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PACIFIC ROUTES

SOUTH BOUND
๐บ๐ธ SAN DIEGO – ENSENADA ๐ฒ๐ฝ
65 nm
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๐ฒ๐ฝ ENSENADA – TURTLE BAY
300 nm
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๐ฒ๐ฝ TURTLE BAY – CABO SAN LUCAS
460 nm
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๐ฒ๐ฝ CABO SAN LUCAS – Puerto Vallarta
370 nm
๐ฒ๐ฝ PUERTO VALLARTA – BARRA DE NAVIDAD
160 nm
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๐ฒ๐ฝ BARRA DE NAVIDAD – ZIHUATANEJO
215 nm
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๐ฒ๐ฝ ZIHUATANEJO – ACAPULCO – HUATULCO
360 nm
๐ฒ๐ฝ HUATULCO – CHIAPAS
253 nm
๐ฒ๐ฝ CHIAPAS – PUERTO QUETZAL ๐ฌ๐น
115 NM
๐ณ๐ฎ SAN JUAN DEL SUR - BAHIA SANTA ELENA ๐จ๐ท 30 nm
๐จ๐ท BAHIA SANTA ELENA - BAHIA COCOS 50 nm
๐จ๐ท BAHIA COCOS - BAHIA BALLENA 110 nm
๐จ๐ท BAHIA BALLENA - GOLFO DE NICOYA - BAHIA HERRADURA 90 nm
๐จ๐ท BAHIA HERRADURA - BAHIA DRAKE 100 nm
๐จ๐ท BAHIA DRAKE - GOLFO DULCE - GOLFITO 90 nm
๐จ๐ท GOLFITO - CABO MATAPALO ๐ต๐ฆ 60 nm
๐ต๐ฆ PUNTA BALSA / BURUCA
ISLAS SECAS - ISLA MEDIDORA
91 nm
๐ต๐ฆ BAHIA HONDA - COIBA_ISLAND - ENSANDA NARANJO
90 nm
๐ต๐ฆ ALTERNATIVE: BAHIA HONDA - ENSANDA NARANJO
60 nm
๐ต๐ฆ ENSANDA NARANJO - VISTA MAR MARINA
130 nm
๐ต๐ฆ VISTA MAR MARINA - ISLAS PERLAS - FUERTE AMADOR
160 nm
๐ต๐ฆ FUERTE AMADOR - PANAMA CANAL - SHELTER BAY MARINA
48 nm
NORTH BOUND
๐ต๐ฆ SHELTER BAY MARINA - PANAMA CANAL - FUERTE AMADOR
48 nm

๐ต๐ฆ FUERTE AMADOR - ISLAS PERLAS - VISTA MAR MARINA -
160 nm

๐ต๐ฆ VISTA MAR MARINA - ENSANDA NARANJO
130 nm

๐ต๐ฆ ENSANDA NARANJO - BAHIA HONDA
60 nm

๐ต๐ฆ ALTERNTIVE ROUTE: ENSANDA NARANJO - COIBA_ISLAND - BAHIA HONDA -
90 nm

๐ต๐ฆ ISLA MEDIDORA - ISLAS SECAS
PUNTA BALSA / BURUCA
91 nm

๐ต๐ฆ PUNTA BALSA / BURICA - GOLFITO ๐จ๐ท
60 nm

๐จ๐ท GOLFITO - GOLFO DULCE - BAHIA DRAKE
90 nm

๐จ๐ท BAHIA DRAKE - BAHIA HERRADURA
100 nm

๐จ๐ท BAHIA HERRADURA - GOLFO DE NICOYA - BAHIA BALLENA -
90 nm

๐จ๐ท BAHIA BALLENA - BAHIA COCOS
110 nm

๐จ๐ท BAHIA COCOS - BAHIA SANTA ELENA
50 nm

๐จ๐ท BAHIA SANTA ELENA - SAN JUAN DEL SUR ๐ณ๐ฎ
30 nm

๐จ๐ท BAHIA SANTA ELENA - SAN JUAN DEL SUR ๐ณ๐ฎ
30 nm

๐ณ๐ฎ SAN JUAN DEL SUR - MARINA PUESTA DEL SOL
125 nm

๐ณ๐ฎ MARINA PUESTA DEL SOL
GOLF DE FONSECA ๐ญ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ป
- 60nm

