FLEET UPDATE 2021-03-06
"It doesn’t matter where you are.
You are nowhere compared to where you can go."
– Bob Proctor
SPREZZATURA'S JOURNEY
What A Long, Great Trip
M/Y Sprezzatura
Barra to Barra
December 7, 2018, 09:12, Depart Barra De Navidad, Mexico
January 5. Bahia del Sol, El Salvador
January 10, Puerta del Sol, Nicaragua
January 12, Playas Cocos, Costa Rica
February 11, Isla Parida, Panama
February 18, Panama City, Panama
March 27, Transit Panama Canal
April 14, Bocas Del Toro, Panama
April 27, Montego Bay, Jamaica
May 2, Mathew Town, Bahamas
May 20, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
August 13, Portland, Maine
December 16, St. Augustine, Florida
January 15, 2020, Bimini, Bahamas
February 22, Grand Cayman Island
March 18, Bocas Del Toro, Panama
14 day quarantine, 30 day curfew
May 28, Colon, Panama
4 month hauled out at Shelter Bay Marina
October 31, Panama Canal Transit
December 8, Golfito, Costa Rica
January 2, 2021 Chiapas, Mexico
February 24, 2021 1500, Arrive Barra De Navidad, Mexico
- 3 Years
- 1 Month
- 24 Days
- 12,111 Nautical Miles,
- 2,220 Hours
Bravo Zulu ERIC !!! SIGNIFICANT SIGHTS IN JAMAICA
The Blue Lagoon
Ken and Dale enjoying Jamaica
Goats on the move in Jamaica
Can you say Jerk Chicken
Large Mansions along the shoreline
Made it to Matthew Town Great Inagua, Bahamas !
SY SLOW DANCERtook the lifting winds from a large NE system for a sweet sail to the Southern Bahamas Threading the Windward Passage !
SV GARGOYLE utilized that same weather system to sail from the Cayman Islands towards Turks and Caicos
The Windward Passage
Fri Mar 05 2021Tonight we’re navigating the Windward Passage, that stretch of water bordered by Haiti to, the east and Cuba to the west. This is certainly one of those storied stretches of water that counts as a bucket list accomplishment. However tonight it is a rather quiet stretch of water with a high pressure ridge stalled over this area, giving us a quiet weather window for our run east.Currently, we’re crossing the traffic seperstion zones, which usually indicate high traffic areas. Tonight though, there’s on one ship on AIS. All is quiet, just the way we like our night watch. We have a 1 knot “push” from the currents on the eastern side of the channel, which is helping us along quite nicely.Unfortunately, we’ve had very little sailing on this passages, motoring for almost 90% of the time. While we planned for this quiet stretch it goes against our nature to motor. That said, if we were to sail we would likely get caught Monday in 30 knot plus winds and 9’ seas which is even more not in our nature. Moo, we’ll be tucked into an anchorage off the Caicos island doing what is in our nature, having a cocktail, while that wind blows through. Here’s to weather windows. Boring but safe.Star Light, Star Bright, First Star I See TonightThu Mar 04 2021As dusk settles softly over the seas between Cuba and Jamaica I wait for the first star and I remember other nights from another time. As is often the case on Night Watch the veil between now and the past is thin. I can practical smell those magical evenings as the sun slowly set and the air was filled with anticipation. We would gather in the yards and play endless games of kick the can. Slowly night would fall until someone would notice that first star and we would pause and whisper those magical words to make that wish. What did I wish for back then? Did I wish to be a sailor, exploring distant shores? It was all so very long ago.Tonight though is now and I make my wish on the star Rigel, at the foot of Orion. This I know not because I’ve grown wise over the years but rather due to what would have seemed magic to that childhood me, am Android app, SkyMap. The magic of yesterday and we hold it in our hands, unappreciated.What did I whisper out here on the sea? Some would wish for fair winds in this position. Others a safe passage. And yet more a beautiful destination. Yet none of those even occur to me. No, I’ve learned the hard way to wish for one more Corona with a friend, feet up in our flip flops, laughing. One more slice of grandmother’s home-made cherry pie. A hug from Mom.Now, unlike when I was a child, I ponder my wishes carefully. Unlike that younger version of me, I now know that those precious wishes, like these warm starry nights, are not infinite. I only have so many and I will try and use them wisely.
