FLEET UPDATE 2024-03-31

PANAMA POSSE 
 
FLEET UPDATE 

Bahia Muertos, Mexico 

photo Courtesy SV DAWN PATROL

MARCH 31, 2024

A tourist remains an outsider throughout (their) visit, 

but a sailor is part of the local scene 

from the moment (they) arrive. 

– Anne Davison  

TOP NEWS  

• BELIZE YACHT FEST NEXT WEEKEND APRIL 6 2024
• Epic Skies in Panama 🇵🇦  This Week
• Season 7 Award Entries: Most Unwanted Guests 
• Overland in Nicaragua 🇳🇮
• Visiting an Embera Village in the Darien 🇵🇦
• Celebrating Semana Santa in  🇲🇽 🇨🇷 🇳🇮  🇸🇻 🇵🇦 🇩🇴 🇭🇳
• Good Nautical: Holandes Cay, San Blas 🇵🇦 
• Meet the Fleet: SY MATADOR
• Safety : Understanding the CAPE Index 
• Must See : Casco Viejo, Panama 🇵🇦 
• For Sale :  SY BISOU
• Atlantic Posse  🧭 Forming
• South Pacific Posse  4 🗿  Underway ! 

🇲🇽 🇧🇿 🇨🇷 🇳🇮 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇵🇦 🇩🇴 🇭🇳 🇯🇲 🇧🇸 🇹🇨 🇰🇾 🇬🇹 

276 Yachts are signed up 

WHAT IS OUR MISSION ?

• Make traveling for yacht owners easier, transparent and better informed
• Generate group buying power with discounts in marinas and with service providers
• Pass on relevant information to help fellow participants in a timely manner  
• Identify, document and reduce risks
• Allow for flexibility and remove pressures due to schedules
• Focus on owner operators of yachts who explore and go places   
• Have fun and enjoy 

1)  PICTURES OF THE WEEK

Sea Lions Puerto Refugio in the northern reaches of the Sea of Cortez, Mexico 🇲🇽 

SY OKISOLLO 🇺🇸 Dan & Jeanne – Island Packet 52’

 

Sunrise off the coast of Nicaragua 🇳🇮 

MV PAUSE 🇺🇸 Beth & Larry – Nordhavn 55′

Motoring for 3 days now, glassy calm halfway from Columbia to Puerto rico  🇨🇴 

SY JUBEL 🇨🇦 Leah & Kyle – Gulfstar 44′

2) SAVE THE DATE : 

PANAMA POSSE 🇧🇿 BELIZE YACHT FEST 

@ PLACENCIA YACHT CLUB

Saturday April 6, 2024

16:00 – 21:30

16° 30.471’N 088° 21.7216′ W

PANAMA POSSE 🇧🇿 BELIZE YACHT FEST 
@ PLACENCIA YACHT CLUB

BELIZE PLACENCIA YACHT FEST 🇧🇿 Placencia Yacht Club

Saturday April 6, 2024

16:00 – 21:30

Placencia Yacht Club

16° 30.471’N 088° 21.7216′ W

https://oceanposse.com/events/belize-placencia-yacht-fest/

CONTACT

 Beat,  Caroline, dogs & Heyson Garcia – 
YES PLACENCIA YACHT CLUB IS UBER DOG FRIENDLY 

We,
Caroline Imfeld and Beat Rettich are running this place since January
2021. We moved from Switzerland to Belize in 2019 and found this
treasure while looking for a dock for our yacht.

Simplicity on a high level is our aim and to make our guests happy.

 FOR RESERVATIONS AND MOORINGS @ PLACENCIA YACHT CLUB

info@clearwaterexploring.com

www.placencia-yacht-club.com

T: +501 639 8555

Whatsapp   +41 78 605 5181

VHF 68

SAFE APPROACH 

SAVE APPROACH   @ 16° 29.9333′ N 088° 20.9266′ W

Placencia has restaurants, waterfont activities and the Placencia Yacht Club

3) EPIC SKIES THIS WEEK

In Casco Viejo looking towards Panama City at sunset 🇵🇦 

SY BOUNDLESS 🇺🇸  Daniel & Naiby – Shannon 43′

Waterspout seen from Coiba Island, Pacific Panama 🇵🇦 

That spout passed about 1/2 miles from us. We got about 45 minutes of fairly hard rain and winds of 20mph. Nothing too crazy.