๐ณ๐ฎ MARINA PUESTA DEL SOL - ISLA EL TIGRE
GOLF DE FONSECA - 60nm ๐ญ๐ณ

๐ญ๐ณ SAN LORENZO RIVER - GOLFO DE FONSECA ๐ญ๐ณ
25 nm

๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ป GOLFO DE FONSECA - BAHIA DEL SOL ๐ธ๐ป
80 nm

๐ธ๐ป BAHIA DEL SOL - PUERTO QUETZAL - ๐ฌ๐น
125 nm

๐ฌ๐น PUERTO QUETZAL - CHIAPAS ๐ฒ๐ฝ
115 NM

๐ฒ๐ฝ CHIAPAS - HUATULCO
253 nm

๐ฒ๐ฝ HUATULCO - ACAPULCO - ZIHUATANEJO
360 nm

๐ฒ๐ฝ ZIHUATANEJO - BARRA DE NAVIDAD
215 nm

๐ฒ๐ฝ BARRA DE NAVIDAD - PUERTO VALLARTA
160 nm

๐ฒ๐ฝ PUERTO VALLARTA - CABO SAN LUCAS
370 nm

๐ฒ๐ฝ CABO SAN LUCAS - TURTLE BAY
460 nm

๐ฒ๐ฝ TURTLE BAY - ENSENADA
300 nm

๐ฒ๐ฝ ENSENADA MX - SAN DIEGO ๐บ๐ธ
65 nm

WESTERN CARIBBEAN ROUTES

NORTH BOUND
๐ต๐ฆ WEST BOUND
๐ต๐ฆ SHELTER BAY MARINA - BOCAS DEL TORO
170 NM

๐ต๐ฆ BOCAS DEL TORO - SAN ANDRÉS ๐จ๐ด
200 NM

๐ต๐ฆ EAST BOUND
๐ต๐ฆ SHELTER BAY MARINA - PUNTA SAN BLAS BLAS
77 nm

๐ต๐ฆ ISLA TIGRE SAN BLAS - PUERTO OBALIDIA
81 nm

๐ต๐ฆ PUERTO OBALIDIA - SAPZURRO ๐จ๐ด
10 nm

ROUTE via CARIBBEAN MAINLAND
๐ต๐ฆ PUERTO-OBALIDIA - SAPZURRO ๐จ๐ด
10 nm

๐จ๐ด SAPZURRO - CARTAGENA
160 nm

๐จ๐ด CARTAGENA - BARANQUILLA - SANTA MARTA
130 nm

๐จ๐ด SANTA MARTA - BAHIA HONDITA
200 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐จ๐ด SANTA MARTA COLOMBIA - KINGSTON JAMAICA ๐ฏ๐ฒ
430 nm

ROUTE via COLOMBIAN OFFSHORE ISLANDS
๐ต๐ฆ BOCAS DEL TORO - ALBUQUERQUE CAY ๐จ๐ด
200 nm

ALBUQUERQUE CAY - SAN ANDRES - SANTA CATALINA ๐จ๐ด
80 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐จ๐ด SANTA MARTA COLOMBIA - KINGSTON JAMAICA ๐ฏ๐ฒ
430 nm

๐ฏ๐ฒ KINGSTON HARBOUR - MONTEGO BAY
SOUTHERN ROUTE - 160 nm

๐ฏ๐ฒ KINGSTON HARBOUR - PORT ANTONIO
NORTHERN ROUTE - 55 nm

๐ฏ๐ฒ PORT ANTONIO - OCHO RIOS
NORTHERN ROUTE - 45 nm

๐ฏ๐ฒ OCHO_RIOS - MONTEGO BAY
NORTHERN ROUTE 55 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ฏ๐ฒ MONTEGO BAY JAMAICA - GRAND CAYMAN ISLANDS ๐ฐ๐พ
220 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ฏ๐ฒ KINGSTON JAMAICA - SANTIAGO DE CUBA ๐จ๐บ
180 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ฏ๐ฒ MONTEGO BAY JAMAICA - GRAND CAYMAN ISLANDS ๐ฐ๐พ
220 nm