SY ORION USING FAVORABLE EASTING CONDITIONS
(USING THAT SAME SYSTEM)
TO SAIL FROM ROATAN TO SAN ANDRES VIA PIRACY PRONE WATERS 
FRIDAY As of 1600, no change in status. Alternator is down. No wind and motoring.2000 report. Wind has picked up a bit, which is helpful.It’s midnight, and we’re still trucking SATURDAY 0400 AM and dodging a number of radar tracks this morning.The two of concern appear to be moving away from me in unison approximately 14nm to my SE.0500 We’ve gone past them.... no issues.0800 AM Status. Winds up, motor is off, sun is shining, conserving fuel and making electricity. 150 nm to go 
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🇨🇴 BOTERO Fernando Botero Angulo (born 19 April 1932) is a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor, born in Medellín. His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political criticism or humor. He is considered the most recognized and quoted living artist from Latin America, and his art can be found in highly visible places around the world, such as Park Avenue in New York City and the Champs-Élysées in Paris. 
Self-titled "the most Colombian of Colombian artists" early on, Botero came to national prominence when he won the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1958. His art is collected by many major international museums, corporations, and private collectors. In 2012, he received the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. 
"The Captain' was created by Fernando Botero
"The First Lady' by Fernando Botero
'El presidente' by Fernando BoteroBOTERO MUSEUM IN BOGOTAThe Botero Museum is located in Bogotá. The museum houses one of the most important international art collections in Latin America. Located at Cl. 11 #4-41, Bogotá, Colombia 04° 35.7383' N 074° 04.3433' W
COVID VACCINE ROLLOUT: RACE TO NORMALCY Most Embassies are not offering vaccinations for citizens abroad apart from their own staff, meaning private-sector personnel abroad need to arrange their own vaccinations, either by accessing locally available vaccines or by returning to their countries. This report provides a country-by-country overview of the state of the vaccine rollout as of the end of February 2021 as per "our world in data"The statistics were accessed on March 5, 2021 and reflect reported Cumulative COVID-19 vaccinations per 100 people (%) from countries who report this Canada 5.75Cayman Islands 36.53Colombia 0.41Costa Rica 2.94El Salvador 0.25Guatemala 0.01Honduras 0.03Mexico 2.06Panama 3.49United States 24.95source March 5,2021 https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations
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MOSQUITOS, MALARIA and the PANAMA CANAL
The US was not the first country to attempt the feat. As early as the 1840s the British thought about digging a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, but were deterred by the hostility of the politics and geography
French Panama Canal Bond Certificate - 1880 In 1881 the French, buoyed by the successful construction of the Suez Canal in Egypt, decided to take on the project. But they did not account for the deadly mosquitoes: 22,000 of the project’s workers died after contracting malaria and yellow fever. The loss of life caused construction costs to spiral, leading to the bankruptcy of the canal’s owners in 1889 after they had spent $287m on the project ($7 billion at today’s prices). The canal lay abandoned and incomplete.
There is a cemetery on a hillside next to the town of Paraiso , on the Pacific side of the canal entrance that, as a child, was always pointed out to me as being "the French Cemetery". Only the French Cemetery at Paraiso appears to include Frenchmen, although it also includes West Indian laborers who amounted to the largest number of fatalities during construction days. 
In 1904 the US Army was tasked* with helping construct a canal (* there is a lot more to this…) to connect the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean.The American government bought* (* there is a bit more to this…) the land in 1904 and quickly realized that it needed to protect its workforce from the diseases. To do so, it tried to kill as many of the disease-carrying mosquitoes in Panama as possible. Thousands of American troops were sent in with orders to destroy every habitat that could harbor the mosquitoes.Swamps were drained. Pools and lakes of still water were tainted with oil or simply blown up with explosives. Buildings in the area were fumigated and high-risk areas were doused with insecticide. The scale of the operation was huge: around 700,000 gallons of oil and 124,000 gallons of insecticide were used during the construction of the canal each year. And it was success, at least in relative terms. The death toll among the workforce was 5,000 by the time the canal opened in 1914.HOW IMPORTANT IS THE PANAMA CANAL ?
1914: The first $50 Federal Reserve Note was issued with an allegorical figure of Panama between a merchant and battle ship on the reverse.
