FLEET UPDATE 2023-04-08

PANAMA POSSE 
 
FLEET UPDATE 

April 8, 2023

“Smell the sea and feel the sky. Let your soul and spirit fly.” 

— Van Morrison

TOP NEWS  

• VISTA MAR SEASON 🎆 FINALE PARTY
• MARINE EXPO BUENAVENTURA 👥 🇵🇦 PANAMA
• MEET THE FLEET (COUNTER) ☸️ PANAMA POSSE 
• FIELD TRIP IN HUATULCO, OAXACA 🇲🇽  MEXICO
• GOOD ANCHORAGE ⚓ ISLA CEDROS AND ISLA JESUSITO,  🇨🇷 COSTA RICA
• LA PLAYITA MARINA 🇵🇦 SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE
• TROPICAL WAVES
• GOOD ANCHORAGE ⚓PUMTA NARANJO  🇵🇦 PANAMA
• SIMON BOLIVAR (1783-1830) 🪖 EL LIBERTADOR
• THE PANAMA POSSE 🌶️ PEPPER SCALE 
• SLOWING DOWN AMONG THE SLOTHS: GAMBOA RAINFOREST RESERVE 🇵🇦 PANAMA
• LEAVING  🇲🇽  MEXICO: REQUIRED AND OPTIONAL
• MONKEYS 🐒 ON BOATS
• CENTRAL AMERICAN POSSE ROUTES HAUL OUT LOCATIONS
• ⚠️ Security Alert:  MAKE PANAMA 🇵🇦 SAFE(R) FOR CRUISERS
• ⚠️VESSEL WATER’S DAUGHTER BEACHED IN CALETA DE CAMPOS 🇲🇽 
• MUST SEE GRANADA 🇳🇮  NICARAGUA

1)  PICTURES OF THE WEEK

Sunset over Changres River,  🇵🇦  Panama

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

Spinnaker Sailing  QUESO GRANDE II

SY QUESO GRANDE II 🇺🇸  Lance & Sherri – Seawind 41′

Getting the salt off in Oaxaca, Mexico

SY JUBEL, SY FICKLE, SY REVERENCE, SY ROCHAMBEAU, SY SALACCIA

2) SAVE THE DATES: 
PANAMA POSSE 🇵🇦 AWARDS PARTY

SUNDAY MAY 21, 2023 17:00

VISTA MAR MARINA

End of season award celebrations will be held at Vista Mar Marina, our Panama Pacific Headquarters, on Sunday May 21st

AWARD DETAILS:

• BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT*
• PICTURE OF THE YEAR
• YODA OF THE YEAR
• SPEEDY AWARD – SEVENSTAR AWARD
• THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD
• MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD
• HIGHEST WIND RECORDED
• SPIRIT OF EXPLORATION
• 2  X GALLEY GOD(ESS) ✔  
• GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR
• BOAT YOGA POSE OF THE YEAR
• COURAGE AWARD

*no bill-fish entries   ✔winner announced already

ENTRY INTO BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT 

SY SPLINTERS 🇺🇸 Eric & Kim  – Grand Banks 42′

Vista Mar Marina: The place we will have a great “End of Season” Party.

VISTA MAR MARINA 🇵🇦 
SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE – PACIFIC HQ MARINA

3) MARINE EXPO

BUENAVENTURA MARINA 🇵🇦 PANAMA

SAT. APR. 22 ’23

12:00 – 20:00 PM

We would like to invite you and the Posse members to the marina Expo happening

April 22, 2023 At Marina Buenaventura. 

We
will have Food & Drinks, and music. Various vendors and companies
would like to offer their products and services to anyone that has a
boat.  The Posse will have a table to sign up members and let
Buenaventura Residents and Friends know a little more about the Posse.
We will also have a Space to do a Swap/Meet. So if anybody wants
to bring some of the treasures they want to sell, the table cost is $15.
We still have 4 tables available.  Please let us know soon
as possible if you will like to join us.  The goal of Expo Marina
is to connect all people that enjoy Boats and everything that is done on
and around them: Fishing, Cruising, or just out on a Fun Day.

P.S.  We will have a courtesy bus down from Vista mar marina and back.

