Proving the coastal theory is tricky. No wooden boats from that era have been found along the shore. The earliest campsites along the ancient Pacific coastline may be lost for good due to erosion and sea level rise. Yet scholars have some clues that people were living along the Pacific coast, including the footprints at Calvert Island.

Evidence of human habitation from at least 13,000 years ago on the Channel Islands in California suggests that people had the skills to build boats and reach these land masses, which were islands even then. In the last 15 years, archaeologists at Cedros Island off the coast of Baja California in Mexico have found traces of a nearly 13,000-year-old settlement. Some archaeologists, such as Loren Davis of Oregon State University, are turning to methods such as coringโ€”removing of a long column of soilโ€”to search for hints of now-underwater prehistoric sites along the Pacific continental shelf."

*NOTE: Cedros Island is on the southbounders route down the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula.ย  Multiple anchorages can be found.ย  The fall is often a good time to use the southern Anchorage: https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/isla-cedros-s

This stone artifact is one of many found on the Channel Islands off the coast of California that suggest mariners have traveled to this site for at least 10,000 years. Photo Credit: National Park Service

Nonetheless, while their daily life was not recorded or documented as ours it today, humans were in the Americas for likely over 10,000 years before the first life-changing contact with Europeans occurred in the end of the 15th century.ย  A that time the Americas were the home to more than 50 million, perhaps as many as 75 million highly evolved communities of people.ย  These ancient civilizations had experienced many changes and many catastrophes during their long history in the Americas, yet it seems certain that none of these experiences was as tragically transforming as the arrival of Europeans. In the long term, European settlers came to dominate most areas of the Americas.ย  But even in the short termโ€”in the first violent years of Spanish and Portuguese exploration and conquestโ€”the impact of the new arrivals was profound.ย  Battles between Natives and Europeans in the Americas continued but there were also many other interactions through which these very different civilizations shaped one another, learned from one another, and changed each other permanently and profoundly.

An early map of the continents

Europeans were almost entirely unaware of the existence of the Americas before the fifteenth century. A few early wanderers like Leif Eriksson, an eleventh-century Norse seaman, and perhaps othersโ€”had glimpsed parts of the New World and had demonstrated that Europeans were capable of crossing the ocean to reach it. But even if their discoveries had become common knowledge (and they had not), there would have been little incentive for others to follow. Europe in the middle ages (roughly 500โ€“ 1500 A.D.) was not an adventurous civilization.ย  Europe was divided into innumerable small duchies and kingdoms, its outlook was overwhelmingly provincial. Subsistence agriculture predominated, and commerce was limited; few merchants looked beyond the boundaries of their own regions.ย  The Roman Catholic Church exercised a measure of spiritual authority over most of the continent, and the Holy Roman Empire provided at least a nominal political center.ย  Even so, real power was for the most part widely dispersed; only rarely could a single leader launch a great venture.ย  Gradually, however, conditions in Europe changed so that by the late fifteenth century, interest in overseas exploration had grown.

15th Century: WHY EUROPEANS LOOKED WESTWARD

Two important and related changes provided the first incentive for Europeans to look toward new lands. One was a result of the significant population growth in fifteenth-century Europe following the Black Death.ย  The Black death was a catastrophic epidemic of the bubonic plague that began in Constantinople in 1347, which had decimated Europe, killing (according to some estimates) more than a third of the people of the continent and debilitating its already limited economy.ย  By the early 1500's the population had rebounded.ย  With that growth came a rise in land values, a re-awakening of commerce, and a general increase in prosperity.ย  Affluent landlords became eager to purchase goods from distant regions, and a new merchant class emerged to meet their demand. As trade increased, and as advances in navigation and shipbuilding made long-distance sea travel more feasible, interest in developing new markets, finding new products, and opening new trade routes rapidly increased. Paralleling this rise of commerce in Europe, and in part responsible for it, was the rise of new governments that were more united and powerful than the feeble political entities of the feudal past. In the western areas of Europe, the authority of the distant pope and the even more distant Holy Roman Emperor was necessarily weak.ย  As a result, strong new monarchs emerged there and created centralized nation-states, with national courts, national armies, andโ€”perhaps most importantโ€”national tax systems. As these ambitious kings and queens consolidated their power and increased their wealth, they became eager to enhance the commercial growth of their nations. Ever since the early fourteenth century, when Marco Polo and other adventurers had returned from Asia bearingexotic goods (spices, fabrics, dyes) and even more exotic tales, Europeans who hoped for commercial glory had dreamed, above all, of trade with the East. For two centuries, that trade had been limited by the difficulties of the long, arduous overland journey to the Asian courts. But in the fourteenth century, as the maritime capabilities of several western European societies increased and as Muslim societies seized control of the eastern routes to Asia, there began to be serious talk of finding a faster, safer sea route to Asia. Such dreams gradually found a receptive audience in the courts of the new monarchs. By the late fifteenth century, some of them were ready to finance daring voyages of exploration. The first to do so were the Portuguese. They were the preeminent maritime power in the fifteenth century, in large part because of the work of one man, Prince Henry the Navigator. Henryโ€™s own principal interest was not in finding a sea route to Asia, but in exploring the western coast of Africa. He dreamed of establishing a Christian empire there to aid in his countryโ€™s wars against the Moors of northern Africa; and he hoped to find new stores of gold.

Duke of Viseu (4 March 1394 โ€“ 13 November 1460), better known as Prince Henry the Navigator
The ships of Prince Henry the Navigator's day

The explorations Prince Henry began did not fulfill his own hopes and yet, they ultimately led farther than he had dreamed.ย  Some of Henryโ€™s mariners went as far south as Cape Verde, on Africaโ€™s west coast. In 1486 (six years after Henryโ€™s death), Bartholomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa (the Cape of Good Hope); and in 1497โ€“1498 Vasco da Gama of Portugal proceeded all the way around the cape to India. In 1500, the next fleet bound for India, under the command of Pedro Cabral, was blown westward off its southerly course and happened upon the coast of Brazil.