One of the cruisers from a few seasons ago met with an infectious disease specialist in early Dec at the Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans so as to address vaccination needs related to travels. Bottom line – no Yellow Fever in the parts of Panama and CR that most plan to visit – coastal areas and San Blas. The guidance document provided for Malaria risk is low throughout the year in all areas including the Canal Zone and Panama City. Risk is highest in Darien, Guna Yala, Panam and San Blas Provinces. No Risk – Cruises along the Panama canal will not necessitate anti-malarial medication. Adopt bite avoidance measures.Transmission does not occur on the San Blas Islands, but it is necessary to transit areas with known transmission risk en route to the islands. Daytime insect precautions are essential for UN-vaccinated travelers.”https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2020/preparing-international-travelers/yellow-fever-vaccine-and-malaria-prophylaxis-information-by-country/panama 
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Pink Flamingo Business in Barra de Navidad, Mexico 
TAKEAWAY FROM THE ECONOMISTS OCEAN SUMMIT 
The Climate and Ocean Risk Vulnerability Index (CORVI) is a tool to identify the financial, political, and ecological risks that climate change poses to coastal cities.Report on Climate change which is stressing social and environmental systems, impacting coastal ecosystems and the societies that depend on them. 
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Under the Ecosystems category, ecosystem services such as coral reefs, sea grass beds, and mangrove forests, were amongst the highest scoring indicators. Experts noted that this risk is concentrated around Kingston’s international airport, where mangrove removal has heightened the risk of flooding, both for the airport and the two-lane road which connects it to the city. While recent mangrove replanting projects have helped, this risk still remains.Under financial risk, GDP per capita, urban unemployment, and public debt indicators scored highest in the Economics category. Informal housing construction also scored as high risk. While this indicator measures national levels of informal settlements, local experts noted that unregulated construction has occurred in key watershed areas, increasing flood risk in Kingston.
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We had Vicente deliver 250 liters directly to the boat. It arrived in 5 x 50l Jerry cans that his boys lifted onto the deck for us
FLEET UPDATE 2021-02-27
“Keep your language. Love its sounds, its modulation, its rhythm. March with men of different languages,remote from your own, who wish like you for a more just and human world.”
– Stephen R. Covey.
THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE PANAMA POSSE
🇸🇻 Here is a magical sunset at Bahia del Sol, El Salvador captured by Rosa Lee
Isla Brincancon, Golfo Chiriqui, Panama .
Isla Brincancon, Golfo Chiriqui, Panama .We lit the trees with a torch.It is the most amazing island.
When we went ashore to take the picture, all the birds / bats came to feed off the insects in the torch light. A real special place.
🇸🇻 GOOD BYE EL SALVADOR
Going away party on Delta Swizzler with Alamos, Pairadice, Madeleine and Bill and Jean. We missed the kid boats, they had a better option at Surf city, but sure we will catch up again.
You understand cruising plans, written in the sand at low tide. Well ours are changing again. The weather Gods have moved the good weather window from Monday to Wednesday.So we are delaying our departure from El Salvador.
The next leg is about 340 miles, which we can break up to, 70 miles day 1, rest for a bit. Then 210 the windy part and finish with a 60 mile run. All in all, it might take a week, but we are retired and have time
🇲🇽 PASSAGE SOUTH
Wreck of the Mexican-flagged Los Llanitoson on the rocks. The ship ran aground in Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, on Friday, October 23rd as Category 5 Hurricane Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever recorded, slammed area with 165 mph winds. According to local media reports, the vessel attempted to ride out the storm at sea, but was forced aground in strong winds.
According to local media reports, the vessel attempted to ride out the storm at sea, but was forced aground in strong winds.
Katmandu made another passage south to Zihuatanejo Mexico. A 30 Hour passage from Barra de Navida , with a wonderful crew calm seas and not much wind a 30 hour passage . I do love passages once the lines are untied or the anchor is up!
🇸🇻 SY MADELEINE LEAVING EL SALVADOR
Our 3 season Panama Posse veterans Huib, Maaike and crew are heading south after many obstacles to Panama onboard dutch flagged SY Madeleine 🇳🇱
We wish you fair winds and a gentle passage.
🇲🇽 PARAISO ANCHORAGE, COSTALEGRE, MEXICO 🇲🇽
A hearty lunch before our dinghy tour around this picturesque anchorage .. sea caves, blow holes, bird aerials & a little stopover at 🐶 “Sam’s” beach.