๐ฐ๐พ GRAND BRAC - LITTLE CAYMAN - EAST END
70 nm

๐ฐ๐พ GRAND CAYMAN EAST END - SOUTH COAST - NORTH LAGOON ENTRANCE
70 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ฐ๐พ GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND - SWAN ISLAND HONDURAS ๐ญ๐ณ
185 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ฐ๐พ GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND - SWAN ISLAND HONDURAS ๐ญ๐ณ
185 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ญ๐ณ SWAN ISLAND - OFFSHORE
GUANAJA_ISLAND SAVANNAH BIGHT
120 nm

๐ญ๐ณ GUANAJA SLAND HONDURAS
24 nm

๐ญ๐ณ ROATAN_ EAST
24 nm

๐ญ๐ณ ROATAN_ SOUTH WEST
20 nm

๐ญ๐ณ ROATAN_ SW - UTILA
30 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ญ๐ณ UTILA HONDURAS
GUANAJA_ISLAND SAVANNAH BIGHT- LIVINGSTON GUATEMALA ๐ฌ๐น
106 nm

๐ฌ๐น LIVINGSTON - PUNTA GORDA ๐ง๐ฟ 18 nm

๐ง๐ฟ PUNTA GORDA - 45 nm

๐ง๐ฟ - SEAL CAY 70 nm

๐ง๐ฟ - SOUTH EAST 20 nm

๐ง๐ฟ - CENTRAL BELIZE 60 nm

๐ง๐ฟ - TOP CENTRAL BELIZE 50 nm

๐ง๐ฟ - NORTH BELIZE 20 nm

CUBA

SOUTH BOUND
๐ฌ๐น LIVINGSTON - PUNTA GORDA ๐ง๐ฟ 18 nm

๐ง๐ฟ PUNTA GORDA - 45 nm

๐ง๐ฟ - SEAL CAY 70 nm

๐ง๐ฟ - SOUTH EAST 20 nm

๐ง๐ฟ - CENTRAL BELIZE 60 nm

๐ง๐ฟ - TOP CENTRAL BELIZE 50 nm

๐ง๐ฟ - NORTH BELIZE 20 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ฐ๐พ GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND - SWAN ISLAND HONDURAS ๐ญ๐ณ
185 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ญ๐ณ SWAN ISLAND - OFFSHORE
GUANAJA_ISLAND SAVANNAH BIGHT
120 nm

๐ญ๐ณ GUANAJA SLAND HONDURAS
24 nm

๐ญ๐ณ ROATAN_ EAST
24 nm

๐ญ๐ณ ROATAN_ SOUTH WEST
20 nm

๐ญ๐ณ ROATAN_ SW - UTILA
30 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ญ๐ณ UTILA HONDURAS
GUANAJA_ISLAND SAVANNAH BIGHT- LIVINGSTON GUATEMALA ๐ฌ๐น
106 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ฏ๐ฒ MONTEGO BAY JAMAICA - GRAND CAYMAN ISLANDS ๐ฐ๐พ
220 nm

๐ฐ๐พ GRAND BRAC - LITTLE CAYMAN - EAST END
70 nm

๐ฐ๐พ GRAND CAYMAN EAST END - SOUTH COAST - NORTH LAGOON ENTRANCE
70 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ฐ๐พ GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND - SWAN ISLAND HONDURAS ๐ญ๐ณ
185 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐จ๐ด SANTA MARTA COLOMBIA - KINGSTON JAMAICA ๐ฏ๐ฒ
430 nm

๐ฏ๐ฒ KINGSTON HARBOUR - MONTEGO BAY
SOUTHERN ROUTE - 160 nm

๐ฏ๐ฒ KINGSTON HARBOUR - PORT ANTONIO
NORTHERN ROUTE - 55 nm

๐ฏ๐ฒ PORT ANTONIO - OCHO RIOS
NORTHERN ROUTE - 45 nm

๐ฏ๐ฒ OCHO_RIOS - MONTEGO BAY
NORTHERN ROUTE 55 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ฏ๐ฒ MONTEGO BAY JAMAICA - GRAND CAYMAN ISLANDS ๐ฐ๐พ
220 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐ฏ๐ฒ KINGSTON JAMAICA - SANTIAGO DE CUBA ๐จ๐บ
180 nm

