FLEET UPDATE 2022-04-24

April 24, 2022

PANAMA POSSE 
FLEET UPDATE 

TOP NEWS THIS WEEK

1) THE PANAMA POSSE 21·22 FLEET BY YACHT MANUFACTURER 

2) PANAMA POSSE GROWS TO 375  YACHTS FROM  27 FLAG STATES

3) WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK 

Quintessential  Panama Posse Anchorage at Manuel Antonio National Park Costa Rica

1) PANAMA POSSE 21·22 FLEET 
BY YACHT MANUFACTURERS

 

	Beneteau	28
	Lagoon	25
	Nordhavn	17
	Leopard	16
	Fountaine Pajot	14
	Island Packet	14
	Amel	10
	Hunter	12
	Tayana	9
	Catalina	8
	Jeanneau	8
	Morgan	6
	Passport	6
	Robertson & Caine	6
	Catana	5
	Cheoy Lee	5
	Hallberg Rassy	5
	Bavaria	4
	Columbia	4
	Dufour	4
	Irwin	4
	Kelly Peterson	4
	Cal	3
	Hylas	3
	Ocean Alexander	3
	Selene	3
	Antares	2
	Bayliner	2
	Formosa	2
	Gemini	2
	Hanse	2
	Hatteras	2
	Malo	2
	Privilege	2
	Ta Shing	2
	Wauquiez	2

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2) PANAMA POSSE  
WELCOMES OUR NEWEST MEMBERS TO THE FLEET

373 SY KUDRA 🇺🇸  Simon, Valentina, Sarah & Maria – Freedom 32′

374 SY  MARNIA II  🇩🇪  Cheng & Ying  – Malo 47′

375 SY GLADIATOR  🇺🇸  Larry & Kimberly   – Hunter 46′

21·22 Panama Posse fleet tracking
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3) REQUESTING YOUR FEEDBACK 

PLEASE  SEND US YOUR SUGGESTIONS
UPDATES, STORIES, ANCHORAGES, MARINAS, PICTURES, DANGERS, SUGGESTIONS, EXPERIENCES

Marina Papagayo, Costa Rica,  Docks at Night Picture by Advertsing Partners  

4)  HEADING SOUTH TO EL SALVADOR 🇸🇻

Pathfinder has finally left Marina Chiapas! See you in Bahia del Sol, El Salvador 🇸🇻

SY PATHFINDER 🇺🇸 Jean-Philippe & Nicole – Lagoon 39′

EL SALVADOR LAND ALERT 

On
March 27, El Salvadoran lawmakers declared a state of emergency at
President Bukele’s request, expanding police powers and curtailing civil
liberties.

The move followed a weekend in which 87 people were killed in gang-related violence.

The
measure restricted free assembly, allowed for arrests without a
warrant, and increased sentences for gang membership to up to 45 years.

Police said they captured 590 gang members Saturday, and had made 16,053 arrests since the start of the crackdown.

5) BAHIA DEL SOL 🇸🇻 EL SALVADOR 
 BAR REPORT  WEEK  4-25 TO 4-30, 2022

Chatting
with Bill in El Salvador today. He tells me his moorings are almost
full. If you’re thinking of El Salvador for the summer, best to be in
touch soon.

 

Compiled by La Palma Moorings.

 

Notes:

1
Entry is only permitted at high tide during daylight hours.
Daylight hours include civil twilight (about 40 minutes before
sunrise or 40 minutes after sunset). Morning tides are always better due
to the absence of wind waves.

 

Forecast:

We are in a spring tide cycle for the whole week.  Tides beginning April 27 are afternoon  tides.

 

For
the forecast period the average primary swell is 3.8 feet and the
significant swell is 5.0.  Entry & exit looks good for the
whole week.

 

As always, please contact Bill and Jean before arrival/departure.

+503 7487 4969 

lapalmamoorings@aol.com

6) ERROL FLYNN MARINA 🇯🇲 JAMAICA

FYI–
Errol Flynn Marina in Port Antonio, Jamaica is one of the Panama Posse
sponsors.  We stayed here and it was a nice little Marina.
Donna(mgr) was wonderful and helpful with Customs and Immigration.