BUENAVENTURA MARINA 🇵🇦 
SPONSORS DE PANAMA POSSE 

4)  MORE PICTURES OF THE WEEK 

Poolside at Chiapas Marina, Puerto Madero,  🇲🇽  Mexico

SY REVERENCE Mike and Leah  🇺🇸 Tayana 58′

Buddy Boats Maison de Sante and Avogado reunite in 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

SY MAISON DE SANTÉ  🇺🇸 Keenan and Nicole – Cal 46′

SY AVOGADO  🇺🇸  Richard & Katherine – Amel 53′

Sunset on a multi day passage down the Sea of Cortez,  🇲🇽 Mexico

SY WHIRLWIND  🇺🇸 Maurisa, Mike, and Crew – Alajuela 48

After 4900nm this Burgee is ready to retire in 🇵🇦 Panama 
and the rum bottle is empty too .

SY DA MMAD CAT 🇺🇸  Andrea & Danny – Lagoon 42′

5) MEET THE FLEET 
(COUNTER) ☸️ PANAMA POSSE 

 Robin
And Tad I hope that was to celebrate the working windless and finally
get their Baul de Matin! Farewell to Costa Rica today!

Cruising
since 2014, we sailed down the west coast of France, Spain and Portugal
into the Mediterranean. Spent 4 seasons in the Med then crossed the
Atlantic in December 2017.  Cruised the Eastern Caribbean until
June 2018 and then again from January 2019 until March 2019.
Cruised to the ABCs, Colombia and Panama until July 2019. Got
stuck in Panama until now and are finally heading up the coast on the
(Counter) ☸️ Panama Posse

 SY BISOU 🇦🇺 Robin and Tad – Fountaine Pajot 44′

6) FLOR DE CAÑA SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE

7 YEAR OLD FASHIONED 
THE PROPER POUR 

7) CRUISERS FIELD TRIP

OAXACA, 🇲🇽 MEXICO

Cruisers Field Trip from Bahia Maguey in Huatulco, Mexico

A windy, bumpy road trip into the mountains of Oaxaco led to magical waterfalls and hot springs.  

SY JUBEL, SY FICKLE, SY REVERENCE, SY ROCHAMBEAU, SY SALACCIA

8) SOMETIMES THE TINIEST OF ISLAND BRING THE GREATEST OF PLEASURES

ISLA CEDROS AND ISLA JESUSITO,  🇨🇷 COSTA RICA

MY SEEKER 🇺🇸 John & Tammy – Selene 62′

9)  LA PLAYITA MARINA 🇵🇦 

SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE
08° 54.7319′ N 079° 31.565′  

We welcome the Panama Posse with a special welcome deal.

If the boat stay more than 1 day, it gets the first night at no cost(free)

 

CONTACT

 +507 314-1730

laplayita@siwireless.com
 https://panamaposse.com/la-playita-marina

•     Showers
•     Potable Water
•     30/50 AMP Electricity
•     Dinghy Dock ($10 paid access, if anchored out )
•     Security / Video Surveillance
•     Internet / Wifi
•     Cell Phone coverage 4G
•     Panama Canal Vessel Length Measuring
•     Fuel Dock
•     Ice
•     Boat Cleaning / Bottom Cleaning
•     Laundry
•     Trash & Recycling
•     Shop
•     Boat Rentals
•     Support access for Service Providers
•     Fumigation
•     Galapagos Prep Hull Cleaning
•     Ferry Terminal
•     Uber / Taxi pick up
•     Parking
•     Resort with Air conditioned rooms
•     Walking distance to shops and Chandleries
•     Restaurant
•     Bar
•     Pizza

10) METEROLOGY TROPICAL WAVES

Tropical waves spin with energy in the atmosphere and spread from Africa across the Atlantic.

A
tropical wave (also called easterly wave, tropical easterly wave, and
African easterly wave), in and around the Atlantic Ocean, is a type of atmospheric trough,
an elongated area of relatively low air pressure, oriented north to
south, which moves from east to west across the tropics, causing areas
of cloudiness and ..

Tropical
waves in the Atlantic basin develop from low-pressure disturbances,
which develop as far east as Sudan in east Africa, and drift across the
continent into the Atlantic Ocean. These are generated or enhanced by
the African Easterly Jet. The clockwise circulation of the large
transoceanic high-pressure cell or anticyclone centered near the Azores
islands (known as the Azores High) impels easterly waves away from the
coastal areas of Africa towards North America.

They are often monitored for development into a tropical storm or hurricane.

Tropical
waves are the origin of approximately 60% of Atlantic tropical cyclones
and of approximately 85% of intense Atlantic hurricanes (Category 3 and
greater) 

Tropical
cyclones can sometimes degenerate back into a tropical wave. This
normally occurs if upper-level wind shear is too strong. The storm can
redevelop if the upper-level shear abates.