 

Map made by Juan de la Cosa in 1500, first representation of the New World

But by then another man, in the service of another country, who had already encountered the New World. Christopher Columbus, who was born and reared in Genoa, Italy, obtained most of his early seafaring experience in the service of the Portuguese.ย  As a young man, he became intrigued with the possibility, already under discussion in many seafaring circles, of reaching Asia by going not east but west. Columbusโ€™s hopes rested on several basic misconceptions. He believed that the world was far smaller than it actually is. He also believed that the Asian continent extended farther eastward than it actually does. He assumed, therefore, that the Atlantic was narrow enough to be crossed on a relatively brief voyage. It did not occur to him that anything lay to the west between Europe and Asia. Columbus failed to win support for his plan in Portugal, so he turned to Spain. The Spaniards were not yet as advanced a maritime people as the Portuguese, but they were at least as energetic and ambitious. In the fifteenth century, the marriage of Spainโ€™s two most powerful regional rulers, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, had produced the strongest monarchy in Europe. Like other young monarchies, it soon grew eager to demonstrate its strength by sponsoring new commercial ventures. Columbus appealed to Queen Isabella for support for his proposed westward voyage. In 1492, having consolidated the monarchyโ€™s position within Spain itself, Isabella agreed to Columbusโ€™s request. Commanding ninety men and three shipsโ€”the Niรฑa, the Pinta, and the Santa Marรญa โ€” Columbus left Spain in August 1492 and sailed west into the Atlantic on what he thought was a straight course for Japan. Ten weeks later, he sighted land and assumed he had reached his target. In fact, he had landed on an island in the Bahamas. When he pushed on and encountered Cuba, he assumed he had reached China. He returned to Spain in triumph, bringing with him several captured natives as evidence of his achievement.

Replica ship of the Santa Maria, one of 3 ships captained by Christopher Columbus in 1492

(He called the people he found in what was to him The New World' "Indians" because he believed they were from the East Indies in the Pacific.) But Columbus had not, of course, encountered the court of the great khan in China or the fabled wealth of the Indies.ย  A year later, therefore, he tried again, this time with a much larger expedition. As before, he headed into the Caribbean, discovering several other islands and leaving a small and short-lived colony on Hispaniola. On a third voyage, in 1498, he finally reached the mainland and cruised along the northern coast of South America. When he passed the mouth of the Orinoco River (in present-day Venezuela), he concluded for the first time that what he had discovered was not in fact an island off the coast of China, as he had assumed, but a separate continent; such a large freshwater stream, he realized, could emerge only from a large body of land. Still, he remained convinced that Asia was only a short distance away. And although he failed in his efforts to sail around the northeastern coast of South America to the Indies (he was blocked by the Isthmus of Panama), he returned to Spain believing that he had explored at least the fringes of the Far East. He continued to believe that until he died. Columbusโ€™s celebrated accomplishments made him a popular hero for a time, but he ended his life in obscurity.ย  When Europeans at last gave a name to the New World, they ignored him. The distinction went instead to a Florentine merchant, Amerigo Vespucci, a member of a later Portuguese expedition to the New World who wrote a series of vivid descriptions of the lands he visited and who recognized the Americas as new continents. Columbus has been celebrated for centuries as the โ€œAdmiral of the Ocean Seaโ€ (a title he struggled to have officially bestowed on him during his lifetime) and as a representative of the new, secular, scientific impulses of Renaissance Europe.ย  Columbus was also a deeply religious man, even something of a mystic ย His voyages were inspired as much by his conviction that he was fulfilling a divine mission as by his interest in geography and trade. A strong believer in biblical prophecies, he came to see himself as a man destined to advance the coming of the millennium. โ€œGod made me the messenger of the new heaven and the new earth,โ€ he wrote near the end of his life, โ€œand he showed me the spot where to find it.โ€

A map showing areas the Portuguese and Spanish came to and claimed for their crown as they explored the ocean westward from Europe.

A similar combination of worldly and religious passions lay behind many subsequent efforts at exploration and settlement of the New World. Partly as a result of Columbusโ€™s initiative, Spain began to devote greater resources and energy to maritime exploration and gradually replaced Portugal as the leading seafaring nation. The Spaniard Vasco de Balboa fought his way across the Isthmus of Panama in 1513 and became the first known European to gaze westward upon the great ocean that separated America from China and the Indies. Seeking access to that ocean, Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese in the employ of the Spanish, found the strait that now bears his name at the southern end of South America, struggled through the stormy narrows and into the ocean (so calm by contrast that he christened it the โ€œPacificโ€), then proceeded to the Philippines. There Magellan died in a conflict with the natives, but his expedition went on to complete the first known circumnavigation of the globe (1519โ€“1522). By 1550, Spaniards had explored the coasts of North America as far north as Oregon in the west and Labrador in the east, as well as some of the interior regions of the continent.

While Humans as a species have been in the Americas for well over ten thousand years, the effect of European explorers upon their arrival in the late 1400's to the mid 1500's was staggering and swift.ย  While Christopher Columbus was not the first person to come to the Americas, he and his compatriots put a proverbial stake in the ground and claimed their discovery for their crown, their nation and the world.ย  Prior to this, the world outside of people's immediate environment had previously been so obscure.ย  European explorers came from their distant land, charting the ocean along the way, and encountered both lands and people they did not know existed and yet as a species humans, homo sapiens had existed on this round planet for hundreds of thousands of years.ย  How had they spread out so far and wide? How had they become so isolated from one another?ย  How had their stories been shared and lost?

