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PANAMA  POSSE  23·24  |  Season 7 |   SUBSCRIBE >>









2024-01-21 >>

Pictures of the Week

  • Micro Posses Here and There ?? ?? ??
  • Season 7 Award Entries: Biggest Fish Caught, Most Unwanted Guest, & Photo of the Year
  • Posse Kids (Big and Little) Fishing and Catching ?? ?? ??
  • Seeking Shelter From the South Swell Little Known Coves in the Perlas, Panama are Revealed ??
  • Good Nautical: Ipala Mexico ??
  • Posse Perk: Free Tracking: Sign up!
  • Meet the Fleet: SY PATHFINDER
  • Security Alert: 3 steps to keeping your dinghy safe
  • MUST SEE: Copper Canyon, ??

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PANAMA  POSSE  22·23 |  Season 6 |    SUBSCRIBE >>

 







2023-04-23 >>

Drakes Bay

  • PICTURES OF THE WEEK
    MEET THE FLEET: SY QUESO GRANDE
    EMERGENCY NUMBERS & GREEN ZONES IN PANAMA
    NICARAGUA, COLUMBIA, HONDURAS: PIRATE ALLEY
    COURAGE AWARD AND MOST UNINVITED VISITORS
    SOLO SEA TRIAL TO CUBA
    TRANSITIONING FROM SEASON 6 TO SEASON 7
    BAHIA SANTA ELENA ?? COSTA RICA
    FOOD FESTIVALS IN ?? BELIZE LOBSTERFEST &CACAOFEST
    LAND TRIP: PUERTO MADERO THREE PART TOUR IN CHIAPAS ?? MEXICO
    CINCO DE MAYO: HISTORY, SIGNIFICANCE & CELEBRATION
    SY PATHFINDER CROSSES THE EQUATOR

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2023-03-19 >>

FLEET UPDATE

  • VISTA MAR MARINA PARTY WITH FLOR DE CAÑA
  • LIGHTNING
  • SAN BLAS ??   REVISTED
  • MARINA PUERTO BAHIA ?? DR
  • ISLA ISABELLA ??  MEXICO
  • OFF THE BEATEN PATH ?? EL SALVADOR
  • SIGNINGS ON THE BARREL OF HOPE
  • CHIMERA’S ?? COLOMBIA
  • MEET THE NEW EDITOR
  • PANAMA POSSE SWAG
  • SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS ?? MEXICO

READ MORE >>


2023-03-03 >>

San Blas

    • SAVE THE DATE MAY 22
    • ISLA BONA ?? PANAMA
    • CROSSING UNDER BRIDGES
    • PANAMA POSSE ? PARTIES
    • GOOD ANCHORAGE ⚓
    • ZIHUATANEJO GUITAR FESTIVAL ?
    • SEEKER CONQUERS ?? NICARAGUA
    • LATITUDES AND ATTITUDES
    • ? BOAT DOGS
    • SPIRIT OF EXPLORATION
    • ? OCEAN CLASSICS
    • ⚠️ Security Alert
    • ? YACHT FOR SALE

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2023-02-21 >>

Isla Parida Panama

  • REPORT FROM BOCAS DEL TORO ?? PANAMA
  • CONTINUING THE JOURNEY ?? MEXICO PACIFIC
  • SUPER BOWL? PANAMA POSSE YACHT PARTIES
  • MONKEY ? ON THE BEACH
  • ⚠️ GREASY LINES ALERT ?? PANAMA
  • MEET THE FLEET ⛵
  • DISCOVERY BAY ?? JAMAICA
  • SAVE THE DATE ? MAY 21 VISTA MAR MARINA
  • PANAMA POSSE? YACHT FOR SALE

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2022-11-08 >>


Careening for free
?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??

  • UNINVITED VISITORS
  • BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT AWARD
  • BARRA DE NAVIDAD ?? MX  KICK OFF EVENT
  • FORESHADOWING  “SEA SHANTIES”
  • THE HOISTING OF THE BURGEES CONTINUE …
  • CAREENING IN EL SALVADOR
  • LATE SEASON TROPICAL STORM NICOLE
  • “IN PORT SAFETY”
  • CASCO VIEJO ??  PANAMA
  • SUN POWERED YACHTS ☀️⛵ SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE
  • SAILING WITH PETS IN CENTRAL AMERICA  AND THE CARIBBEAN

READ MORE >>

2022-10-30 >>


?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??