Wishlist's secret spot
🇯🇲 Inspiring music on the Panama Posse
U-ROY RIP !
Known by the stage name U-Roy, was a Jamaican vocalist and pioneer of toasting. U-Roy was known for a melodic style of toasting applied with a highly developed sense of timing.
Ewart Beckford was born in Jones Town, Saint Andrews Parish, Kingston, Jamaica, on 21 September 1942. As a young man Beckford listened to the music of Louis Prima, James Brown, Ruth Brown, Fats Domino, Rufus Thomas, Smiley Lewis and was especially influenced by the vocal phrasing of Louis Jordan.
U Roy 1970 Version Galore Treasure Isle
Inspired by Count Matchuki he started his professional career as a DJ in 1961 on Dickie Wong's sound system (originally called Doctor Dickies later changed to Dickies Dynamic) moving later to the Sir George the Atomic sound system.
In 1970, Jamaican singer John Holt (lead vocalist of the Paragons) heard Beckford toasting over a Duke Reid track at a dance. Holt told Reid about the performance and on his recommendation Reid asked Beckford to come and see him and an informal recording deal was arranged.
Richie Stephens & U Roy - Real Reggae Music 2013
U-Roy's sound system would launch the careers of a younger generation of toasters and singers including Ranking Joe, Jah Screw, Charlie Chaplin and Josey Wales. The pop group Blondie had a world-wide hit with the reggae track "The Tide Is High" in 1980, which prompted Virgin to re-release the original Paragons' track from 1967 and the 1971 U-Roy version as a single that same year.
U-Roy - Natty Rebel
Beckford was featured on the album True Love by Toots and the Maytals, which won the Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Reggae Album, and showcased many notable musicians including Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Trey Anastasio, Gwen Stefani / No Doubt, Ben Harper, Bonnie Raitt, Manu Chao, The Roots, Ryan Adams, Keith Richards, Toots Hibbert, Paul Douglas, Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe, and The Skatalites.
U-Roy's music and Rastafarianism
Rastafarianism has been a feature of Beckford's lyrics. The Rastafari movement, is a religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s. It is classified as both a new religious movement and a social movement by scholars of religion.
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Most Embassies are not offering vaccinations for citizens abroad apart from their own staff, meaning private-sector personnel abroad need to arrange their own vaccinations, either by accessing locally available vaccines or by returning to their countries. This report provides a country-by-country overview of the state of the vaccine rollout as of the end of February 2021 as per "our world in data"
The statistics were accessed on February 26, 2021 and reflect reported Cumulative COVID-19 vaccinations per 100 people from countries who report this
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🇳🇮 LAKE NICARAGUA AKA THE SWEET SEA
Papagayo wind Epicenter Lake Nicaragua aka Lake Cocibolca aka Lake Granada is a freshwater lake in Nicaragua. Of tectonic origin and with an area of 8,264 km², it is the largest lake in Central America, the 19th largest lake in the world and the tenth largest in the Americas, slightly smaller than Lake Titicaca
The lake drains to the Caribbean Sea via the San Juan River, historically making the lakeside city of Granada an Atlantic port, although Granada. The Pacific is near enough to be seen from the mountains of Ometepe - the island in the lake.
LEON VIEJO founded on the lake was not destroyed by a 1610 earthquake, but due to the damage caused to the infrastructure and the seismic activity, the settlers held a referendum and decided to relocate the city to its present location 20 miles to the west. Nevertheless, the old city was gradually buried by the continuous expulsions of ash and volcanic stone coming from Momotombo, and by lake sediments.
The lake has a history of Caribbean pirates who assaulted Granada on several occasions.
By 1650 the Golden Age of Piracy had begun in which buccaneers from several races and nations infested the West Indies. The lake is known to have been controlled by pirates as early as 1665 when Henry Morgan led six shallow draft canoes up the San Juan for an attack on Granada.
The canoes were 12 mters long and acquired during an attack on Villahermosa, Mexico, after which Morgan's sailing ships were captured by the Spanish. In June Morgan led his band up the river by night while hiding in the day and when they reached the lake the pirates stealthily crossed it and landed outside town. A general assault was then made on Granada and the Spanish were found completely off guard. After the hostilities had ceased Morgan went after the city's treasury of silver and his men set fire to the buildings and sank all of the Spanish boats found in port.