Piecing together the past through the lens of today, available historic records, and scientific findings is no easy task.ย  In fact, it leads one to the Paradox of Knowledge that Albert Einsein described with โ€œThe more I learn, the more I realize how much I donโ€™t know.โ€ย 


GOOD NAUTICAL ON THE WEST COAST OF THE BAJA: BAHIA SAN QUINTIN

GOOD NAUTICAL ON THE WEST COAST OF THE BAJA:

BAHIA SAN QUINTIN, MEXICO Flag of Mexico

30ยฐ 23.7384′ N, 115ยฐ 55.5760′ W

Posse members on the West Coast are beginning to set their sights on the southbound journey.ย  Consider a stopover in Bahia San Quintin on the west cost of the Baja Peninsula.ย  Whale watching, sport fishing and fantastic seafood bring tourists to San Quintin. Oysters, mussels and abalonesย are harvested from the crystal clear waters of the bay so please avoid dumping waste of any kind overboard. The lagoon provides great opportunities for dinghy exploration and the remains of an abandoned British colony lie in the shore of the inner bay.

Western Baja has many beautiful beaches like this one in San Quintin

Anchorage

The anchorage on the east side of the bay is open to the SW and feels quite exposed with surf breaking even a mile offshore. Anchor on a sandy bottom in 5-10m just outside the shoal line which is marked by small breakers.

https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/bahia-san-quintin

Bahia San Quintin

BAHIA SAN QUINTIN

Bahรญa San Quintรญn, located on the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico, is a hidden gem for sailors seeking an authentic and tranquil maritime adventure. This natural harbor, about 190 nautical miles south of San Diego, offers a unique blend of pristine beauty, rich marine life, and a glimpse into the unspoiled wilderness of Baja California.

Geography and Navigation

Bahรญa San Quintรญn is a broad, sheltered bay framed by volcanic hills and sandy beaches, providing excellent protection from the Pacific’s swells. The bay is about 6 miles wide and 11 miles long, offering ample anchorage space with good holding ground in sand and mud. The entrance to the bay can be tricky, especially for first-time visitors, due to shifting sandbars and shallow areas. It is advisable to enter during daylight with good visibility and to use updated nautical charts. Depth sounders and GPS are essential tools for navigating safely into the bay.

Weather and Climate

The climate in Bahรญa San Quintรญn is typically mild and dry, with average temperatures ranging from the mid-50s to the mid-70s Fahrenheit. The area enjoys a Mediterranean climate, with dry summers and mild, wet winters. Fog can be a common occurrence, especially in the mornings, so sailors should be prepared for reduced visibility at times. Winds are predominantly from the northwest, providing favorable sailing conditions for those heading south.

Flora and Fauna

Bahรญa San Quintรญn is a haven for nature lovers. The bay and its surrounding areas are home to a diverse array of wildlife. Birdwatchers will be delighted by the presence of numerous bird species, including the endangered black brant, as well as various shorebirds and waterfowl. The bay’s waters teem with marine life, making it a popular spot for fishing and snorkeling. Anglers can expect to catch species such as halibut, sea bass, and yellowtail.

Activities and Attractions

For sailors looking to stretch their legs, the area offers plenty of onshore activities. The surrounding landscape is perfect for hiking, with trails leading through volcanic rock formations and coastal dunes. The nearby fishing village of San Quintรญn provides a glimpse into the local culture and an opportunity to sample fresh seafood, particularly the region’s renowned oysters and clams. Visiting the local oyster farms can be a fascinating experience, offering insights into the aquaculture practices that sustain the local economy.

Services and Facilities

While Bahรญa San Quintรญn is relatively undeveloped compared to more popular tourist destinations, it offers essential services for visiting sailors. There are a few basic facilities, including fuel, provisions, and some repair services available in the village of San Quintรญn. It is advisable to stock up on necessary supplies before arriving, as options may be limited. For those needing more extensive services, the port of Ensenada, located about 130 nautical miles to the north, provides a wider range of amenities, including marinas, chandleries, and professional repair services.

Conservation and Sustainability

Bahรญa San Quintรญn is part of a protected natural area, and visitors are encouraged to respect the environment and practice sustainable boating. Efforts to preserve the bay’s natural beauty and biodiversity are ongoing, and sailors can contribute by following Leave No Trace principles, minimizing waste, and avoiding damage to sensitive habitats such as seagrass beds and bird nesting areas.

Conclusion

Bahรญa San Quintรญn offers a serene and rewarding destination for sailors looking to explore the less-traveled waters of Baja California. Its natural beauty, abundant wildlife, and tranquil atmosphere make it an ideal spot for those seeking to experience the unspoiled charm of Mexico’s Pacific coast. Whether anchoring in its calm waters, exploring its diverse ecosystems, or engaging with the local community, sailors will find Bahรญa San Quintรญn to be a memorable and enriching part of their maritime journey.

Landing on the Beach in High Surf

Landing on the beach in high surf at Bahรญa San Quintรญn can be challenging and requires careful planning and execution. The key to a successful landing is timing and understanding the wave patterns. It is essential to observe the surf for a period to identify any lulls between sets of larger waves. When ready, approach the beach at a 90-degree angle, maintaining enough speed to stay ahead of the breaking waves. As you near the shore, reduce speed and be prepared to jump out and pull the dinghy up the beach swiftly to avoid it being swamped by incoming waves. Ensure all equipment and passengers are secure, and wear appropriate safety gear such as life jackets. Landing in high surf can be risky, so if conditions seem too dangerous, it might be best to wait for calmer seas or find a more sheltered landing spot within the bay.