Hurricane
Irma was an extremely powerful hurricane that caused widespread
destruction across its path in September 2017. Irma was the first
Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record.  Irma
started off the east coast of Africa and was predicted to become a
hurricane whose path crossed over the Carribean en route to southern
Florida for several weeks before Irma actually hit.

11) GOOD ANCHORAGE 
⚓
 GOOD NAUTICAL 

Punta ( Ensenada) Naranjo 🇵🇦 Panama

Three
Panama Posse boats are now anchored in beautiful Ensenada Naranjo on
mainland Panama. Holding is good, all 3 boats held fast on the first
try. Depths are different from what navionics portrays. There is a
gradual slope towards the shore and a large flat area in the 20 foot
range. The site is beautiful and there are a few pangas about. There is a
light breeze that keeps us cool and no swell at this time. Great
location.

SY PILIALOHA 🇺🇸   Rick & Maria – Beneteau ’37

12) Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)

ALSO KNOWN AS: EL LIBERTADOR

–

Simón
Bolívar is a vital figure in the history of independence in South
America.  He is and was loved and loathed by many as he spent
almost half his life engaged and entrenched in the fight for
independence against the Spanish Empire in the continent of South
America during the early 1800’s.  He was very influential in
gaining independence for Bolivia, Panama, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, and
Ecuador.

Simón Bolívar was born in Caracas, now Venezuela, to a wealthy family in 1783.  

By
his mid 20’s Simón Bolívar had travelled from Caracas to Spain,
England, France, and Italy.  He mingled among the elite and the
leaders.  He learned about many struggles and revolutions whereby
people were fighting for their independence from external rule and
taxation.  In 1807, around the same time Napolean and his army
invaded Spain, Bolivar returned to his home country, joined a resistance
movement, and began his quest to free Latin America from Spanish rule.
Simón Bolívar was but one visionary among many revolutionary
leaders.  As with many developing nations, the revolutionaries did
not always see eye to eye in their vision for the new nation and its
people.  As such, his dream to unite the region which proved very
difficult as there were many opposing factions and revolutionaries
fighting in many different ways for their rights within the great land
mass.  

“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes a right.”  

-Simón Bolívar

Simón
Bolívar died at the age of 47..  He is said to have died from
tuberculosis.  However, in his life, Bolívar made as many friends
as he did enemies and his illness was considered mysterious at his time
of death.  There is speculation that his death may have been more
complicated.  Nonetheless, the memory and influence of Simón Bolívar, The Liberator, is honored to this day in many locations throughout South America.

14) THE PANAMA POSSE 🌶️ PEPPER SCALE 

Ancient
indigenous people of central Mexico, discovered that peppers could be
preserved with the aid of smoke.  Below to find the most common 12
peppers found in markets in central America in order of heat using the
*Scoville heat index. 

1. Anaheim Pepper
2. Poblano Pepper
3. Ancho Pepper
4. Cascabel Pepper
5. Pasilla Pepper
6. Guajillo Pepper
7. Jalapeño Pepper
8. Chipotle (MORITA) Pepper
9. Puya Chile Pepper
10. Serrano Pepper
11. Chile de Àrbol
12. Habanero Peppers

Follow this link to learn more about these peppers:

ACCESS THE PANAMA POSSE PEPPER SCALE

14) SLOWING DOWN AMONG THE SLOTHS  

A
nature adventure near Panama City can be found at the Gamboa Rainforest
Reserve.  The best part is that you can see sloths up close!

We
spent two nights at the hotel, old school style- but so are we- and
enjoyed all the amenities…including the giant swimming pool!. 

There
are also stunning views of the Chagres River and all kinds of nature
tours including the sloth sanctuary (swooning still over the rescue
sloths). You can easily go there for the day or make a mini holiday. I
have been wanting to really see sloths up close and I got my wish.

https://www.instagram.com/gamboareserve/ 

SY PATHFINDER  Jean-Philippe & Nicole – Lagoon 39′

15) LEAVING  🇲🇽  MEXICO

WHAT IS REQUIRED? 

AND…WHAT IS ON THE SHOPPING LIST?

 

There
are distinct legal entry and exit requirements in every country.
Some are the same and some are different.  Most ports can
handle international Zarpes (exit documents). 

