- BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT AWARD and runners up
- HIGHEST WIND RECORDED AWARD
- BIGGEST MISHAP AWARD AKA THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD and runners up
- MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD AWARD and runners up
- SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD
- PANAMA POSSE YODA OF THE YEAR AWARD and runners up
- PICTURE OF THE YEAR AWARD and runners up
- GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
- Marina Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua, Panama Posse Dinners
- ANNOUNCING the 19/20 PANAMA POSSE T-SHIRTS
- SIGN UP FOR NEXT SEASON
- Add you comments and findings to Good Nautical
- A special thank you to our sponsors
Panama Posse virtual final party smashing success and below are the winners of this years fleet awards
1) 🥥 BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT AWARD
PRIZE: one free week dockage at Marina Pez Vela, Costa Rica courtesy of MARINA PEZ VELA
WINNER: SEA LARKS
Jeff & Paula
SEA LARKS
Runner Up
SIRENA
Greg
SIRENA
Runner Up
REEF DANCER
Jerry & Debra
REEF DANCER
Runner up
SUSIMI
Hazel & Paul
SUSIMI
2) 🥥 HIGHEST WIND RECORDED AWARD
PRIZE: One week of Dockage at Marina Papagayo, Courtesy of Marina Papagayo, Costa Rica
WINNER: BLESSED LIFE
49 knots of wind recorded at Playa Cocos, Costa Rica
Bob and Margie
BLESSED LIFE
3) 🥥 BIGGEST MISHAP AWARD AKA THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD
PRIZE: one month of free mooring in El Salvador courtesy of Bill and Jean El Salvador
WINNER: MOONRISE
For their ordeal in reaching Marina Chahue from South of Acapulco
– oil sipping engine – how much oil can an engine burn over 200 nm ? answer – 1 liter per mile @ 4 knots 
Stephen & Ana Veronica
MOONRISE
Runner Up
VOLARE – Exiting El Salvador with a splash 
Jessica & Adam
VOLARE
Runner Up
GREENFLASH – kissing the dock in Costa Rica 
Bob & Joan
GREEN FLASH
Runner Up
HALF MOON – Adventures in Anchoring in Zihuatanejo 
Brain & Elizabeth
HALF MOON
Runner Up
HAPPY DANCE – Dripmore Shaft 
Sue & Marty
HAPPY DANCE
Honorable Mention: Personal Head Injury in El Salvador 
Matt & Britt
MALOLO
4) 🥥 MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD AWARD
PRIZE: 1.75 Liters of Flor de Caña Rum
Winner: JO
“Jay” & Kelley
JO
THISLDU
Garrett & Audrey
THISLDU
5) 🥥 SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD
Prize: One year full access to 330 Good Nautical’s Global Regions
WINNER: TRANCE – sailing from Virigina to Oregon in 6 months 
November 30th 2019 – Virginia
May 24th 2020 – Bodega Bay Northern California
Dan & Marlene
TRANCE
6) 🥥 PANAMA POSSE YODA OF THE YEAR AWARD
Prize: One week at Red Frog Marina courtesy of Red Frog Marina, Panama
Winner: AVANT
For his exceptional support and informational updates during the C19 Crisis and his tiredless support and satellite chartmaking for Open Cpn
Rob & Debra
AVANT
Runner Up: KNOT RIGHT
For being a positive force and his continued participation in the Panama Posse
Walt & Jearine
RUNNER UP
Runner Up: SEAGLUB
For committing to providing top swell forcasts, relevant weather information 
Chris
SEAGLUB
9) 🥥 PICTURE OF THE YEAR AWARD
https://panamaposse.com/panama-posse-2019-2020-picture-of-the-year-entries
PRIZE: one free week stay at Marina Vista Mar, Panama, Courtesy of Marina Vista Mar, Panama
WINNER: ROSA LEE
Sunset by SV Rosa Lee
Gary
ROSA LEE
Runner Up: HALF MOON
Moonrise by SV Half Moon
Brain & Elizabeth
HALF MOON
Runner Up: ROSA LEE
Crossing the Bar
Gary
ROSA LEE
Honorable Mention: JEAN ANNE
Whalestale
Steve & Chelsea
JEAN ANNE
FYI Follow this link to listen to Steve’s Awesome MIXES -> https://soundcloud.com/djlifeguard/
7) 🥥 GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
PRIZE: Futue round of golf for 2 Barra de Navidad, MX
WINNER: HO’OKIPA
Lucky Chucky and Lisa made a special donation of 6000 Pesos
to the Barra Navidad Feed the locals Fundand as Wilderness Survival Experts
went digging deep into a foot to take a metal splinter out.
Lucky Chucky & Lisa
HO’OKIPA
8) Marina Puesta del Sol, Nicaragua, Panama Posse Dinners
Second Wind still at Marina Puesta del Sol where it will be for the summer. Here is a photo of six of the seven (so far) Saturday night dinners hosted by Roberto Membreño, owner of the marina and resort. Juanita Garcia Uriza, the resort manager, orchestrates these dinners. You can see that our numbers have been dwindling. They are the chronological order.
Vessels TALIESIN ROSE, GARGOYLE, SECOND WIND, HALF MOON, THISLDU
Taliesin Rose is currently in Barra de Navidad Mexico.
Thisludu are at their new home in Charleston, SC.
Laurin SECOND WIND
9) Panama Posse SWAG we will send one more email out as soon as the
2019-2020 Tshirts orde form with your vessle name will go live
( expect this to be in about 2 weeks )
10) sign up for next season–
here is the list of valiant entrants, explorers and adventurers
for the next season – to do so reply with “SIGN ME UP AGAIN”
https://panamaposse.com/2020-2021-vessels
Dietmar & Suzanne
CARINTHIA
11) Things you can do while sheltering in place … Add you comments and findings to Good Nautical !!!
For the next 3 months you still have free access to Good Nautical so please add your findings.
If you sign up again for next season you will of course once again get access –
alternatively you can make an annual tax deductible donation and keep getting access
Log into Good Nautical and make your relevant comments in any of the places you have been 
Please make your reports – simply ADD A NEW COMMENT in Good Nautical for each spot
12) And a final and very special thank you to our sponsors
- Marina Puerto Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta – Mexico
- Marina Puerto de La Navidad – Barra de Navidad – Mexico
- Marina Ixtapa, Ixtapa – Mexico
- La Marina Acapulco, Acapulco – Mexico
- Marina Chiapas – Mexico
- Marina Bahia del Sol – El Salvador
- La Palma Moorings – Bahia del Sol, El Salvador
- Marina Puesta del Sol – Nicaragua
- Marina Papagayo – Costa Rica
- Marina Pez Vela – Costa Rica
- Banana Bay Marina – Costa Rica
- Vista Mar Marina – Panama
- Shelter Bay Marina – Panama
- Red Frog Marina – Panama
- Bocas Marina – Panama
Official Panama Canal Agent
Official Panama Posse Ambassadors
- Jaime Figueroa Navarro – Panama
- Bill & Jean – El Salvador Rally, El Salvador
- Ralph Hewitt – Nicaragua
Panama Posse Partners
- Vicente’s Moorings – Acapulco – Mexico
- Discover Tours Chiapas – Mexico
- Park Avenue Villas – San Juan del Sur – Nicaragua
- Coconutz – Annual Papagayo Victory Party – Playa Cocos – Costa Rica
- Abernathy – Chandlery – Panama
- Advertising Partners – Las Vegas
- Safe-Esteem.com – Delaware
THANK YOU !