Henry Morgan Recruiting for the Attack ( in style ! )
Filibustering became popular in the 19th century, primarily in Latin America (the term originated from the Spanish word filibustero which meant pirate or buccaneer).
Perhaps the most famous filibustering expedition was William Walker's Conquest of Nicaragua in 1855, by which time the country was independent from Spanish rule. A civil war had broken out in 1854 between liberal and conservative forces; the conservatives, or Legitimists, held Granada while the liberals held Leon. Initially Walker had been commissioned by the liberal government of President General Francisco Castellón to bring 300 men to aid in the war against the Legitimihis real intentions were to take over the country, as he had in Baja California and Sonora, Mexico.
Walker sailed from San Francisco in May 1855 with sixty men and when he arrived in Nicaragua his small army of filibusters was increased by about 300 Americans and locals, including the pirate Charles Frederick Henningsen. After a series of battles against both the Legitimists and the liberals, Walker established himself as the ruler of Nicaragua and even received recognition from the American President Franklin Pierce.
Walker the would-be nation builder carved out private fiefdoms in Central America before falling to a Honduran firing squad.
Recognition didn't last long though, when Walker seized property belonging to Cornelius Vanderbilt's Accessory Transit Company, the United States government withdrew their support
Before construction of the Panama Canal, a stagecoach line owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt's Accessory Transit Company connected the lake with the Pacific across the low hills of the narrow Isthmus of Rivas. Plans were made to take advantage of this route to build an interoceanic canal, the Nicaragua Canal, but the Panama Canal was built instead.
In order to quell competition with the Panama Canal, the U.S. secured all rights to a canal along this route in the Bryan-Chamorro Treaty of 1916. However, since this treaty was mutually rescinded by the United States and Nicaragua in 1970, the idea of another canal in Nicaragua still periodically resurfaced, such as the Ecocanal proposal.
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THE PANAMA POSSE PEPPER SCALE
Ancient indigenous people of central Mexico, discovered that peppers could be preserved with the aid of smoke.
Below are the most common 12 peppers found in markets in central America in order of heat using the *Scoville heat index.
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HEAT* |
DESCRIPTION |
Anaheim Pepper
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500 – 2,500 |
With the lowest heat on the list, Anaheim peppers are about as family friendly as a hot pepper gets and very versatile. With a slightly sweet flavor, they are delicious chopped fresh in salsas and their thick walls and large cavity make Anaheim peppers perfect for stuffed pepper recipes. They make an excellent bell pepper substitute for when you want just a little bit more. |
Poblano Pepper
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1,000 – 1,500 |
Speaking of alternatives to the bell, the poblano is probably the most popular of them all. It’s mild (with a lower ceiling than even the Anaheim) with an earthy flavor, and its thick walls provide a meatiness that you don’t often get with chilies. |
Ancho PEPPER
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1,000 – 2.000 |
When dried the poblano is known as ancho, and in this form its arguably more of a Mexican cuisine staple. The earthiness takes a smoky turn, perfect for mole sauces and BBQ. The most widely available dried chiles. Different peppers from the same plant have been reported to vary substantially in heat intensity. |
Cascabel Pepper
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1,000 – 3,000 |
Cascabels are typically ground into a powder or flakes for culinary use. They have a delicious earthy nuttiness to them that make them a favorite for sauces and marinades. But the flavor is only half the story. These chilies are a very popular ornamental pepper with their apple-like shape, long stem, and rattle. Yes, rattle. Cascabels keep their rounded shape when dried (unusual for chilies) and the seeds become loose in the cavity, creating a rattle like experience. |
PASILLA Pepper
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250 – 4,000 |
Pasilla or “little raisin” refers to the dried chilaca pepper. Sometimes miss labeled as Ancho chiles. The Pasilla chile is normally 8 -10 inches long and much narrower than the Ancho. Pasillas have a smoky, fruity, earthy flavor that is often compared to berries and dried fruits (like raisins). Pasilla peppers are similar in flavor to ancho chiles but are less sweet. Great with fruits, duck, seafood, lamb, mushrooms, garlic, fennel, honey or oregano. |
Guajillo Pepper
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2,500 – 5,000 |