SY WANDERLUST 🇺🇸 Marcie, Damon & crew – Leopard 45’

Full moon beaming  over San Blas, Panama 🇵🇦

SV STRAY CAT 2 🇨🇦 Derick & Barb – Lagoon 38’

4)  THREE NEW SEASON 7 AWARD NOMINATIONS:

MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD ENTRIES

Bee out at Sea

Booby on the Bow

SV PILIALOHA 🇺🇸 Rick & Maria – Beneteau 37′

Another booby hitches a ride.  This one for four hours!

MV MARTINI 🇺🇸 Mary & Bryan – Nordhavn 64′

Kiskadee unwanted and persistently making her next in the anchor roller.

Walt
says: The Wildlife in Panama is a beautiful sight.  This bird is
gorgeous. BUT she has been building a nest in my anchor roller for the
past week. I hated to be the bad guy, so I removed the nest material and
laid it on the dock. I did this three times. I put one of those stupid
looking balls up. But that only delayed her one day. This time I tossed
her nest into the water. She was buzzing me the whole time. Don’t get me
wrong, I would love to have Knot Right be the nursery of such a
beautiful bird. But laying the eggs, hatching the eggs, and waiting for
the little ones to fly away is a pretty long time that we would have to
stay here. It’s bad enough that my boat projects are holding me back,
but baby birds preventing me from anchoring is not on the schedule. Does
anyone in Shelter Bay have a free-standing owl that I can borrow for a
while?  

SY KNOT RIGHT 🇺🇸 Walt & Jeariene – Beneteau 47′

Flor de Caña sponsors the Panama  Posse 

ANNUAL AWARDS INCLUDE:

• 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
• GALLEY GOD(ESS)
• GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR
• BOAT YOGA POSE OF THE YEAR
• COURAGE AWARD

BARRELS of Flor de Caña being sampled at the source in Nicaragua 🇳🇮

Nominate yourself, a crew member, or another boat   

SUBMIT ENTRIES ON THE LINE AP OR EMAIL TO EDITOR@PANAMAPOSSE.COM

Share the adventure

5) PANAMA POSSE EVENTS 

! Sunset in Bahia Honda west of Buenadventura Marina  🇵🇦 

where the Season 7 Finale party will be!

THERE IS A LOT MORE IN THIS FLEET UPDATE 
IN GMAIL BE CERTAIN TO LOAD IT ALL  

OR READ ONLINE

 

(1) PANAMA POSSE 

BELIZE YACHT FEST 

APRIL 6 2024

PLACENCIA YACHT CLUB

🇧🇿 BELIZE

FOR RESERVATIONS CONTACT: 

 

 

Caroline Imfeld and Beat Rettich

T: +501 639 8555

Whatsapp   +41 78 605 5181

(2) PANAMA POSSE AWARDSFUN ACTIVITIES, GOLF, POOL, DJ LOUNGE, + MARINE EXPO 

SAT. MAY 11 ’24 BUENAVENTURA MARINA  🇵🇦  PANAMA

This is a very exclusive signature event in the Hamptons of Panama.
The upscale resort Buenaventura is just 80 minutes west of Panama City
and is one of the most charming and reserved places on the Pacific coast
of Panama.
Only 60 nm from the Las Perlas.

FOR RESERVATIONS CONTACT:

Cesar – Marina Manager
cesar@bv-marina.com 
Tel: +507 6411 5597

6) SV QUE VENDRA AND SV BRIGADOON 

JOURNEY FROM THE OCEAN 

OVERLAND

TO LAKE NICARAGUA 🇳🇮

When you cannot go by water then go in style.

Last week, SY BRIGADOON III and SY  QUE VENDRA rented a car in Puesta del Sol and toured Nicaragua.