ROUTE via CARIBBEAN MAINLAND
๐ต๐ฆ PUERTO-OBALIDIA - SAPZURRO ๐จ๐ด
10 nm

๐จ๐ด SAPZURRO - CARTAGENA
160 nm

๐จ๐ด CARTAGENA - BARANQUILLA - SANTA MARTA
130 nm

๐จ๐ด SANTA MARTA - BAHIA HONDITA
200 nm

OFFSHORE PASSAGE
๐จ๐ด SANTA MARTA COLOMBIA - KINGSTON JAMAICA ๐ฏ๐ฒ
430 nm

ROUTE via COLOMBIAN OFFSHORE ISLANDS
๐ต๐ฆ BOCAS DEL TORO - ALBUQUERQUE CAY ๐จ๐ด
200 nm

ALBUQUERQUE CAY - SAN ANDRES - SANTA CATALINA ๐จ๐ด
80 nm

๐ต๐ฆ PUNTA BALSA / BURUCA
ISLAS SECAS - ISLA MEDIDORA
91 nm
๐ต๐ฆ BAHIA HONDA - COIBA_ISLAND - ENSANDA NARANJO
90 nm
๐ต๐ฆ ALTERNATIVE: BAHIA HONDA - ENSANDA NARANJO
60 nm
๐ต๐ฆ ENSANDA NARANJO - VISTA MAR MARINA
130 nm
๐ต๐ฆ VISTA MAR MARINA - ISLAS PERLAS - FUERTE AMADOR
160 nm
๐ต๐ฆ FUERTE AMADOR - PANAMA CANAL - SHELTER BAY MARINA
48 nm
JOINING FROM OTHER AREAS

LESSER ANTILLES
WHITE DOG SAILS reports
Many of you ask how It went, so here is a quick recap.
The leg Aruba to Colombia is pretty tricky to sail compared to the rest of the Caribbean and high on the โWorld dangerous sailing spots Top100โ list. There are a few points of consideration if you are not familiar with those waters. You may use it or not, your choice. We did it only once. But we spent some time researching and talking to locals, and this is what we learned and experienced.
- Never leave Aruba if the winds are 25+kn ( check the gusts!)
- Stay away from the Venezuelan coast as far as you can, due to recent piracy attacks.
- Make sure you donโt rely on just wind forecast. It is necessary to take into account gusts, rain, and thunderstorms activity.
- Stay about 20miles off Gallinas (2) and Punta de la Vela (3). If Punta de la Vela is rough (waves or counter current) โ make it 50nm โ no joke, boats are lost there regularly.
- Gallinas is the most northern point of Colombia. Sea bottom there forms the narrow trench between the eastern and western Caribbean Sea. That means an increased speed of the current, which reaches 2kn+, speeds up the swell and shortens the period. Even with the easy winds, you feel that your boat is acting a bit weird.
- The coast between Gallinas and Punta de la Vela produces a big night breeze. (Day breeze as well, but it goes towards the land, and it is not felt that much offshore). It can reach the wind force up to 40kn, and it is visible on the weather charts only if you have a close look at the coastal points. The breeze starts between 10pm till about 1am. It is better to avoid that time.
- The coast between Punta de la Vela (3) and Santa Marta (4) is high mountains. The highest peak, Pico de Columbus 5775m, is located only 42km inland. This is the highest coastal mountain in the world. This mountain range โ Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta โ stops all small systems from the East and creates big cumulonimbus that seems to stick to the land. If there is a tropical wave on the way, thunderstorms will travel along across the Caribbean Sea.
- If you go further south to Puerto Velero (6) or Cartagena (past Barranquilla), make sure that you cross river Magdalena (5)ย during the day. There is 4-5s swell coming from the northeast (in no-wind conditions reaching over 2m), and there is a counter-current from the south. When the current intensifies, the swell period shortens. River spits a lot of debris (Magdalena is the biggest river in Colombia). Locals talk about dead cows and trees. We saw massive tree logs and floating islands of branches, grass, and leaves, we didnโt see any cows ;).
- Thunderstorms are not a joke here, activity lowers from December to March.
- Punta de la Vela has an infamous reputation for killing sailors and breaking boats, so take it seriously.
- By Barranquilla and Santa Marta, the traffic is bigger than everywhere in the Caribbean. Ships areย mostlyย visible on the AIS and pretty responsive.
- Locals sail close to the coast, but still, they mind the timing at points 2,3, and 5.
We had an interesting passage: wind-wise super easy, thunderstorms- super stressful. Due to big currents and thunderstorms, we had to slow down, speed up, and zigzag to avoid the extensive lightning activity (even if the weather forecast returned a very low cape factor value, the thunderstorms were basically everywhere). As for forecasting, the ECMWF model was better for the wind and rain (and was better everywhere in the Caribbean), for thunderstorms โ GFS.
Next time we will write about the cost of entrance and fee for the agency. Weโve heard so far that bay-hopping doesnโt really make much sense because you have to pay for the Zarape and agent every time you move outside the district. We are leaving White Dog in the marina and starting the backpacking trip soon.


































