SY GYPSEABLU   🇺🇸  John & Kim  – Leopard 45′

ERROL FLYNN MARINA 🇯🇲 JAMAICA SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE

Tucked
away in the northeast corner of the island just off the Windward
Passage, Errol Flynn Marina’s namesake once described our location as
more beautiful than any woman I have ever seen . We are sure that you
will agree.

This
is truly the “Other Side of Jamaica” with an authenticity that
resonates in its very soul; the azure sea and the verdant hills today
still mesmerize many a visitor.

The Errol Flynn Marina offers 32 fixed dockage berths (European) and excellent facilities for a superior yachting experience.

Errol
Flynn Marina has the distinction of being the only Caribbean marina
capable of handling the largest yachts in the world with a large turning
basin

7)  PORT OF ENTRY
SAN JUAN DEL SUR  🇳🇮 NICARAGUA 

Check into Nicaragua coming from Panama / Covid Test

I talked to Eduardo +505 7852 6495, the contact was given in the PP chat. 
(thanks to @🦜Yahtzee -Jill/Andy )

First report  https://panamaposse.com/fleet-update-2018-02-09

Eduardo
acts as an agent and stated that the 72 hours of the PCR test
were stopped with the issue of the international zarpe, ie check out of
Panama. 

He does the check in in San Juan del Sur, here are the costs that he gave

San Juan del Sur  Nicaragua, as seen from the Beach 

Fee Breakdown to enter Nicaragua 

SY OUTVENTURE 🇵🇱 Juergen & Iris  – Lagoon 44′

San Juan del Sur seen from the hillside features a large bay and lot’s of restaurants

7) SEALING YOUR VESSEL FOR THE RAINY SEASON

yeah- the rainy season. Another reason to cover. You just thought all
the hatches and ports weee water tight. And maybe they were in the
beginning…

SY BLESSED LIFE 🇺🇸Bob and Margie – Catalina 42”  

8) LAYING UP IN THE TROPICS

We’ve had Avant offshore for a few years now and have developed a routine for
laying her up for the off season. It’s a fair amount of work, but pays
dividends in letting us come back to a vessel that’s not suffering from
mold or mildew, and hasn’t degraded (much) from the weather when we’re
away. We have set Avant up to wait for us on the hard and in the water,
and each has its unique requirements.

Here’s our plan. https://www.sailworldcruising.com

Mold

Mold is perhaps the most pernicious hazard for a laid up boat in the
tropics. If it gets a foothold, the warm, moist interior of the boat is
the perfect environment for it to grow, and it will grow everywhere, on
any surface. To forestall its growth, we clean the interior aggressively
and then spray all surfaces with a mixture of straight vinegar mixed
with a drop of dish soap per litre/quart (the dish soap is a surfactant
and stops the vinegar from beading), wipe them with a cloth wet with the
same mixture and allow the vinegar to dry in place. The ph value of
vinegar is antithetical to mold growth, and it simply won’t start where
there is vinegar on the surface. The smell is overwhelming on
application, but fades in an hour or so, and is undetectable on our
return. We also mist curtains and cushions with the same mixture, spray
liberally in the bilge, and leave a few bowls filled with just vinegar
(no soap) in various places around the boat to evaporate while we’re
away. We use at least a couple for gallons for this process.

We prop cushions on their sides/edges just before we go to allow maximum
air circulation, and leave all cupboard doors ajar as well. Clothing and
bedding is dried in the sun and then plastic bagged before stowing
below so it can’t get damp.

If we’re on shore power, we leave a cheap 110 volt fan below to circulate
the air, and if not we leave our Nicro day/night solar vents running.
One year in El Salvador we were able to leave an air conditioner
running, which was great, and where Avant is now (Panama) we have a
dehumidifier running 24/7 to control the moisture.

If you choose ‘electronic remediation’ (dehumidifier or air conditioning)
for mold control, you need to plan for power outages and recognize that
at the dockside or in the yard shore, power will likely be somewhat
unreliable and will suffer multiple outages over the season. Fancy new
style microprocessor controlled units will usually not restart after a
power outage or voltage drop; old style, bog-simple units with
mechanical switches usually will restart after an outage (and as a
bonus, they’re usually cheaper, too). A dehumidifier or stand alone AC
will need a drain point, such as a galley or head sink drain, while a
window style AC can be set up to drain overboard or through cockpit
drains.