Bahia San Quintin


The Baja Run

THE BAJA RUN

ย THE BAJA PENINSULAย 750 NM WITH EASY DAY HOPS ย AND PLENTY OF ANCHORAGES

DANGERS
FOG - KELP - REEFS - SMALL PANGAS - EXPENSIVE FUEL IN TURTLE BAY - WHALES - STRONG NW WINDS

The Baja Run

โ‘  Start at Cruiseport Village Marina Ensenada and do your Mexico check insย 31ยฐ 51.2766' N 116ยฐ 37.2433' W

31ยฐ 51.7323 N -116ยฐ 39.6755 W

Once you have made it out of Ensenada without dropping to much cash at Hussongโ€™s Cantina ย 

Hussongโ€™s Cantina Ensenada

โ‘ก head for ย Punta ย Santo ย Tomas ย at ย 31ยฐ 33.1589 N
-116ยฐ 40.6879 W ย watch ย the ย outlying rock ย and
kelp ย ย 
https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/punta-santo-tomas

Punta Santo Tomas

โ‘ข The next jump is either 40 nm to Bahia Colonet Bightย 30ยฐ 57.9028 N ย 116ยฐ 17.0747 W - details at https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/bahia-colonet-bight

https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/bahia-colonet-bight

โ‘ฃ Or an extra 30nm ย Isla San Martin ย North bay 30ยฐ 29.178 N -116ยฐ 6.1356 W or South Anchorage depending on swellย https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/isla-san-martin

30ยฐ 29.178 N -116ยฐ 6.1356 W

โ‘คFor a more protective bay especially for those who wish to bash back up here is Bahia San Quintin
- the west side 30ยฐ 22.5924 N -115ยฐ 59.0887 W ย is more shallow and
the main bay has depth to suit all drafts ย - do give the entrance a
wide berth as there is shoaling south of the little peninsulaย 

https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/bahia-san-quintin-w

andย 

https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/bahia-san-quintin

For a more protective bay especially for those who wish to bash back up here is Bahia San Quintin - the west side 30ยฐ 22.5924 N -115ยฐ 59.0887 W is more shallow and the main bay has depth to suit all drafts - do give the entrance a wide berth as there is shoaling south of the little peninsula

The
west side 30ยฐ 22.5924 N -115ยฐ 59.0887 W ย is more shallow and the
main bay has depth to suit all drafts ย - do give the entrance a
wide berth as there is shoaling south of the little peninsula ย -
this is about 110 nm south of Ensenada.

โ‘ฅ South of this - about 39 nm is a fair weather anchorage at ย 29ยฐ 47.3276 N ย 115ยฐ 47.4296 W ย behind ISLA SAN GERNOMIO - watch for 2 rocks south of it @ 29ยฐ 44.2191' N 115ยฐ 46.2265' W https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/isla-san-geronimo-e

San Geronimo

โ‘ฆ The next anchorage is a staple along the route FONDADERO SAN CARLOSย Especially for those on a northbound track @ ย 29ยฐ 37.3596 N ย 115ยฐ 28.565 Wย This anchorage is 68 nm South of Sna Quintin - expect some kelp patches and shoaling on the northern bight https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/fondadero-san-carlos

Fondadero San Carlos

โ‘ง South ~ 80 nm across the bay of Sebastian Vizcaino is Isla Cedros N - aka the Cedros Island Yacht club anchorage ย at ย 28ยฐ 20.212 N -115ยฐ 11.434 Wย https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/isla-cedros-n

Expect
to hear sea-lions on shore - this is often a waiting spot for yachts
heading north on the baja bash as they time their departures for an
early morning jump with low winds - the seas and winds will pipe up in
the afternoons - it's a high energy crossing especially in the
afternoons

Isla Cedros North

The east coast of Isla Cedros has several anchorages; the northern
anchorage is a roadstead exposed to weather from both north and south.

Cedros n

Bypassing a few anchorages on the East and South of Isla Cedros ~

โ‘จ50 nm south is Turtle Bay / Bahia Tortugas
27ยฐ 41.2544 N -114ยฐ 53.2545 W ย - a large bay with anchorage and an
enterprising dusty village where you can procure fuel albeit with
significant mark ups - the dock is left from an abandoned cannery and
the fuel station is up a hill in the center near the cellphone
towerย 

 27ยฐ 41.2544 N -114ยฐ 53.2545 W

The locals will try to sell you fuel from pangas or via the fuel dock -
watch these transactions and confirm quality of the fuel, volume and
pricing before accepting any transactions - the Baja Fuel Filter was
invented here for a reason so may as well use it ย ! You are at the
half way point towards Cabo San Lucas
https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/bahia-tortugas

Fuel Dock

โ‘ฉ The next jump is about 50 nm to Bahia Asuncion ย ย 27ยฐ 08.1355 N ย 114ยฐ 17.4206 W ย https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/bahia-asuncion

The
bay at Asuncion is home to the local fishing fleet and harvesting
shellfish is one of the main sources of income for the community. The
water is incredibly clear and no discharge is allowed to be dumped into
bay in order to preserve the high quality of the abalone.

 27ยฐ 8.1355 N -114ยฐ 17.4206 W

โ‘ชOr push it another 24 nm to Bahia San Hipolitoย This
is a marginal anchorage exposed to wind and swell from north and south.
Anchor close to the beach in 6.4m on sand. @ ย 26ยฐ 59.3362 N -113ยฐ
57.6966 Wย 
https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/bahia-san-hipolito

 

This is a marginal anchorage exposed to wind and swell from north and south. Anchor close to the beach in 6.4m on sand.

โ‘ซA far more protected anchorage is 50 nm south of Bahia Asuncion or 105 nm south of Turtle bay is Bahia Ballenas @ 26ยฐ 46.0426 N -113ยฐ 30.0266 Wย https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/bahia-ballenas

https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/bahia-ballenas

โ‘ฌ A prime spot along this coast is San Juanico / Scorpion Bay @ ย 26ยฐ 14.7986 N ย 112ยฐ 28.333 W about ย nm SE from Bahia Ballenas - with friendly locals and expats In
the mid-seventies surfers noticed the amazing waves peeling off Punta
Pequeรฑa as the swell wraps around into Bahia San JuanicoI. The village
is host to a couple of abarrotes and restaurants and beach palapas.