If you like your chilies on the slightly sweeter side, then the guajillo pepper (the dried form of the mirasol chili) is one that should make your shortlist. With hints of tangy cranberry and the crispness of tea, its flavors make the guajillo one of the most popular dried chilies in Mexico, second only to the famous ancho pepper.And like the ancho, the guajillo is one of the holy trinity of chilies that are commonly used in authentic Mexican mole sauces. Its unique sweetness, too, makes it a fun chili to experiment with around the kitchen. It has a surprising range and a heat most everyone can enjoy. A popular chili for mole sauces, guajillo peppers have a sweet fruitiness to them There’s a little cranberry here and a tea-like undertone. As a dried chili, it’s typically used crushed into flakes or powders, but it can also be rehydrated for use in stews and soups. It takes a close second to the ancho in terms of popularity in Mexican cuisine, though outside of Mexico they can be a little harder to source. |
Jalapeño Pepper
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2,500 – 8,000 |
Jalapeños really have a space all their own among chilies. It’s the most popular chili, not only in Mexico but also around the world. There’s a bright bite, perfect for fresh salsas and just spicy enough. The chili has thick walls and enough cavity space to be perfect for stuffing. The jalapeño when dried and smoked becomes the delicious chipotle pepper. Chipotles are known for their deep smokiness, making them delicious in BBQ rubs and marinades. |
Chipotle
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2,500 – 8,000 |
Morita is a smoke-dried jalapeno, commonly referred to as a chipolte. Rich slightly fruity flavor.In Chihuahua, the region of Mexico where most chipotle peppers come from, it is the morita jalapeño, an eggplant-colored pepper, that abounds. Chipotle can also be made from mature red jalapeños. The smoking process takes a few days. Jalapeño peppers are placed on metal grills in smoking chambers or gas dryers, where they are shuffled around every couple of hours to ensure even smoking. Once this process is done, finished chipotle peppers will be shriveled and darkened, and possess the rich flavors of smoke and spice, with a hint of fruitiness.Chipotle is a key ingredient in many traditional Mexican recipes, and is perhaps most famously used in a meat marinade called adobo. |
PUYA CHILE PEPPER
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5,000 – 8,000 |
PUYA CHILE is very similar to the Guajillo, but smaller and hotter. It may be soaked in water to pull out the flavor. It is often used more for its fruity flavor, rather than its flesh. Good pureed, mashed or diced, and then made into a sauce. It can be soaked in water to pull out the flavor, and then the water can be used in your dish.The Puya may be used as a pizza topping, or with meat dishes, such as pork, veal, fish and chicken. |
Serrano Pepper
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10,000 – 23,000 |
Similar bright grassy flavor to Jalapeños , but serrano chilies take the heat factor up to another level. The can double in heat (and even more), so if you’re ready for a next step pepper, the serrano is an excellent culinary choice. They work very well in salsas. And while serranos are thinner than jalapeños, they still work well for popper recipes.They are meaty peppers and are not the best choice for drying. Serrano peppers originated in the mountainous regions. Puebla and Hidalgo. The name of the pepper, serrano, actually is a reference to the mountains (sierras) of those areas.
They are commonly red, brown, orange, or yellow, though you are likely to find them in their more common green color. Serrano peppers are perfect for salsas, sauces, relishes, garnishes, making hot sauce and more. They are usually best when roasted. |
Chile de Àrbol
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15,000 – 30,000 |
Chile de àrbol are popular for both culinary uses and as ornamental chilies. Like other dried Mexican peppers, they are typically used for cooking in flake and powder form. They have an earthy flavor, slightly smoky, and they pack a surprising punch. The can reach up to a cayenne pepper level of spiciness. The chilies long and thin shape (and the fact that it keeps its beautiful red color when dried). Not only is this pepper terrific as chili powder or in hot sauces, but it’s also skinny and tiny enough to flavor foods, olive oil, and beverages as a whole dried pod. The Chile de àrbol adds some serious wow factor in a bottle or as a garnish to a meal or spicy cocktail. |
Habanero Peppers
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100,000 - 350,000 |
One of the world’s hottest chili pepper, but don’t let the fact that certain chilies have passed it by fool you into underestimating it. The habanero is a seriously hot pepper. And unlike many of the hotter chilies, there’s quite a bit of flavor to go along with the extra-hot kick. it has a unique, citrus-like taste with a subtle hint of smoke that makes it very popular in hot sauces, powders, and rubs. If you can handle the heat, this is a fun culinary chili to play with in the kitchen. Unripe habaneros are green, and they color as they mature. The most common color variants are orange and red, but the fruit may also be white, brown, yellow, green, or purple. Typically habaneros are 1-2 inches / 2–6 centimetres long.- |
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We are happy to sponsor the Panama Posse with a 15 % discount over services to the OCEAN Posse
Visiting the Galapagos islands in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and you should not miss a single moment because of problems obtaining cruising permits or unexpected boating problems, for that reason we have combined continental-level service and local expertise to deliver everything needed for an enjoyable visit.