Tarps

Tarps are used for a couple of things: to keep sun off the decks and thus
control heat, and to keep the rain off portions of the deck. We use
them, but under the tarps we do get algae on deck. There are cheap tarps
and not so cheap tarps, and the cheap blue type last mere days or at
best weeks in the intense sun and can’t withstand summer squalls and
storms. We buy ‘good ones’ (usually they’re not blue, and sometimes are
silver on one or both sides), get them double the size we need, and put
them on doubled up. The side exposed to the sun will rot and fail in the
UV, but the second layer will usually last out the season. We don’t use
the grommets on the tarps, but instead gather the fabric of the tarp
around a ping pong ball and secure that with a constricting loop knot (a
topsail sheet bend tied back on the bight). The grommets are the first
point of failure. After a season, the tarps are garbage.

Run the tarps as low as possible so they have the lowest windage and cover the most deck area.

We also have fitted sunshade material awnings that ride low to the decks
and are secured to the toe rails and cover the decks. They shade the
decks where we don’t have tarps, and where they ride over the traps they
add UV protection for the tarps. Sunshade material is widely available
at Home Depot and other DIY shops, usually in the garden department.
It’s easy to sew on any machine, and the plastic grommets they sell for
it are easy to apply and seem to last well. As with tarps, grommets are
the first potential point of failure, but as we have them every foot
along the edge, they spread the load well. 

 

Bugs

Of course, we live in fear of a bug infestation of some sort while away.
We buy cockroach bait (apparently the kind that comes in a tube like
toothpaste is best) and roach hotels and place them around the boat. We
use the whole tube, as this is not the place for half measures. We have
found two dead roaches and no live ones aboard on our return in the 14
years we’ve been laying up. We shudder to think how many we might have
found without the poison set out.

Food

The temperatures in the interior of the boat will be extreme: in the Sea of
Cortez, interior temperatures of 140 degreesf/60 degreesc are typically
reached daily for a boat on the hard for weeks at a time, and 120
degreesf/49 degreesc for a boat in the water. We have had cans of food
explode from the heat, and an unopened bottle of ketchup left aboard
cooked in the heat to turn the rich dark brown colour of bbq sauce. For
unopened food we want to try to keep, we get small plastic bin liner
bags and after emptying and dosing the interior of the lockers with
their vinegar wipe-down, we double bag the food in small batches and
stow back in the lockers. If a can explodes it will do so inside the bag
and the mess will be contained to the half dozen or so items sharing
the bag with it.

Plastic

Items made of plastic do not fare well. The heat and UV bake them. For items
below decks, we wet out a cloth with ArmorAll, Aerospace 303 or a
similar plastic treatment (easily found at auto stores) and wet wipe
them down. For items on deck that can’t be removed and brought below, we
treat them with protectant, wrap them in a layer of paper towel, wrap
aluminum foil over that (two layers of cheap tin foil seems to work
better than a single layer of thicker expensive stuff) and then secure
the tin foil with liberal amounts of duct tape (being very careful the
duct tape only adheres to the tin foil and not to anything under it). On
our return we find the duct tape has usually been reduced to a skeleton
of the reinforcement fabric and is easily removed.

We also wrap winches, blocks and all other deck hardware in a similar
fashion. UV will destroy the ball bearings in ball bearing blocks.

Zippers and Snaps

Zippers and snaps like to corrode shut while the boat is laid up. We rub them
with cheap dollar store chapstick or lip balm (cheap lip balm is usually
a mix of waxes and petroleum oils like Vaseline) to increase the
chances they will work when we return.

Elastic

Elastic will no longer be after a season of baking in the heat. Shock cords
should not be used to secure anything as they will perish. Elastic in
clothing and swimming suits may not be elastic on your return.