The requirements to exit Mexico are as follows:

• Assemble all necessary documents including: 
  • Valid TIP (Temporary Import Permit of your vessel)
    • It
      is important to decide whether your vessel under your ownership will be
      returning to Mexico within the timeframe that it is valid.  If
      unsure or not returning, include cancelling vessel TIP in your procedure
      below.
  • Vessel Documentation
  • Mexican Liability Insurance
  • Valid Visas and passports for every crew member
  • Crewlist with all names, passport numbers, age, and date of birth
  • Entrance paperwork from the Port Captain in your final Mexican Port
  • Boating
    Credential or Certification (including but not limited to State Safe
    Boating Card, Merchant Marine Documents, or Captains License)
• Visit the Port Captain, Immigration, and Customs.

1. Complete the Crew List for exiting Mexico with the Port Captain (the “Despacho”, formally known as a “Zarpe”);
2. Go to the Immigration Office to get the Crew List Stamped and surrender the FFM forms; and
3. Go
   to the Port Captain’s Office again and pay the Vessel’s Check-out fees
   and have the crew list stamped with the authorization to exist the
   country of Mexico.
4. Go to Customs office and Banjercito with
   all vessel and crew documents to cancel TIP ( 10 year temporary import
   permit ) before departure if not returning to Mexico before your 10 year
   TIP EXPIRES – if you try to re-enter Mexico with an expired TIP you
   will have a lot of issues and will need an agent $$$ to clear the prior
   TIP.

• Expect to be boarded by the Navy with Dogs for your final vessel review.  This may or may not happen, but it is to be expected.  Upon inspection vessels are expected to leave straightaway.

 

Before Leaving Mexico Shopping List

This list is heavy on all the items distinctly found in Mexico that the crew has come to question their survival without.

This List is a guideline for those  heading away from Mexican Cuisine:

• Hot Sauces
• Salsas
• Crackers / Pretzels
• Dried Chili Peppers
• Media Crema in the box
• Japones/Mafer Nuts
• Tequila
• Mescal
• If you like Mexican Beer
• Fresh Cheese, cream cheese
• Canned artichoke hearts
• Bacon
• Carnita meat packaged to go from your favorite taco stop
• Prepared bags of beans

  

16) ADVENTURE MEDIA PARTNER 
LATITUDES AND ATTITUDES

16) MONKEYS ON BOATS

SV Whirlwind crew, Russell and Josea, monkeying around underway at sunset.

Monkey watching over our dinghy in Gulfo Dulce,   🇨🇷  Costa Rica

SY WHIRLWIND 🇺🇸  Maurisa, Mike, Russell, and Josea – Alajuela 48′

17) CENTRAL AMERICAN POSSE ROUTES
🛠️

HAUL OUT LOCATIONS

Traveling along the Central American Panama Posse route there are different ways in which a vessel can haul out:

• travel lift
• crane
• rail or slipway
• forklift
• careening

There
are 25 different locations along the Central American Panama Posse
route with different haul out services.  See the link below for
details and locations.

https://panamaposse.com/haulout

18) PANAMA POSSE GEAR

PANAMA POSSE SWAG ON SALE NOW

 

19)  ⚠️ SECURITY ALERT

MAKE PANAMA 🇵🇦 SAFE(R) FOR CRUISERS 

FOR A PARTIAL LISTING OF CRIMES AGAINST YACHTS IN PANAMA FOLLOW THIS LINK https://safetyandsecuritynet.org/category/reports/panama/

Panama
is currently is one of the least safe destination for cruisers in
Central America  (3 armed robberies/boardings in two months, on
both coasts) 
No other country reports more than minor thefts off of unattended boats. 

Lack of transparency 
irregular
fee collection at port captains, poor service and high fees (cruising
permits take too long, attempted bribery in Bocas, most expensive
country in Central America).

Publish fee schedule on internet, follow Panama Canal best practices for fee changes (advance notice, public comment/input, clear fee schedule).

Thanks to the Panama Marina Association
we have an ongoing dialogue to improve safety and communications for
all yachts in Panama – our next meeting is in 2 weeks – if you have any
suggestions or comments please email registration@panamaposse.com

Caribbean Safety and Security Net

21 REPORTED EVENTS IN PANAMA SINCE  2017 
AND 37 PETTY THEFTS

1    ASSAULT RESULTING IN DEATH (2019) 
5    ASSAULTS
5    ROBBERIES 
5    ATTEMPTED ROBBERIES AND THEFT
5    BURGLARY
37  THEFTS

LOCATION OF EVENTS  5 Events in Marinas | 53 Events at Anchor 

20   Bocas del Toro
16   Linton Bay 
9     San Blas
6     Portobello
3      Nombre de Dios
2      Las Perlas
1      Isla Grande

TIMING  of incidents      
 9    ’17
 9    ’18
15   ’19 
 4    ’20
 8    ’21
10   ’22
 3   ’23*

PANAMA VS THE USA 
🕵️ CRIME COMPARISONS WITH RELATED STATISTICS >>

SAMPLE DATA 

• Panama is Ranked 40th – USA is ranked 10th for robberies.