San Juanico Scorpion Bay Anchorage
Scorpion Bay

โ‘ญAnother 85 nm to Bahia Santa Maria
a major stop and wide bay with fisheries and cell signal ย 24ยฐ
46.133 N ย 112ยฐ 15.441 W
https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/bahia-santa-maria

Bahia Santa Maria

Bahia Santa Maria
is a large crescent shaped bay which lies just south of Cabo San
Lazaro. It is defined to the north and south by rocky islands and
bounded to the east by a narrow strip of sand ridges which separates it
from the huge lagoon of Bahia Magdalena behind.

Bahia Santa Maria
ย There is no permanent settlement in Bahia Santa Maria but a dinghy ride up
into river channels at the north end of the bay reveals a cluster of
fishing shacks with brightly colored pangas tied up along the bank. From
November to May itinerant fishermen stay in the bay to fish for tuna,
jacks and dorado.
Jump

โ‘ฎThe final jump an overnight sail to Cabo San Lucas ( WEEKEND MORNINGS ARE TOUGH IN CABO MANY FISHING VESSELS LEAVE A T THAT TIME SO TRY TO ARRIVE AFTERย  9 AM )

~ 185 nm with no real stops along the way - as soon as you round the
cabe the warmer tropical air will welcomr you to Cabo San Lucas - best
not to arrive Weekendsbetween 6 and 9 AM as scores of fishing vessels
are leaving Cabo and will produce eneourous wakes and traffic. Anchor at
22ยฐ 53.304 N ย 109ยฐ 53.844 W https://goodnautical.com/mexico-pacific/anchorage/cabo-san-lucas-se-coast

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ID Location Latitiude Longitude NM
โ“ช San Diego Police Dock 32ยฐ 42.537' N 117ยฐ 14.10543' W - โ›ฝ๐Ÿ’ง
โ‘  Ensenada Cruiseport Village Marina 31ยฐ 51.2766โ€ฒ N 116ยฐ 37.2433โ€ฒ W 60.04 โ›ฝ๐Ÿ’ง
โ‘ก Puntaย  Santoย  Tomas 31ยฐ 33.1589 N 116ยฐ 40.6879 W 18.37
โ‘ข Bahia Colonet Bight 30ยฐ 57.9028 N 116ยฐ 17.0747 W 40.65
โ‘ฃ Isla San Martinย  North Bay 30ยฐ 29.178 N 116ยฐ 6.1356 W 30.24
โ‘ค Bahia San Quintin 30ยฐ 22.5924' N 115ยฐ 59.0887' W 8.97
โ‘ฅ Isla San Gernomio 29ยฐ 47.3276' N 115ยฐ 47.4296' W 36.71
โ‘ฆ Fondadero San Carlos 29ยฐย  37.3596' N 115ยฐ 28.565' W 19.19
โ‘ง Isla Cedros N 28ยฐ 20.212' N 115ยฐ 11.434' W 78.62
โ‘จ Turtle Bay / Bahia Tortugas 27ยฐ 41.2544' N 114ยฐ 53.2545' W 42.16 โ›ฝ๐Ÿ’ง
โ‘ฉ Bahia Asuncion 27ยฐ 08.1355' N 114ยฐ 17.4206' W 45.95 โ›ฝ ๐Ÿ’ง
โ‘ช Bahia San Hipolito 26ยฐ 59.3362' N 113ยฐ 57.6966' W 19.66
โ‘ซ ย Bahia Ballenas 26ยฐ 46.0426' N 113ยฐ 30.0266' W 28.05
โ‘ฌ San Juanico / Scorpion Bay 26ยฐ 14.7986' N 112ยฐ 28.333' W 63.50
โ‘ญ Bahia Santa Maria 24ยฐ 46.133' N 112ยฐ 15.441' W 89.47
โ‘ฎ Cabo San Lucas East 22ยฐ 53.304' N 109ยฐ 53.844' W 171.87 โ›ฝ๐Ÿ’ง
โ‘ฏ Los Frailes 23ยฐ 22.836' N 109ยฐ 25.297'' W 39.54
โ‘ฐ Isla de Pajaros 23ยฐ 15.2645' N 106ยฐ 28.3305'' W 162.80
โ‘ฑ Isla Isabella Anchorage South 21ยฐ 50.5266' N 105ยฐ 52.907'' W 90.87
โ‘ฒ San Blas Outer Anchorage 21ยฐ 31.043' N 105ยฐ 14.566' W 40.64 โ›ฝ๐Ÿ’ง
โ‘ณ Punta de Mita 20ยฐ 45.764' N 105ยฐ 31.15' W 47.88
ใ‰‘ Punta Ipala 20ยฐ 14.2306' N 105ยฐ 34.4255' W 31.71
ใ‰’ Chamela - N 19ยฐ 35.0404' N 105ยฐ 7.8663' W 46.50
ใ‰“ Isla Paraiso - E 19ยฐ 28.6194' N 105ยฐ 3.7637' W 7.50
ใ‰” Tenacatita - Inner Bay 19ยฐ 17.9207' N 104ยฐ 50.1528' W 16.72
ใ‰• Marina Puerto Navidad 19ยฐ 11.7294' N 104ยฐ 40.8748' W 10.73 โ›ฝ๐Ÿ’ง

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CURRENTS

SWELL AND WAVESย 


FLEET UPDATE 2023-07-04

 

Panama Posse

 

PANAMA POSSE โฌค FLEET UPDATE

JULY 4, 2023

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls tooโ€

- Vincent van Gogh

O F F I C I A Lย  N O T I F I C A T I O N

 

PANAMA POSSE SEASON 7

 

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1) PICTURES OF THE MONTH

San Blas Islands

Happy Birthday Muranda and Cheers to a new Season!