Lightning

Grounding. Most vessels are poorly grounded, and their grounding is ineffective
when hauled (yes, you can be struck by lightning when on the hard). You
can ground your boat quickly and simply with a set of jumper cables (or
add these to increase the grounding)

If in the water, we buy a set of cheap but fairly thick jumper cables.
Separate into two wires. Remove one clamp from each wire, strip back a
couple or six inches of insulation and ‘fray’ the end (or keep the clamp
and clamp it to a 1’x1′ metal plate) to make a better ground connection
with the water. We attach remaining clamp to a top shroud or other bit
of metal that connects to near the masthead and throw the frayed/plated
end in the water. One cable on the port side, one cable on the starboard
side.

If on the hard, separate cables and attach one to the top shrouds and Jack
stands on the port side, the other to the same points on starboard.

In either case, the cables will be trash at the end of the season, as they
are not designed for continuous outdoor use. Brushing clamps with wax,
Vaseline or any other topical protectant helps them rust less and look
better longer. Even if you *think* your boat might be/is well grounded,
these jumper cable tricks will ensure/increase the protection.

We gather up all portable and easily de-mounted electronics (hand held VHF
and GPS units, epirbs, led flashlights, portable radios, etc.) and wrap
them in paper towel, then in tin foil, then in plastic food wrap
(secured with masking tape), and then place them in the oven as a kind
of double faraday cage. We disconnect all antennas and easily unplugged
items like chartplotters, AIS, VHF, etc. and leave them disconnected and
just hanging to disrupt possible paths for lightning.

Batteries

Small batteries (AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, silver cells like A76, CR2025 and CR2032,
etc.) are removed from whatever they are powering, gathered,
inventoried and given away. They won’t be any good when we come back,
and we need to know how many and of what type we will need to bring when
we return.

The ships batteries (house and starting) we leave connected to our solar
array for charging while we’re away, to make sure power is available to
our bilge pumps. We disconnect (switch off at the panel) the shore side
charger as superfluous.

Bilge Pumps

We inspect and test our bilge pumps. Avant will take on a bit of water
through the mast, and other leaks may appear over the season. We want a
bone-dry bilge to keep interior humidity down. We know of several
cruisers who have had a battery die due to bilge pump pumping, and
another couple who lost their boat to flooding while on the hard (their
cockpit drains blocked and water flooded in the companionway in a
tropical storm). If your boat has a garboard plug, you can leave it out
if you’re on the hard, and if it doesn’t and the concept works for your
hull form you can consider adding one.

Through Hulls

We close all through hulls and tank vents and stuff stainless steel
scrubbies or rolled up green scrubbies in them if we’re on the hard. The
scrubbies prevent bugs from nesting in the holes. Some cruisers use
bromine tablets (for hot tubs) in their raw water strainers to
discourage growth there.

Head and Holding Tank

We empty the holding tank and pump in 1 – 1 half gallons or so of vinegar
and a liberal amount of Pinõl or Lysol type cleanser. Better to have
that bake in the heat than what was in there before, and a completely
dry tank will form concrete-like deposits.

Sails and Canvas

Sails and canvas are removed, inspected, repaired, cleaned, and neatly folded to be stowed below.

Engine

Our engine enjoys an oil change, fluid top up and wipe-down with an oily
rag before we go, and we leave the compartment door ajar so air can
circulate there too. Many cruisers do a freshwater flush of the exhaust
as well, but we don’t bother. Outboards are freshwater flushed, given
their annual service, and run dry of fuel before stowing below.

Fuel Tanks

Diesel tanks are filled to the top and treated with biocide (BioBore or
similar). Gas tanks are emptied, the gasoline given away, and the
plastic tanks are treated with ArmorAll or similar. We don’t bother
trying to ‘stabilize’ gasoline for storage, the quantity doesn’t justify
it. Jerry cans are emptied and treated with ArmorAll or similar. The
empty jerry cans and gas tanks are stored below.

Propane

We simply shut off the propane at the tanks.

Water Tanks

Water tanks are emptied. When we return, we treat them as if contaminated as
recommended in this article. The water pump (and all other breakers save
the bilge pumps) is shut off.

Mooring Lines and Fenders

If we’re in the water, we double all mooring lines and add chafe guard (we
use fire hose) at all chafe points. We buy cheap children’s T-shirts
and slip them over our fenders as extra chafe guard/ UV protection,
securing them at the top end with small line or zip ties.