Partner with YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS Co. for an unforgettable and stress-free cruise.
We provide a full-range of marine services and are accustomed to working with a demanding international clientele and serve sailing vessels and yachts of any size.
- Cruising Permits
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CONTACT:
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| YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS Co. | |
| Office: | +593 – 53 – 014 958 |
| Mobile: | +593 – 987 – 229 577 |
| Email: | javier@yachtagentsgalapagos.com |
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| Address for Mail and Packages: | Media Luna Street and La Pinta Bellavista Santa Cruz Island Galapagos 200105Ecuador |
CHECK IN Location:
0°53.9896′ S 089° 36.7937′ W
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HISTORY:
The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on the equator in the Pacific Ocean. Located 490 nm due west of continental Ecuador and 800 nm SW from the Panama Canal, the islands are known for their large number of endemic species that were studied by Charles Darwin during the second voyage of HMS Beagle and contributed to the theory of evolution.
The first crude map of the islands was made in 1684 by the buccaneer Ambrose Cowley, who named the individual islands after some of his fellow pirates. These names of the islands were used in the authoritative navigation charts of the islands prepared during the Beagle survey under captain Robert FitzRoy, and in Darwin’s popular book The Voyage of the Beagle.
The Galápagos Archipelago is characterized by numerous contemporaneous volcanoes, some with plume magma sources, others from the asthenosphere, possibly due to the young and thin oceanic crust and group consists of 18 main islands, 3 smaller islands, and 107 rocks and islets.
Although the islands are located on the equator, the Humboldt Current brings cold water to them, causing frequent drizzles during most of the year. The weather is periodically influenced by the El Niño events and are characterized by warm sea surface temperatures, a rise in sea level, greater wave action, and a depletion of nutrients in the water.
SEASONS:
During the season known as the garúa (June to November), the temperature is 22 °C (72 °F) and a steady and cold wind blows from south and southeast, frequent drizzles (garúas) last most of the day, and dense fog conceals the islands. During the warm season (December to May), the average sea and air temperature rises to 25 °C (77 °F) but there is no wind at all and sporadic rains and the sun shines.
NOTEWORTHY SPECIES:
- Galápagos land iguanas
- Marine iguana the only iguana feeding in the sea
- Galápagos tortoise known as galápago in Spanish, it gave the name to the islands
- Galápagos green turtle a subspecies of the green turtle
- Galápagos racer, an endemic species of snake with two subspecies
- Sea cucumbers, the cause of environmental battles with fishermen over quotas
- Flightless cormorant, Phalacrocorax harrisi
- Great frigatebird and magnificent frigatebird
- Blue-footed booby very popular among visitors for their large blue feet which they show off in courtship
- Galápagos penguin the only living tropical penguin
- Waved albatross, the only living tropical albatross
- Galápagos hawk, the islands’ main scavenger (at the top of the food chain) and “environmental police”
- Four endemic species of Galápagos mockingbirds, the first species Darwin noticed to vary from island to island
- Thirteen endemic species of tanagers, popularly called Darwin’s finches.
Among them is the sharp-beaked ground finch called the “vampire finch” for its blood-sucking habits, and the tool-using woodpecker finch
- Galápagos sea lions closely related to the California sea lion, but smaller
- Two endemic genera of cacti, each with a single species: Jasminocereus thouarsii, the candelabra cactus, and Brachycereus nesioticus, the lava cactus
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YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS Co. SERVICES:
We offer the services you need for a stress-free adventure in the protected waters of the Galapagos National Park.