SY FICKLE ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Ben & Muranda - Hunter 42'

FICKLE BenFICKLE MurandaFICKLE Yolanda

Cathedral Waterfall ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica

SY MAISON DE SANTร‰ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Nicole & Keenan - Cal 46'

MAISON DE SANTE KeenanMAISON DE SANTE Nicole

Catching waves in El Salvador ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป

SY JUBEL ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Leah & Kyle - Gulfstar 44'

JUBEL KyleJUBEL Leah

SY Queso Grande hauls out at Marina Pez Vela ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica for a little spa time

SY QUESO GRANDE II ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lance & Sherri - Seawind 41'

QUESO GRANDE II SherriQUESO GRANDE II Lance

Anchored in the Sea of Cortez

SY SERENITY ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Mark & Kathryn - Antares 44'

SERENITY KathrynSERENITY - mARK
SLOTHS

RELAX WE GOT PANAMA POSSE PARTY DATES

2) SAVE THE DATE

THIS SUNDAY JULY 9, 2023

NEW VESSELS ON-BOARDING

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO MEET YOUR PEERS

 

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FIND OUT ABOUT ALL THE PANAMA POSSE
PERKS AND RESOURCES

3) SPECIAL DATES

๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฅ

THE 7 TH SEASON

ANNAPOLIS SAIL BOAT SHOW
OCT 12 โ€“ 15, 2023
ANNAPOLIS MD

ANNAPOLIS BOAT SHOW

SAT OCT 28, 2023
SAFE HARBOR SOUTH BAY
SAN DIEGO, CA SEMINARS AND KICK OFF EVENT

SAFE HARBOR SOUTH BAY SAN DIEGO

SHELTER BAY PANAMA
SAT FEB 3 '24,
Shelter Bay Marina Mingle meet the Fleet

SHELTER BAY PARTY

MARINA PUERTO DE LA NAVIDAD
BARRA DE NAVIDAD MEXICO
DEC 7-10 (unconfirmed)
SEMINARS AND KICK OFF EVENT

SEMINARS IN MEXICO

BUENAVENTURA MARINA
SAT MAY 11 '24
Panama Yacht Festival and Panama Posse Award Ceremony

https://panamaposse.com/buenaventura-marina

4) 22-23 PANAMA POSSE
SURVEY IN NUMBERS

1,486 U$ Savings x vessel this season (avg.)
2,557 NM NAUTICAL MILES VOYAGED THIS SEASON (avg.)
4,040 U$ Low Budget x month (avg.)
4,780 U$ Medium Budget x month (avg.)
$5,221 U$ High Budget x month (avg.)
4 Maritime Areas Visited this season (avg.)
9.37 WE GOT A GOOD MARK / Net Promoter Score !


S I G N U P N O W
PANAMA POSSE SCORE
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we know your fuel stops - don't break your back

5) MEET THE OTHER POSSES

THE SOUTH PACIFIC POSSE AND THE ATLANTIC POSSE

PANAMA PACIFIC CARIBBEAN ATLANTIC

6 ยฝ year ago the Panama Posse formed as a small adventurous group of cruisers pointed their bows south along the Pacific Coast of North America to Panama.

There was no set schedule just a shared spirit for adventure and a desire to help each other out along the way. The experience was a success and the group has grown into a posse of many more boats. Over the years Posse boats are spreading out, going different directions, and across different oceans. November 2023 marks the beginning of our 7th season and the initiation of 2 new Posses: The South Pacific Posse ( currently underway ) and the Atlantic Posse. Beginning in Season 7 our fleet updates will bring the spirit of adventure, insight, and information from multiple routes into one newsletter.

Our goal is to bring the spirit of adventure and exploration to your inbox every week with inspiration from an ever broadening field of cruisers. We will be combining the fleet updates to include stories from Posse members on different routes each week. As an example, this month we are going to include a splash from the South Pacific Posse.

South Pacific Posse

Exploration of the dramatic Marquesas

marquesas

These islands were once the home of tens of thousands of Polynesians

Legendary Pampelmousse and local fruits grow among breadfruit plant or 'uru, the coconut, the dozens of varieties of bananas including the incomparable orange plantain banana or fe'i, various root vegetables such as the taro, the tarua, the ufi, and the 'umara make up the basis of island cuisine

 5) MARQUESAS REDUX ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ FRENCH POLYNESIA

For anyone still in Marquesas or heading there our favorite anchorage was Hanatefau Bay in Tahuata. There is sand and good holding on the north side. The morning light is magical, there are spinner dolphins swimming around the bay most days. Hapatoni village is beautiful and the people are friendly. We got to see a traditional Marquesian performance, pick fruit with a local woman and eat an amazing lunch at her home.

 Fatu Hiva is absolutely stunning and when we were there some cruisers organized a type of circus acro yoga performance with the village kids that was really sweet.

Fatu Hiva is absolutely stunning and when we were there some cruisers organized a type of circus acro yoga performance with the village kids that was really sweet.

SY WANDERLUST ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Kristin & Fabio & Yoda โ€“ Seawind 52โ€ฒ

WANDERLUST FabioWANDERLUST KristiWANDERLUST Crew
 

https://www.youtube.com/c/harborsunknown

 

WATCH / SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR YOUTUBE CHANEL โ–ถ๏ธ

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ATLANTIC POSSE
LIGHTOUSE

The incredible array of lighthouses along the European Coastlines are the symbols of exploration for the Atlantic Posse - it's a new way across the Atlantic -
WITH NO SET SCHEDULES !!!

 

https://atlanticposse.com/

 

The Atlantic Posse runs from October through May in both directions

6) WHAT IS ON YOUR BUCKET LIST ?

