Remember the Panama Posse with your custom gear @ http://shop.panama.posse.com
Panama Canal – Picture of the Week
Panama – how to get your dog out
Seasonal Weather Update – watch out
RSVP for the Panama Posse Season Finale Party
Playas de Coco, Costa Rica
Isla
Tortugas, Costa Rica
Shelter
Bay Marina Special Summer Panama
Posse
haul-out rates
No
more LINE calls (LINE chatroom stays
active) FB group, Good Nautical
membership.
Want
to Sign up for the next season
? Simply reply to this message
!
Thank
you from Dietmar & Suzanne
1)
Remember this season’s Panama Posse with custom gear
http://shop.panamaposse.com
The online shop is open for a limited time (open till July 5th
only )
To celebrate the end of the season so get your memorabilia gear
(your vessel’s name is on the back of shirts marked with “ALL
VESSEL NAMES”)
http://shop.panamaposse.com
All profits will be donated to Good Nautical your 501(c)3
non-profit organization focused on preserving your maritime
knowledge.
http://shop.panamaposse.com
and so much more fun gear online – ready to order – ship’s
worldwide
2) Panama Canal, Panama
PICTURE OF THE WEEK !
You know the old man…
The young lady in the burgundy top is our daughter Alison
Seth with our other, granddaughter Sylvie.
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
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.
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.
Chris, Monica & Penny
SEAGLUB
5) Currently RSVP’ed for the Panama Posse Season Finale Party
@ Vista Mar MArina, Panama
If you plan to attend please RSVP and get your wristbands from
the Vista Mar Marina Office
Here is who’s coming thus-far
XENIA
PARADISEA
FOOTLOOSE
SONORAMA
SEA GLASS
BLUE OASIS
SHEARWATER
TALESIN ROSE
DISTANT DRUMMER
OCTOPUS GARDEN
DAD’S DREAM
2018-2019
Panama Posse Finale Party – please RSVP by May
22nd , 2019
6) Playas
de Coco, Costa Rica
Hi Everyone, Blue Oasis
here in Playas de Coco Costa Rica Tuesday May
14. We completed check in (which took 2 days).
We crossed the Bahia del Sol bar in El
Salvador successfully last Thursday evening
with Bonsai(buddy to Mariah) and 24 hours
after Mobert. Thank you to Bill& Jean for
being such amazing champions of El Salvador.
Highly recommend a stop in ES for bith land
adventures and to met Bill & Jean. I do
note that the estuary water itself isn’t
pleasant, and a strong current runs at the
marina particularly at ebb. We spent 3 weeks
in the estuary at Bahia del Sol Marina, many
boats also safely anchor out.
After a safe pilot lead exit we turned left
again ( mostly east) motor sailed/ sailed/
motored for about 43 hours straight through to
Bahia Santa Elena Costa Rica.
Amazing anchorage- not sure what it is like in
Papagayos. We had a benign crossing with no
papagayo winds. After 2 days messing around
I’m the bay. Both Bonsai and Blue Oasis headed
to cocos for checkin.
We are anchored at the sv sarana waypoint
inside all the other boats close to the beach.
Swell has been low, so no stern anchor. A few
after squalls, that thankfully cool the air.
Great swimming off the
boat, tons of nearby restaurants, bars,
groceries. The checkin process is a mystery of
back and forth to the port captain after
immigration and customs ( inside the airport)
45min $1.50 bus ride each way.
We seem to have our paperwork. We are headed
to Marina Papagayo Wed May 15 for fuel, then a
couple of stops,overnights to Golfito. Not
much wind not here at the moment. Which is ok,
as the seas are calm.
Barry & Kathy
BLUE OASIS
7) Isla
Tortugas, Costa Rica
We just anchored at Isla
Tortugas in Costa Rica – it’s beautiful!
Checking weather and will head out to Papaguya
tomorrow and leave Costa Rica following
morning . Great Anchorage with a tourist beach
drinks and food reasonable and the beach pig
hilarious- he doesn’t like dogs! Neither do
the chickens ! 🤣🤣
Karen
KOKOPELLI
8) Special Summer haul
out rates for the Panama Posse @ Shelter Bay
Marina !
9) No more line calls /
Facebook / Good Nautical membership !
Today
we had our last group LINE Call of the season
but the line chat room will be open ’till it
fizzles out.
A special thanks to Chris on Seaglub for
an outstanding job and all the great info
everyone provided !
Our
FB group page will no longer be active
after June 1st.
Your Good Nautical credentials will expire (but
you can always re-join in the future if you
re-sign up)
10) Sign up for the next season – the
2019-2020 Panama Posse
Simply
reply to this email stating that you want to
sign up again and we’ll add you to next
season’s roster
There
are
27 vessels
signed up for next season already !
11) We want to official thank you for
being part of this amazing 2018-2019 Panama Posse !
Dietmar & Suzanne
SV Carinthia
12) If you want to opt-out from this
Fleet Updates simply reply with “REMOVE”
June 1st will be the last fleet update !