 

Trip report:

We
arranged for a car through Juanita at Puesta del Sol marina. It costs
us $500 for a week, including full insurance. It was a small car but
sufficient for the four of us, and it drove very well. One of the
surprising things about Nicaragua is its road conditions. They have the
best roads in the whole of Central America. I’m not sure why, given how
poor the country is overall. But it was a much better driving experience
for me compared to Mexico. Still, you have to deal with all sorts of
“things” on the road – “chicken buses”, cars, motorcycles, bicycles,
horse carts, an occasional cart pulled by cows, or just herds of cows
walking the rural roads.

There
are many police checks, and we were told that sometimes police may
demand money. We were stopped once, and they just checked our papers and
let us go.

Our
first stop was the Flor de Cana distillery. It is impressive. You can
get drunk just by breathing the air there, as barrels of rum are
everywhere. We tasted a lot of rum, including a 37-year-old special
batch, and bought some more. It was a great stop.

Then
we drove to Leon. The city is much less touristy and much more rundown
than we expected. And it was hot, very hot. It somehow took away from
the joy of experiencing it. Still, we saw the main cathedral, where you
can climb to the top and walk on its roof, taking in the views of the
city and a chain of volcanos. It’s best to do it before sunset. We also
did an excellent food tour centered around the local mercado. Also,
there are some good restaurants, like for example Mañana mañana.

View from the top of the Cathedral

The food  fresh, delicious, and colorful

The
next stop was the Mombacho volcano. This was an on-a-whim decision. We
opted to sleep on the mountain in a Mombacho Lodge. It’s not so much a
lodge as just cabins in the jungle. For the first time, we saw and heard
howling monkeys. They are impressive! The accommodations were basic,
and we literally slept in the middle of the jungle. Well, we slept about
4 hours, as it was a bit hard to fall asleep with all the jungle noises
around, the wind blowing above us, and knowing that some unwanted
guests may be coming into the cabin (see the pictures). The lodge
provides nets around beds, which we naively thought were against the
mosquitoes. Not really, they are against spiders and all sorts of other
insects. Well, we will remember that experience.

Elevated trail through the treetops

The
rest of the tour was in Granada, which we truly enjoyed. Granada is
colorful and clean, and it is where we see the most tourists in
Nicaragua. It was also a few degrees cooler there. We stayed in Casa San
Francisco, close to all the attractions. The food was exceptionally
good. The two places we recommend are The Garden Cafe and Pita Pita. We
had an excellent guided walking tour, including a lesson on Nicaragua’s
history. Let me tell you, it is pretty complicated.

 

Our
hotel recommended a tour of “Isletas” on Lake Nicaragua. On the last
day, we chose to do it. It was a very enjoyable tour. A volcanic
eruption 2000 years ago threw a vast amount of rocks into the lake and
created a small archipelago on the lake. Today, some islands have homes,
and others only host groups of monkeys. All those islands are connected
by a maze of waterways, with lush vegetation and hundreds of birds of
various kinds, monkeys, and other animals. The tour took us slowly
through all this, finishing at sunset at remnants of a fort that
defended Granada from pirates of the Caribbean.

Cathedral standing tall

Big Lizard prints going overland between the ocean and the estuary.

Tour boat on Lake Nicaragua

Lily pads blooming in a small waterway in Lake Nicaragua

Overall, it was an enjoyable tour. We learned and saw a lot. Nicaragua is an interesting country.

SY QUE VENDRA 🇺🇸 Olena & Maciek – Outbound 46’

SY BRIGADOON III  🇨🇦  Doug & Patty – Saga 43’

Thank you for Sharing your Adventures on the water !

 7) SHARING YOUR ADVENTURES
🏔️  
is the heart and soul of the Panama Posse 

Please
share pictures of your adventures, your award entries/nominations, your
breathtaking sunsets, and picturesque anchorages on our group
communications platform for others to enjoy in real time and/or email
Maurisa at editor@panamaposse.com
to share in the upcoming newsletter.  Maurisa is a sailor among
us.  She is part of the Ocean Posse crew and enjoys writing fun and
helpful updates to the Panama Posse. 

John and Kristine soaking up another day in Paradise

8) POSSE PERK: INCREDIBLE WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS
  

SY DAMMAD CAT  a very special encounter with a manatee in the Bahamas  

9) TURTLE CAY MARINA 🇵🇦 

SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE

09° 35.935′ N  079° 26.3233′ W

We are excited to Sponsor the Panama Posse with the following discounts !