Even if you have a hired ‘boat watcher’ they’re unlikely to be 100%
available to come to your aid in a storm. They may be looking after
multiple boats, or the roof may be blowing off of their house (or their
mother’s house) in the same storm that threatens your boat. You need to
be secured for a storm.

Dinghy

We have a RIB inflatable dinghy, and some years we have been able to
secure covered storage for it at the marina or yard we’re at, which is
best. Other years we secured it to the deck upside down, inflated to
about ¾ normal pressure, spaced off the deck with dollar store pool
noodles and covered with a tarp. Protection from the sun while ensuring
its wrapping can’t hold water against the fabric are the keys to
success. If you can deflate yours and stow it below, that’s even better.

Bottom Cleaning

If you store in the water, you will need to arrange for regular bottom
cleaning. The interval will be determined by local conditions. Make sure
the cleaner is reliable, has references, and sends pictures or other
proof the job is being done: we know cruisers who found their cleaners
simply cashed the payments and didn’t do any cleaning until just before
their return.

Contact Info

Post a card in the window with local contact information for your
boat-watcher (if you have one) and your contact info back home: name,
email, phone numbers.

When we return, we find Avant fresh and dirty, needing a good wash after we
enjoy a Christmas-like morning: like an unwrapping party of all her
tinfoiled appurtenances. After some reassembly, we’re ready to cruise
another season. 

This article has been provided by the courtesy of Bluewater Cruising Association

SY AVANT 🇨🇦  Rob & Debra – Beneteau 43.5′

9)  PICTURES OF THE WEEK 

We
definitely recommend the marina Pez Vela.  Helpful staff when
arriving,  mooring.  Office ladies all spoke English and were
so friendly. 

Very efficient and well managed Marina.

Also if looking for an English speaking guide in Quepos,  I’d highly recommend Verny Jiminez +506 8890 4034.  

Currently sailing from Panama up to Mexico,  now in Costa Rica.  

MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK 

SY BELUGA 🇿🇦 Tyrone and Lyn – Charter Cats 38′

10) VISA  RENEWAL  BORDER RUN
 🇵🇦 PANAMA BOCAS DEL TORO TO COSTA RICA 🇨🇷

Above
is a picture of a mother bay nursing her baby. Pretty awesome
experience to 🎈witness and it was just outside the house we were
staying at. We also had a two toed sloth climbing the fence. AMAZING! As
you know… I love sloths. 

Jeff
and I did a visa run to Costa Rica. Currently in Puerto Viejo. We took
Caribe Shuttle from Bocas del Toro to Sixaola, Panama. We then checked
out of Panama, walked across the boarder and then checked into Costa
Rica. Very simple and easy. This is our second time doing this. 

From
my first email you can tell our visa run into Costa Rica was easy. The
return was the same. Our shuttle picked us up at our Airbnb (ran a bit
late) and off to the border we went. It is approximately a 45 minute
drive from Puerto Viejo to Sixaola. 

Once
at the border you must first pay a 9 dollar tax per person. After
paying the tax you check out of Costa Rica, walk back across the border
and check into Panama. We were prepared with an airline ticket
(refundable that we purchased that morning to show we were leaving the
country in 6 months) and we had done our health visa to re-enter
Panama(which they never asked for.) it was very easy and straight
forward. Then back on a bus to Alimirante and the boat back to Bocas. It
was very easy and simple. 

SY VITESSE 🇺🇸 Jeff, Catherine & Tilly -Lagoon 55′

11)  RSVP FOR THE  AWARDS PARTY  
 VISTA MAR MARINA 🇵🇦  PANAMA

SATURDAY JUNE 4th 
VISTA MAR MARINA, PANAMA 

 

AWARD CATEGORIES 

    BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT*  

    PICTURE OF THE YEAR    

    PANAMA POSSE YODA OF THE YEAR    

    SPEEDY AWARD – SEVENSTAR AWARD    

    THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD  

    MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD   

    HIGHEST WIND RECORDED   

    SPIRIT OF EXPLORATION  

    GALLEY GOD(ESS)  

    GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR  

    NEWLY ADDED – BOAT YOGA POSE OF THE YEAR 

 only 5 WEEKS LEFT ENTER AND WIN 

*no bill-fish entries

Every
season at the awards ceremony in Panama we give out some valuable
liquid prizes and free weeks in marinas to the winners and sometimes
even to the runners up,
 and of course Flor de Caña Rum. 