VESSEL “WATER’S DAUGHTER” ON THE BEACH
CALETA CAMPOS 🇲🇽   MEXICO 

SY Water’s Daughter ( non Panama Posse boat ) 

Watch the  video if SY Water’s Daughter, (non Panama Posse) boat she hits the beach, due to apparent autopilot failure, reported by 

SY PACIFIC RAVEN  🇺🇸 Scott & Nacho – Hunter 40.5′

 

20)  MUST SEE GRANADA 🇳🇮  NICARAGUA

Granada
is a stunning city on the shores of Lake Nicaragua and historically one
of Nicaragua’s most important cities, economically and politically.

It’s home to multiple Spanish colonial landmarks that have survived repeated pirate invasions.

Granada,
Nicaragua was the sister capital to Antigua in Guatemala. During the
colonial period, Granada maintained a flourishing level of commerce with
ports on the Atlantic Ocean, through Lake Nicaragua ( Lago Cocibolca)
and the San Juan River. As such the city was victim to many battles with
invasions from English, French and Dutch pirates trying to take
control  by sailing up the San Juan River.

Located on the banks of Lake Nicaragua, Granada is quickly becoming a central hub for excursions to other areas of Nicaragua and Central America.

You can access this world heritage site from the Marina Puesta del Sol in an easy day trip via rental car.

PANAMA POSSE – MUST SEE 

 

21)  70+ 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  

🇵🇦 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 

🇧🇿 Placencia Yacht Club – 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  

🇺🇸 Yorktown Riverwalk Landing – Virginia USA  

🇺🇸 Regatta Point Marina – Deltaville, Virginia USA 

🇺🇸 Regent Point Marina – Topping, Virginia USA 

MARINA VALLARTA 🇲🇽 SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE   

22)  PANAMA POSSE SPONSORS 

• 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
• SAN DIEGO MARINE EXCHANGE
• DOWNWIND MARINE
• BELIZE TOURISM
• PANAMA YACHT BROKER
• LATITUDES AND ATTITUDES  
• DELTA MIKE MARINE SUPPLY PANAMA
• SHELTER ISLAND INFLATABLES

23) PANAMA POSSE VESSEL FOR SALE 
SY “BEATA”
2014 Beneteau Oceanis 45 

 US$315,000   Caribbean, Panama >>

2014 Beneteau Oceanis 45

Retired pilot owned. Immaculate and ready to go. One owner.

Launched
in San Diego in July of 2014.  She has sailed the California
coast, and from San Diego to Panama. The owners are finished cruising
and returning home to the USA.

Starting
with launch and for the six years prior to starting cruising, the yacht
was professionally maintained. With a bow to stern maintenance plan
executed on a quarterly schedule by Beneteau dealers in San Diego.

Ready
to go into the Caribbean or back across Panama into the Pacific. This
pristine example is available to be seen in Shelter Bay Marina in
Panama.

Contact to arrange a viewing and for additional details.

CONTACT 

Charles Badoian

PA +5 07 6378-8345

US  +1 305-735-1661

Skype: badoian

E: charles@panamayachtbroker.com

24) 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

25) 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 

  LAST IMAGE

Ollie’s Point is a right point break that is named after Colonel Oliver North
who   made his base there during the Nicaraguan civil war between
the Contras and the Sandanistas during the 80’s. In late 1985,
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North of the National Security Council
diverted a portion of the proceeds from the Iranian weapon sales to fund
the Contras, a group of anti-Sandinista rebels, in their insurgency
against the socialist government of Nicaragua. It’s 17 nm as the crow
flies from the border with Nicaragua facing Bahia Potrero Grande a wide
and easy sloping protected bay with exposure to W, SW and S Swells.

When
this wave is at it’s best, it is an excellent, fast, hollow wave.
Ollie’s is at it’s best at low to medium tide with a strong south swell.

There is no access road to the point and is only accessible by boat.

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