• 15 % discounts on slips; or stay 4 nights, pay for 3
  
• Long term discounts of at least 15 %, depending on length of stay
  
• 15 % discount on metered electric service
  
• free delivery service to your yacht from Panama City
  
• unlimited use of our large shower- change- bathrooms and full coin operated laundry
  
• unlimited use of our covered social area and B-B-Q
  
• free unlimited use of our beaches, beach huts and bath rooms
  
• free unlimited use of our fresh water swimming pools except Saturdays or Sundays. (Unless you’re a hotel guest).
  
• 15 % discount on food and drinks at our restaurants
  
• 15 % discount at our hotel
  
• exclusive personnel transfer service to or from Panama City or airport for $50. (Max. 3 persons)

CONTACT US:

Cell/Whatsapp  +(507) 6671-6625

Office +507 302 2100

info@turtlecaymarina.com

AMENITIES

• Slips up to 120 feet
  
• 100 amp pedestals
  
• 30 miles away from San Blas
  
• Fresh water
  
• Free Wi-Fi
  
• Fuel dock
  
• Yacht club
  
• Beach bar
  
• Restaurant
  
• Laundry room
  
• Bathrooms
  
• Showers
  
• White sandy beaches
  
• Taxi service
  
• 24-hour security
  
• Services
  
• Fuel Service
  
• Wi-Fi
  
• Bottom Jobs
  
• Haul out
  
• Stands
  
• Blocks
  
• Pressure wash
  
• Light scrape
  
• Temporary letter

SY YO-D-YO captures the sunset at the entrance to Turtle Cay Marina

10) LAND TRIP TO AN EMBERA VILLAGE IN THE DARIEN 🇵🇦 :

AN AMAZING ADVENTURE AND EXPERIENCE!!

Many
Panama Posse members find themselves in Panama sometime along their
voyage.  Robin and Tad share an experience they had visiting an
Embera Village in the Darien Region of Panama.  The Darien Region
is Panama’s easternmost frontier bordering Columbia.  The jungle is
very dense there and home to one of Panama’s many indigenous
communities, the Embera. 

Village entrance flanked with wooden carvings

Arriving by long wooden canoe to the Embera Village

Trip Report:

(From
Shelter Bay Marina, we took) a full day trip starting with a 90 minute
drive to the river where you board a motorized canoe and head upriver to
a beautiful waterfall for a swim. Then another 15 minutes or so to the
village where you are welcomed with music and singing. In the village
you will be guided around and shown their daily life and then served a
delicious lunch of fried fresh caught fish with plantain and a fresh
fruit platter. There will be more traditional singing and dancing and an
opportunity to buy some of their beautiful crafts (beadwork, carvings,
basket work). It’s a magical day and worth doing. These people rely on
tourism to meet their financial needs as they have very few ways of
earning a living outside of their village due to the remoteness of their
home.

Two men from the village

Beauty is acheived with natural plants and lots of colors

Basket weaving is a tradition among many Panamanian indigenous communities

The designs are often very symmetrical

Robin getting a ‘tatoo”

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

 

11) CELEBRATING SEMANA SANTA IN 

CENTRAL AMERICA:

A MIX BETWEEN FAITH, TRADITION, AND LOCAL CULTURE

🇲🇽 🇨🇷 🇳🇮  🇸🇻 🇵🇦 🇩🇴 🇭🇳 🇬🇹 

Semana Santa in Guatemala

Catholicism
in Central America is in many places a syncretism (or blending) of
Christianity and Indigenous Faiths.  As such, there is variation in
the ways in which different communities and countries on a whole honor
the same traditions.  

Semana
Santa is one such tradition that is celebrated throughout Central
America with  rituals are similar and different.  Semana Santa
or Holy Week (or two)  is celebrated to remember the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ.  It is common for the week leading up
to Easter Sunday to be marked with processions, church ceremonies, and
time off of work.  The length of time that Semana Santa is observed
varies.  Some places Semana Santa may be observed for a few days
and others up to two weeks.  