BUCKET LIST

For sailors, captains, skippers, seafarers, cruisers, and yacht enthusiasts, there are plenty of extraordinary bucket list items that push their boundaries and offer unique and memorable experiences of a lifetime

SOME BUCKET LIST ITEMS...

Sail the world: Embark on a journey, experiencing different cultures, climates, and breathtaking coastal landscapes.

Visit remote islands: Explore remote and exotic islands that are only accessible by boat, such as the Revillagijedo Islands, Cocos Island, Galapagos Islands, or Isla del Caรฑo

Navigate without modern technology: Challenge yourself to navigate using traditional methods like celestial navigation or dead reckoning.

OTHER BUCKET LIST ITEMS CAN BE FOUND HERE >>

 

BUCKET LIST

 

7) ADVENTURE MEDIA PARTNER
LATITUDES AND ATTITUDES

 

https://panamaposse.com/latitudes-and-attitudes

 

 

Subscribe Now to the Lats & Atts Online Magazine!

 

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9) โš ๏ธ BOATING LICENSE REQUIREMENT IN MEXICO

You are required to have a boating license while you are navigating your boat in Mexican waters. Every boat owner, operator, and captain at the helm of a vessel must have a boating license that states you are qualified to operate the vessel. If you have a foreign flagged vessel in Mexican waters then you must have the proper operating license issued by the state or country where you registered your vessel. EVEN IF A BOATING LICENSE IS NOT REQUIRED IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY, MEXICO REQUIRES ONE IN THEIR WATERS.

The Mexican authorities will likely ask for a copy of a boating license if you are involved in an accident aboard your boat. They may ask you for it upon check in to and/or check out from their country, Be prepared ahead of arrival into Mexico.

There is a list on the Posse website of state specific sites where one can obtain a certificate through their state. There are multiple types of documents that qualify as a license in addition to those found on the website.

See MEXICO details follow this link>>

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We are pleased to welcome the Participants of the Panama Posse to Ensenada, BC Mexico

As a special welcome rate we offer 2 nights and one free !

In the minimum stay of 2 nights, you get 1 extra night for free + special DAILY rate for the participants with boats with a length up to 65 ft: $2.00 USD per foot of the vessel + tax + free assistance to clear in and out of Mexico, immigration and to get the Temporary Importation Permit as long as they present all the documents as required by the port authorities.

VHF 12

T: +52 (646) 173-4141

Toll Free: +1 (877) 219 5822

E: reservations@hutchisonportsecv.com

 

https://panamaposse.com/ensenada-cruiseport-village

 

... DON'T GET SPOTTED

WE DO NOT RECOMMEND SPOT

pone of the tracking devices which has caused the biggest issues in the last 3 months has been SPOT which runs on GlobalStar. The issue is that GLOBALSTAR Is NOT global nor does it work GLOBALLY - so if you plan to eventually sail across an ocean please consider a viable option -
just ask AARON >>

 

AARON

 

GLOBAL STAR

" ACTUAL COVERAGE DID VARY "

10) THE MUST SEE LIST
OF THE PANAMA POSSE

MUST SEE

Along the Panama Posse CENTRAL AMERICAN route are 40 PLUS UNESCO AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT SITES

These renowned locations are accessible from nearby marinas and are listed as UNESCO WORLD HERITAGES SITES. >>

Tulum

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ TULUM

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ YAXCHILAN

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ YAXCHILAN

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น The Castle of San Felipe de Lara

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น THE CASTLE OF SAN FELIPE DE LARA

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CASTLE OF SAN LORENZO ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Palenque

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ PALENQUE

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ YAXCHILAN

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ DRY TORTUGAS FORT JEFFERSON

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป JOYA DE CEREN, EL SALVADOR >>

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป JOYA DE CEREN

COIBA

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ COIBA

 

MUST SEE FROM YOUR YACHT

 

11) DISCOUNTS @ 75+ PANAMA POSSE
MARINA SPONSORS

 

Marinas

 

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Safe Harbor South Bay โ€“ Chula Vista, USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Safe Harbor Ventura Isle - Ventura, USA

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Cruise Port Village - Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ IGY Marina Cabo San Lucas โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Marina Puerto Escondido โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Marina Palmira Topolobampo โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Marina y Club de Yates Isla Cortes โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Marina el Cid โ€“ Mazatlan โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Marina Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ PANAMA POSSE HQ โ€“ Marina Puerto de La Navidad โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Marina Ixtapa, Ixtapa โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ La Marina Acapulco, Acapulco โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Vicenteโ€™s Moorings, Acapulco โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Marina Chiapas โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Marina Pez Vela โ€“ Guatemala

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป Marina Bahia del Sol โ€“ El Salvador

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป La Palma Moorings โ€“ Bahia del Sol - El Salvador

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Marina Puesta del Sol โ€“ Nicaragua

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Marina Papagayo โ€“ Costa Rica

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Banana Bay Marina โ€“ Costa Rica

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Marina Puerto Amistad โ€“ Ecuador

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Buenaventura Marina โ€“ Panama

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ PANAMA POSSE PACIFIC HQ Vista Mar Marina โ€“ Panama

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Shelter Bay Marina โ€“ Panama

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bocas Marina โ€“ Panama

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Linton Bay Marina โ€“ Panama

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ La Playita Marina โ€“ Panama

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Flamenco Marina โ€“ Panama

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Solarte Marina โ€“ Panama

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Turtle Cay Marina โ€“ Panama

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด ClubNautico Cartagena โ€“ Colombia

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Club de Pesca Marina Cartagena โ€“ Colombia

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Manzanillo Marina Club โ€“ Colombia

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Marina Puerto Velero โ€“ Colombia

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด IGY Marina Santa Marta โ€“ Colombia