 
  
SATURDAY JUNE 4th
 VISTA MAR MARINA, PANAMA 

10) PARTICIPANT WEBSITES 

With over 100 current and past participants website
 there are lots of links to exciting stories for everyone 
https://panamaposse.com/participant-websites

https://svyodyo.com/blog/

I hope you were able to spend the night there. I have fond memories of
Tlaquepaque from when I spent a summer living in Guadalajara. I loved
all of the artisans and their beautiful handicrafts…..

13) ALONG THE PANAMA POSSE ROUTE 
 🇺🇸 CASTILLO SAN MARCOS, ST AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA

Matanzas Bay in the city of St. Augustine, Florida.

The
Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental
United Statesand is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in the
city of St. Augustine, Florida. The Castillo was designed by the Spanish
engineer Ignacio Daza and construction begn in 1672, 107 years after
the city’s founding by Spanish Admiral and conquistador Pedro Menéndez
de Avilés, when Florida was part of the Spanish Empire.

Thanks
to the travels of Ponce de Leon in 1513, Spanish navigators knew that
the best return route from Spain’s rich Caribbean possessions was along
the Gulf Stream, through the Bahama Channel, and past the shores of
Florida. The Spanish knew they must defend this peninsula to prevent
enemies from using its harbors as havens from which to raid the passing
treasure fleets.

MORE ABOUT CASTILLO SAN MARCOS ->>

PANAMA POSSE MUST SEE LIST >>

14) PANAMA POSSE MARINA SPONSORS 

🇺🇸 Safe Harbor South Bay – Chula Vista, USA

🇲🇽 Marina Coral, Ensenada – Mexico  

🇲🇽 IGY Marina Cabo San Lucas  – Mexico  

🇲🇽 Marina Puerto Escondido – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina Palmira Topolobampo – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina y Club de Yates Isla Cortes – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina el Cid – Mazatlan – Mexico