In
Panama, where the majority of the population lives in Panama City,
Semana Santa marks a mass exodus to ‘the country’ area east and west of
the city where many families enjoy time together in rural more natural
areas.

A Procession in Panama during Semana Santa.

Procession in El Salvador

Procession in Costa Rica

Semana Santa in Mexico

To read a bit more about the different ways Semana Santa is observed in Central Ameria clink on this link:

https://www.visitcentroamerica.com/en/experiences/holy-week/

12) GOOD NAUTICAL: 

HOLANDES CAY, SAN BLAS, PANAMA  🇵🇦 

Multiple
vessels have been visiting Holandes Cay recently.  All Highly
recommend the W anchorage in Holandes cays, San Blas Islands, Panama.
There is great snorkeling/healthy coral circled in yellow marked 1 and
multiple warm/hot thermals circled in red marked 2. 

https://goodnautical.com/route/waisaladub-holandes-cay-sibadup

Calm Beach in Holandes Cay San Blas Panama 

Anchorage Report:

We
moved to East Holandes Cay today to a nicely protected anchorage behind
a barrier reef and between two islands, known as the “swimming pool.”
Really nice protected anchorages all around here. One island has a
restaurant, “Ibin’s,” in a thatched hut over the water, run by the
indigenous Guna Yala tribe, which we tried tonight with s/v yo-d-yo.
dinner was great! everyone else had mahi with potatoes and zucchini in
mild curry sauce with rice. I had a pepperoni pizza (had a craving lol).
$10 plates, $2 drinks. Location can’t be beat over water.

John and Kristine enjoying the swings before their night out

A colorful presentation of a fish dinner

Mini Posse party at Ibins Restaurant in E Holandes Cay San Blas Panama 

SY COURAGE 🇺🇸 John & Kristine – Tartan 4100

SY YO-D-YO 🇺🇸  David & Mary – Hunter 45’

13) IGY MARINA CABO SAN LUCAS  🇲🇽 

 SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE

https://panamaposse.com/igy-marina-cabo-san-lucas

Utilities will be metered and billed depending on consumption.

October through April is very busy for us but will gladly berth anyone when available.

Take care, be safe, stay healthy and we’ll see you soon.

Saludos,

Jesus A. Esquitel

 

 

CONTACT IGY MARINA CABO SAN LUCAS

VHF  16   &   88A

Lote A-18 de la Darsena

Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S. Mx 23450

Tel +52 (624) 173-9140

CSL@IGYMarinas.com

www.igy-cabosanlucas.com    

AMENITIES

• Full Crew Facilities
  
• WiFi Connectivity
  
• Fitness Center
  
• Crew Lounge
  
• Wi-Fi Connectivity
  
• Private Shower Facilities
  
• On-Site Shopping & Dining

14) PANAMA YACHT BROKER

TEAMS UP WITH THE PANAMA POSSE

Thrilled to announce that Panama Yacht Broker
has teamed up with the one and only Panama Posse! As a leading cruising
resource, Panama Posse brings a world of sailing knowledge and
resources to the table. From route planning and local intel to
connecting with other cruisers, Panama Posse has it all. We are honored
to join that list of resources thanks to our partnership.

 

Our
clients have exclusive access to complementary yacht brokerage
expertise, and discounts on listing agreements. Whether you’re a
seasoned sailor or just setting sail for the first time, Panama Yacht
Broker has a boat for everyone and can also help you sell your boat when
the time is right.

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/2014-beneteau-oceanis-45-8491335/

CONTACT

 

Charles Badoian

Cell/WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal:

PA +507 6378-8345

US  +1 305-735-1661

Skype: badoian

E: charles@panamayachtbroker.com

https://panamaposse.com/longlines

15) MEET THE FLEET  
⛵

SY MATADOR

Steph & Stuart

SY MATADOR 3 point anchor setup

Wingfoiling in the anchorage

We are Steph and Stuart Morton of Matador of Hamble. We are sailing a British vintage classic: a 1979 Rival 41.