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Royal Jamaica Yacht Club โ€“ Jamaica

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Errol Flynn Marina โ€“ Jamaica

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Montego Bay Yacht Club โ€“Jamaica

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ The Barcadere Marina โ€“Cayman Islands

๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Barefoot Cay Marina โ€“ Roatan โ€“ Honduras

๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Fantasy Island Marina โ€“ Roatan โ€“ Honduras

๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Jonesville Point Marina -Roatan โ€“ Honduras

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Marina Nana Juana Resort & Boatyard โ€“ Guatemala

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Thunderbirds Marine โ€“ Placencia โ€“ Belize

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Placencia Yacht Club โ€“ Belize

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Marina Makax โ€“ Isla Mujeres โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Marina V&V โ€“ Quintana Roo โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Marina El Cid โ€“ Cancรบn โ€“ Riviera Maya โ€“ Mexico

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Marina Marlin Nautica Cayo Largo โ€“ Cuba

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ South Bank Marina & Boatyard โ€“ Turks and Caicos

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Romora Bay Resort and Marina โ€“ Bahamas

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Elizabeth on the Bay Marina โ€“ Bahamas

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Great Harbour Cay Marina โ€“ Bahamas

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Blue Marlin Cove Resort & Marina โ€“ Bahamas

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Ocean World Marina โ€“ Dominican Republic

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Marina Puerto Bahia โ€“ Dominican Republic

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Marathon Marina โ€“ Marathon Keys

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Pier 66 Hotel & Marina โ€“ Ft. Lauderdale, USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Titusville Marina - Florida USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ IGY Marina at Ortega Landing โ€“ Jacksonville, FL , USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Oasis Marinas at Fernandina Harbor Marina โ€“ FL , USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Morningstar Marinas Golden Isles St. Simons Isl. โ€“ Georgia, USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Windmill Harbour Marina โ€“ Hilton Head South Carolina , USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Coffee Bluff Marina โ€“ Savannah Georgia , USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Hazzard Marine โ€“ Gerogetown, North Carolina , USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Holden Beach โ€“ Town Dock, North Carolina , USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Portside Marina โ€“ Morehead City, North Carolina USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Tideawater Yacht Marina โ€“ Portsmouth, USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Ocean Yacht Marina, Portsmouth, USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Yorktown Riverwalk Landing โ€“ Virginia USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Regatta Point Marina โ€“ Deltaville, Virginia USA

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Regent Point Marina โ€“ Topping, Virginia USA

 

Marinas

 

HAVE FUN

enjoy the journey of your lifetime - join the PANAMA POSSE


S I G N U P N O W

12) PANAMA POSSE SPONSORS

  • PREDICT WIND
  • SEVENSTAR YACHT TRANSPORT
  • HOME DEPOT PRO MEXICO
  • HERTZ RENTAL CARS MEXICO
  • YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS
  • FLOR DE CAร‘A
  • SAFE HARBOR SOUTH BAY MARINA EVENT CENTER
  • WESTMARINE PRO
  • SAILMAIL
  • CHRIS PARKER - MARINE WEATHER CENTER
  • SAN DIEGO MARINE EXCHANGE
  • DOWNWIND MARINE
  • BELIZE TOURISM
  • PANAMA YACHT BROKER
  • LATITUDES AND ATTITUDES
  • DELTA MIKE MARINE SUPPLY PANAMA
  • SHELTER ISLAND INFLATABLES
 

SEVENSTAR YACHT TRANSPORT | JULY 01 2022 ๐Ÿ›ฅ๏ธ โ›ต SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE

 

South Water Cay Belize

South Water Cay ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize

13) PANAMA CANAL AGENT
CENTENARIO CONSULTING ERICK GALVEZ

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

Erick Gรกlvez

info@centenarioconsulting.com

www.centenarioconsulting.com

Cellphone +507 6676-1376

WhatsApp +507 6676-1376

Erick
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FLOR DE CANA

 

FLOR DE CAร‘A RUM:
SUSTAINABLE AND NATURAL

 

https://panamaposse.com/flor-de-cana

 

14) STRATEGIC PARTNERS

SEVEN SEAS CRUISING ASSOCIATION

Vicenteโ€™s Moorings โ€“ Acapulco โ€“ Mexico

Park Avenue Villas โ€“ San Juan del Sur โ€“ Nicaragua

Coconutz โ€“ Playa Cocos โ€“ Costa Rica

Abernathy โ€“ Chandlery โ€“ Panama

Pacific Posse

Atlantic Posse

Advertising Partners โ€“ Las Vegas

Safe-Esteem.com โ€“ Delaware

15) HAPPY 4TH OF JULY ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

happy 4th of july

During the first year of the American Revolution, one of the most heroic events for U.S. flagged vessels was the capture of the British warship HMS Margaretta by the crew of the American privateer Unity. This incident occurred June 12, 1775 off the coast of Massachusetts.

UNITY

The British ship HMS Margaretta had been enforcing British trade regulations and attempting to suppress American colonial resistance. The American privateer Unity, under the command of Captain Jeremiah O'Brien, was determined to challenge British authority and secure supplies for the rebel forces.

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Captain Jeremiah O'Brien

In a daring and audacious move, Unity's crew, consisting of local militiamen and sailors, boarded and overpowered HMS Margaretta, despite being outnumbered and outgunned. During the intense battle, the American forces managed to capture the British ship, and it became one of the first naval victories for the Continental Navy.

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This victory not only boosted the morale of the American patriots but also encouraged further support for the cause of independence. It demonstrated the potential of American naval forces and inspired other privateers and militias to actively challenge British naval power throughout the Revolutionary War.

WE OPERATE UNDER INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW

YOUR VESSEL YOUR CREW YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

 

Panama Posse we sail where the Coconute Grow

 

 

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