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YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS Co. ENTRY PERMIT for SAILBOATS
An entry permit called Autografo is required for every vessel with the intention to visit the Galapagos islands, either the protected areas or the inhabited ports only. Yachts arriving with an Autografo in hand are given up to 30 days with the possibility of a 30-day extension.
The process to obtain the entry permit normally takes a while (according to the season), therefore we highly suggest you to start the application at least six weeks in advance.
YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS Co. GENERAL CLEARANCE PROCESS
In the Galapagos islands is mandatory to use an agent in order to arrange all the clearance in & out process and the coordination before arrival, your agent will represent you during the whole stay.
As your agents, we will guide you through the procedures, send you the most useful information to be known regarding the requirements and regulations and will act as a go-between you and the local authorities upon your arrival.
When you arrive, several officials will board your vessel at the same time, you will request to fill some forms asking for some information about your crew and the vessel, they will also inspect the boat very thoroughly, looking in the bilges, at your security equipment, navigation equipment, etc.
MARINAS
Due to the archipelago is a national park, there are no marinas in the Galapagos islands 
Javier was raised in Galapagos and has a deep familiarity with the entire archipelago. He studied environmental tourism, is a certified naturalist guide through the Galapagos National Park Service and a licensed Yacht Agent by the Ecuadorian Navy.
After more than 10 years of experience within the yachting industry and working alongside other yacht agents in Galapagos, decided to branch out with the goal of better serving the visitors who flock to the islands from all over the world.
Thanks to his unique skills and vast knowledge has built a stellar reputation in the yachting world and the local community.
Javier leads the team at YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS, the mission of his company is to ensure reliable yacht services, efficiency with all the clearance formalities, permits and smooth entry into the islands.
He also develops customized itineraries and arrange private excursions on land and underwater.
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YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS Co. REVIEWS
We sailed to the Galapagos Islands in September of 2020 and spent nearly 7 weeks exploring this amazing place. Our voyage began with a search of the requirements to enter the islands and we learned we needed to secure an agent. A quick search of online reviews on Google, Noonsite, etc. quickly turned up one name as “the best” and that was Javier.
From our first email, Javier was incredibly responsive, knowledgeable, and helpful. He provided us with the regulations and requirements, tips on the islands and pro-forma to clearly explain costs. We used Javier for every aspect of our trip from the application, details on special requirements due to COVID and every other step of the process. He far exceeded any expectations and made our entry to the Galapagos a simple and enjoyable process.
He and his team on San Cristobal, Isabella, and Santa Cruz where there to assist with all the formalities of port entry/exit, tours, best restaurants and have an incredible abundance of local knowledge. On Javier’s home island of Santa Cruz, he even took our propane tank for us to get refilled and delivered it via water taxi to our boat. If you plan to visit the Galapagos on your own boat, Javier is the agent you should choose.
Kevin and Carla Nash
Sailing Gargoyle
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We have had the pleasure of working with Javier Plúa Rizzo when he was manager in other company as our Agent. Javier has recently branched out to start his own business, Yacht Agents Galapagos Co. We would like to highly recommend Javier and his services.
Javier and his team were nothing short of fabulous. Javier answered questions we had about the entry paperwork and regulations. When we first hired him, he sent to us several documents he had made that explains the rules and regulations in a clear manner. Javier also sent information about each island (i.e.: anchoring, services, attractions). Prior to arrive we notified Javier and his team who then notified the Authorities of our arrival time. Within about two hours of arrival we had all of our inspections completed and we were free to go to shore (this was prior to Covid-19).
During our visit Javier’s team worked with us to obtain fuel which was delivered to our boat on time as promised. We also asked to set up private tours for us on each island with English speaking guides. The tours were tailored to our needs and very informative. Javier is quick to respond to all inquiries and works hard to resolve any questions or issues. He meets each client personally and asks how they can improve their services. We found the islands of Galapagos to be a wonderful, once in a life time adventure that we are so happy we did not pass by. The people of Galapagos are kind and work hard to make visitors feel welcomed. The month there and the memories made will be with us for a lifetime.
We highly recommend Javier at Yacht Agents Galapagos Co. He goes above and beyond to make the Galapagos experience easier and memorable.
Cindy on SV Cream Puff
FLEET UPDATE 2021-02-06
FLEET UPDATE 2021-02-06
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