 

We
left England in 2006 with a 3 year plan to sail to New Zealand but
discovered the world is far more interesting than we thought so we’ve
spent 17 years living aboard and visiting fascinating places. We
travelled all over the Mediterranean for 5 years, including the Black
Sea and all the Middle East countries, Greece, Turkey and Italy. To
prove to ourselves that we were indeed real sailors we crossed the
Atlantic in 2011 and sailed the Eastern Caribbean, cycled in Cuba,
threaded the ICW and all the way to Maine and back to Bahamas and
Guatemala. We based ourselves there for 3 years and then broke free and
spent 7 years based in Panama, San Blas and Bocas del Toro. Last year we
escaped through the Panama Canal and we look forward to exploring the
Pacific coast of Mexico and Sea of Cortez. We play Celtic folk music
wherever we go and have recently taken up wingfoiling to stop us getting
older!

 

Look out for our celestial blue hull and come and say hello. 

Celestial Blue hull of SY MATADOR

Stef & Stuart love to play music together and with friends

SY MATADOR 🇬🇧 Stef & Stuart – Rival 41’

 

16) POSSE SWAG

 

 

17)  SAFETY: THE CAPE INDEX: 
WATCH THE NUMBERS 

AS LIGHTENING SEASON APPROACHES 

Squalls and Thunderstorms on display 

PREDICT WIND CAPE

CAPE stands for Convective Available Potential Energy
and is the amount of fuel available to a developing thunderstorm.
More specifically, it describes the instability of the atmosphere
and provides an approximation of updraft strength within a thunderstorm.
CAPE is used by weather officials to understand what the
potential might be for thunderstorms and how powerful those storms might
become if they do materialize.

The
standard measurement of energy is represented as Joules Per Kilogram. A
high CAPE value might also be expressed by weather experts by using the
term “high instability”. When we talk about a highly unstable
atmosphere, CAPE values are usually in excess of 2500 J/kg’s which would
supply ample energy for strong updrafts and violent thunderstorms,
should they develop.

How to Interpret CAPE values using a table and relative text forecast terms.

Severe
thunderstorms require high CAPE values and the higher the CAPE value,
the more energy available to promote thunderstorm growth. However, the
CAPE variable is not a “magic number” that will predict the certainty of
a thunderstorm. But if a thunderstorm does develop, and the CAPE value
is high, then there is a good chance for an “explosive storm”. Below is a
typical CAPE Map in the Caribbean. The Yellow/Orange areas show high
CAPE values.

Example Scrolling over the colors: Yellow Cape Index 
1,793 =  Moderate Risk of Lightning

SHIPPING TO PANAMA JUST GOT EASIER AND CHEAPER 

18)  MUST SEE: 

CASCO VIEJO, PANAMA 🇵🇦 

Casco
Viejo (Old Quarter), also known as Casco Antiguo or San Felipe, is the
historic district of Panama City. Completed and settled in 1673, it was
built following the near-total destruction of the original Panamá city
by Governor Juan Perez de Guzman who had it set on fire, before the
attack and looting by the pirate and fellow seafarer Henry Morgan.
Casco Viejo is in the process of being completely revitalized.
The architecture is being preserved as old buildings are being
given a new breath of life

Casco Viejo Panama

Plaza de la Independencia  and Catedral Metropolitana 

Museo del Canal and the gentrification of Casco Viejo read more about it here

 

http://salttrails.com/the-gentrification-of-casco-viejo-panama/

 

Convento Arco Chato Casco Viejo, Panama

American Trade Boutique Hotel

Humpback Whales

Casco Viejo framed with blooming tree

https://panamaposse.com/casco-viejo

 

19)  FOR SALE: SY BISOU

After
10 wonderful years of cruising, it’s time for our beautiful Fountaine
Pajot Helia 44 catamaran (2014)  to find a new owner.  “BISOU” is
the Maestro version (owners’ layout with three queen-sized cabins) and
has been meticulously maintained. She is fully equipped for offshore
cruising and ready to go. North, south or across the Pacific. “BISOU” is in Paradise Village Marina, Mexico and can be viewed by appointment.