PANAMA POSSE ROUTES
YOUR CENTRAL AMERICAN PACIFIC ROUTE WITHOUT A SET SCHEDULEย
Our mission is to connect California with Florida and vice versa via the Panama Canal and have the latest and most detailed route information available to our participants – we also a want to offer discounts with Marinas and service providers wherever possible, As such every participants will scout, recordย and verify conditions, deals and discounts and are in 24/7 touch via ourย group app to communicate these findings to the fleet. It’s an awesome network of skippers captains and seafarers which work collectively to make it better.
Relevant seminars will be recorded and made available to all participants electronicallyย
If you want a sense of timing click here for a sample schedule ยป
Please keep a close eye on weather – this route has distinct weather sections ยป
Southbound Pacific
or ANYWHERE BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND PANAMA
– We will sail in a leisurely frog leaping fashion from the Costa Alegre on the Pacific Coast of Mexico- towards Panama.Alternatively the “Counter” Posse meets in Panama (Vista Mar Marina)ย and heads NW starting in October of
Click on the route image below for an interactive Goodnautical map.
You are free to sail ahead – follow us later – or stay behind at any time.The main choke points on this route are the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Papagayo winds.This is good training ground for reefing and weather forecasting.
CARIBBEAN – HEADING NORTH FROM PANAMA OR COLOMBIA
CARIBBEAN – HEADING TOWARDS THE PANAMA CANAL
CHECK THE PACIFIC ROUTE
SAN DIEGO – PANAMA CANAL
There are over 350 verified anchorages and 13+ Marinas along the Pacific Coast.
Here are some of the mayor stops you will be able to day hop most of the way up or down the Pacific Coast
CHECK THE CARIBBEANย ROUTE
PANAMA CANAL – FLORIDA
There are over 400+ anchoragesย and 15+marinas along the Western Caribbean Basinย Coast. And this season we will collect and verify the Caribbean route.
Northbound (counter) Posse
Northbound vessels have a different timing and get a chance to meet all the southbound vessels – there are specific weather related issues and of course prevailing winds and currents are challenging.
Leave Panama at the end of October and make your way up the coast – keep a close eye on swells abd the CAPE Index ( Lightning ) .
Vista Mar Marina
Ensenada Venao
Ensenada Naranjo
Bahia Honda
Isla Seca
Isla Parida
Punta Rincon
Banana Bay Marina , Golfito
Drake Bay
Punta Catedral – Manuel Antonio Park
Marina Pez Vela
Punta Leona
Punta Naranjo
Isla Cedros
Bahia Ballena
Bahia Samara
Playa Coco
Marina Papagayo
COSTA RICA –
San Juan del Sur
Marina Puesta del Sol
NICARAGUA –
Isla el Tigre
HONDURAS –
Marina Hotel Bahia del Sol
EL SALVADOR – New Year –
GUATEMALA – The majority of the fleet will skip across here ยป
Marina Chiapas
Marina Chahue ( anchor nearby closed due to silting)
Acapulco Vicente’s Moorings
Zihuatanejo
Isla Ixtapa
Bahia Santiago
Tenacatita
Marina Puerto de la Navidad
SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CARIBBEAN AND CONSIDERING JOINING THE POSS
It all depends what your next destination is ?
The moment you plan to head West / South West towards Colombia / Panama or Jamaica from the Eastern Caribbean / Lesser Antilles – you will find benefits in joining the Panama Posse.
We do not sail on a schedule so there is no right time to join in – but the moment you are getting near our areas of influence
you will save money andย time and meet new friendly vessels to buddy up with.
Registration provides you with the following benefits – ( panamaposse.com/benefits) including a dedicated and discounted Panama Canal Agent.
Here is a Map and list of Sponsoring marinasย https://panamaposse.com/sponsors