🇲🇽 Marina Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta – Mexico  

🇲🇽 PANAMA POSSE HQ  – Marina Puerto de La Navidad – Mexico  

🇲🇽 Marina Ixtapa, Ixtapa – Mexico 

🇲🇽 La Marina Acapulco, Acapulco – Mexico  

🇲🇽 Vicente’s Moorings, Acapulco – Mexico 

🇲🇽 Marina Chiapas – Mexico  

🇬🇹 Marina Pez Vela – Guatemala  

🇸🇻 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 

🇨🇷 Marina Bahia Golfito – Costa Rica  

🇨🇷 Banana Bay Marina – Costa Rica  

🇪🇨 Marina Puerto Amistad – Ecuador  

🇵🇦 Buenaventura Marina – Panama 

🇵🇦 PANAMA POSSE PACIFIC HQ Vista Mar Marina – Panama 

🇵🇦 Shelter Bay Marina – Panama  

🇵🇦 IGY Red Frog Marina – Panama

🇵🇦 Bocas Marina – Panama 

🇵🇦 Linton Bay Marina – Panama 

🇨🇴 ClubNautico Cartagena – Colombia 

🇨🇴 Club de Pesca Marina Cartagena – Colombia 

🇨🇴 Marina Puerto Velero – Colombia

🇨🇴 IGY Marina Santa Marta – Colombia 

🇯🇲 Royal Jamaica Yacht Club – Jamaica 

🇯🇲 Errol Flynn Marina – Jamaica  

🇯🇲 Montego Bay Yacht Club –Jamaica 

🇰🇾 The Barcadere Marina –Cayman Islands 

🇭🇳 Barefoot Cay Marina – Roatan – Honduras 

🇭🇳 Fantasy Island Marina – Roatan – Honduras

🇭🇳 Jonesville Point Marina -Roatan – Honduras  

🇬🇹 Marina Nana Juana Resort & Boatyard – Guatemala 

🇧🇿 Thunderbirds Marine – Placencia – Belize 

🇲🇽 Marina Makax – Isla Mujeres – Mexico 

🇲🇽 Marina V&V – Quintana Roo – Mexico 

🇲🇽 Marina El Cid – Cancún – Riviera Maya – Mexico  

🇨🇺 Marina Marlin Nautica Cayo Largo – Cuba 

🇹🇨 South Bank Marina & Boatyard – Turks and Caicos  

🇧🇸 Romora Bay Resort and Marina – Bahamas  

🇧🇸 Elizabeth on the Bay Marina – Bahamas 

🇧🇸 Great Harbour Cay Marina – Bahamas

🇧🇸 Blue Marlin Cove Resort & Marina – Bahamas  

🇩🇴 Ocean World Marina – Dominican Republic

🇩🇴 Marina Puerto Bahia – Dominican Republic    

🇺🇸 Marathon Marina – Marathon Keys 

🇺🇸 Pier 66  Hotel & Marina – Ft. Lauderdale, USA

🇺🇸 IGY Marina at Ortega Landing – Jacksonville, FL , USA 

🇺🇸 Oasis Marinas at Fernandina Harbor Marina – FL , USA  

🇺🇸 Morningstar Marinas Golden Isles St. Simons Isl. – Georgia, USA  

🇺🇸 Windmill Harbour Marina – Hilton Head South Carolina , USA  

🇺🇸 Coffee Bluff Marina – Savannah Georgia , USA  

🇺🇸 Hazzard Marine – Gerogetown, North Carolina , USA  

🇺🇸 Holden Beach  – Town Dock, North Carolina , USA 

🇺🇸 Portside Marina – Morehead City, North Carolina USA  

🇺🇸 Tideawater Yacht Marina – Portsmouth,  USA  

🇺🇸 Ocean Yacht Marina, Portsmouth, USA  

🇺🇸 York River Yacht Haven – Virginia , USA  

🇺🇸 Yorktown Riverwalk Landing – Virginia USA  

🇺🇸 Regatta Point Marina – Deltaville, Virginia USA 

Boats
docked at the marina will be offered a 20% discount on meals at the
hotel and also on dive courses and/or dives or exciting night dives.

Roatan, Bay of Islands, French Harbor, Honduras 

15)  PANAMA POSSE SPONSORS

• SHELTER ISLAND INFLATABLES 
• PREDICT WIND
• SEVENSTAR YACHT TRANSPORT
• HOME DEPOT PRO MEXICO
• HERTZ RENTAL CARS  MEXICO
• YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS 
• FLOR DE CAÑA
• SAFE HARBOR SOUTH BAY MARINA EVENT CENTER  
• WESTMARINE PRO
• SAILMAIL 
• CHRIS PARKER – MARINE WEATHER CENTER

16) USA MARYLAND IS  IN GOOD NAUTICAL

USA MARYLAND IS  IN GOOD NAUTICAL >>

Wye River   a 16 -mile-long tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland joins the Miles River  

17) TRANSITION TO PANAMA POSSE SEASON 6

Transition and renewal between seasons starts June 5th  
New registration and renewals opens June 5th, 2022 
All prior season access and benefits including discounts expire July 4th, 2022

SY MAISON DE SANTE & DUE WEST

18) SEVENSTAR YACHT TRANSPORT

 SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE

More info on Sevenstar™s services can be found on https://www.sevenstar-yacht-transport.com/

Who is Sevenstar Yacht Transport?

Sevenstar is the world’s leading provider of yacht shipping services on a lift-on, lift-off basis.  

For a quote with the Panama Posse discount please contact 
Kris Caren  kris@sevenstar-usa.com   sevenstar-usa.com

19) 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 Gálvez

info@centenarioconsulting.com

www.centenarioconsulting.com

Cellphone +507 6676-1376

WhatsApp +507 6676-1376

20) STRATEGIC PARTNERS
 

SEVEN SEAS CRUISING ASSOCIATION

Vicente’s Moorings – Acapulco – Mexico

Park Avenue Villas – San Juan del Sur – Nicaragua

Coconutz – Playa Cocos – Costa Rica

Abernathy – Chandlery – Panama

Pacific Posse 

Atlantic Posse

Advertising Partners – Las Vegas

Safe-Esteem.com – Delaware

WE OPERATE UNDER INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW

YOUR VESSEL YOUR CREW YOUR RESPONSIBILITY 

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