For a full listing follow this link

https://www.vallartayachts.net/boats-for-sale/2014-fountaine-pajot-helia-44-puerto-vallarta-mexico-9307596/

 

20)  75+ PANAMA POSSE MARINA SPONSORS 

🇺🇸 Safe Harbor South Bay – Chula Vista, USA

🇺🇸 Safe Harbor Ventura Isle –  Ventura, USA

🇲🇽 Cruise Port Village – 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  

🇨🇷 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 

🇵🇦 La Playita Marina – Panama

🇵🇦 Flamenco Marina – Panama

🇵🇦 Solarte  Marina – Panama

🇵🇦 Turtle Cay Marina – Panama

🇨🇴 ClubNautico Cartagena – Colombia 

🇨🇴 Club de Pesca Marina Cartagena – Colombia 

🇨🇴 Manzanillo Marina Club – 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 

Coffee Bluff Marina  Savannah GA 🇺🇸 Sponsors the Panama Posse

31° 56.115′ N 081° 09.29′ W

• Coffee
  bluff marina is effectively positioned on the southside of Savannah in a
  scenic, historic and quiet setting far from visitors and congestion.
  Coffee bluff marina is a full service  marina. Fueldock with marine
  gasoline, diesel,  bait,  fishing tackle, hats, t-shirts, ice
  and concessions. The newly constructed marina has a modern boat hoist
  rated for 20,000 lbs and today’s greater-wide cement floating docks. Our
  jetty additionally has trendy aluminum ramps for clean dock access
  together with a handicap ramp that offers very comfy slopes at all
  tides. 

21)  PANAMA POSSE SPONSORS 

• BELIZE TOURISM
• CHRIS PARKER – MARINE WEATHER CENTER
• DELTA MIKE MARINE SUPPLY PANAMA
• DOWNWIND MARINE
• FLOR DE CAÑA
• HERTZ RENTAL CARS  MEXICO
• HOME DEPOT PRO MEXICO
• LATITUDES AND ATTITUDES  
• PANAMA YACHT BROKER
• PREDICT WIND
• SAFE HARBOR SOUTH BAY MARINA EVENT CENTER  
• SAN DIEGO MARINE EXCHANGE
• SEVENSTAR YACHT TRANSPORT
• WAYPOINT YACHT SERVICES
• WESTMARINE PRO
• YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS  
   

 SEVENSTAR YACHT TRANSPORT 
⛵ SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE

22) 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

23) WAYPOINT YACHT SERVICES

“Our
vision is to provide a top tier service to our customers while covering
every potential need they may have when approaching shore. 

Small
yachts (up to 38.1 meters LOA) are expected to experience substantial
delays, and in the meantime, we will be able and willing to help you
mitigate this impact and serve you.

 Contact us today through panama@waypointyacht.com

Panama
has a wide range of ecosystems including cloud forests,
wetlands, mangroves, mountain ranges to tropical rain-forests. The
apex predator in the Panamanian jungle is undoubtedly the jaguar.

24) STRATEGIC PARTNERS

 

SSCA

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

25) MORE POSSE NEWS FROM 
AROUND THE OCEANS

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voyage between the  Mediterranean  and  the Caribbean 

26) SOUTH PACIFIC POSSE SEASON 4 UNDERWAY 

 Monoriki Island in Fiji ( “Wilson !!! )

The Pacific Posse Season is underway check the tracks  
 SUBSCRIBE TO SOUTH PACIFIC POSSE FLEET UPDATES 

South Pacific Posse burgees available now FRENCH POLYNESIA 

The iconic Anchorage in Bay of Virgins (Baie de Vierges) Fatu Hiva

Nawi Island Event August 31 2024 – come party and mingle with the Cruising Fleet 

French
Polynesia is beautiful and unfortunately with limited marina space –
additional visa requirements. Join the Pacific Posse to look beyond Bora
Bora and discover the whole of the South Pacific not just 130 islands
of  French Polynesia

WE OPERATE UNDER INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW

YOUR VESSEL · YOUR CREW · YOUR RESPONSIBILITY 

 OUR MISSION

• Make traveling for yacht owners easier, transparent and better informed.
• Generate group buying power with discounts in marinas and with service providers
• Pass on relevant information to help fellow participants in a timely manner without personal opinions
• Identify, document and reduce risks
• Allow for flexibility and reduce pressures due to schedules