  • DAY OF THE DEAD
  • SAN DIEGO & THE BARREL
  • INVOCATION OF THE FLEET
  • 230 VESSELS & 19 ENSIGNS
  • HOISTING OF THE BURGEES
  • LONG LINE ⚠️DANGERS
  • THE BAJA PENINSULA RUN – EASY 750 NM
  • MUST SEE: SIAN KAʼAN BIOSPHERE ?? MEXICO
  • OCEAN POSSE PARTY @ SHELTER BAY FRIDAY FEBRUARY 03 ‘23
  • CLIMATOLOGY

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2022-10-20 >>

THE PANAMA POSSE BARREL
?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??

    • Meet The Fleet
    • Introducing The Barrel 
    • Every Season Begins With The Howler Monkey
    • Open Cpn Seminar Date Oct 23rd 10:30 Am Pst Seminar Schedule
    • Free Rum & Free Music and Meet The Fleet  
    • Emergency  Information And Contact Info Remember #sar
    • Join The FB Group To Share Pictures And Informal Chatting
    • Weekly Line Calls Every Monday  15:30 Utc | 16:00 Utc 
    • 40 Must Sees Along The Route
    • Before You Head South – Considerations

 

READ MORE >>


2022-09-27 >>

Fleet update Tropical Waves in Central America
?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??

  • 173 VESSELS FROM 13 ENSIGNS
  • HOISTING OF THE BURGEES
  • UNINVITED VISITORS
  • PANAMA POSSE SWAG
  • DIESEL BUG FUEL
  • KICK OFF WEEK MEXICO
  • SATURDAY INTRODUCTORY ZOOM CALL
  • ANNAPOLIS BOAT SHOW BOOTH #VB10
  • CALIFORNIA LAUNCH PARTY SAN DIEGO
  • MUST SEE LA RUTA DEL CAFE
  • OCEAN POSSE PARTY @ SHELTER BAY PANAMA

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PANAMA  POSSE  21·22  |  Season 5 |   SUBSCRIBE >>

 

 


2021-09-05 >>

The Marina at South Bank,

· REGISTRATION FOR THE 21·22 SEASON NOW OPEN
· PANAMA POSSE FLEET TRACKING
· 21·22 PANAMA POSSE
· SPECIAL KICK OFF EVENT
· PANAMA POSSE KICKOFF & SEMINAR WEEK MEXICO
· HURRICANE NORA
· MUST SEE’S ALONG THE PANAMA POSSE ROUTE
· PANAMA POSSE AREA OF OPERATION
· VESSEL CHECK LIST
· SOUTH BANK MARINA in TURKS AND CAICOS
· OFFICIAL PANAMA CANAL AGENT

21-09-05 READ MORE >>


PANAMA  POSSE  20·21  |  Season 4  |   SUBSCRIBE >>






















PANAMA POSSE 19·20 | SEASON 3 | SUBSCRIBE >>


PANAMA POSSE 18·19 | SEASON 2 |SUBSCRIBE >>

2019-06-01 >>


Season Finale

• VISTA MAR, PANAMA POSSE FINALE CELEBRATION
• TAKE THE PANAMA POSSE SURVEY
• DEALING WITH AN INSURANCE CLAIM
• HURRICANE SEASON
• THANKING ALL OF OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
• GOOD BYE – UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN !
• WATCH THE VIDEO !
• https://youtu.be/xhViPrbmB_M
2019-06-01 >> READ MORE

2019-05-22 >>


Season weather systems in the SE PACIFIC

• YOU KNOW THE OLD MAN
• NEEDING A RIDE IN PANAMA CITY OR TO/FROM SHELTER BAY CALL CARLOS
• BAHÍA DEL SOL BAR IS CLOSED THIS WEEK DUE TO THE SWELL CONDITIONS MAKING CROSSINGS DANGEROUS
• DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD,AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
• DISTURBANCE MOVES SLOWLY WESTWARD TO THE SOUTH OF MEXICO
2019-05-22 >> READ MORE












2019-01-31 >>
PANAMA POSSE SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD
• ALUXES WILDLIFE PARK, PALENQUE: LOVE BIRDS
• MAGICAL, QUAINT CITY, SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS
• TAKING THE FAST WAY DOWN ON A ZIP LINE
• MIGUEL HELPING US PROVISION AT WALMART
• FISHVICIOUS HAS TRANSITED THE PANAMA CANAL
• IT TOOK 17 DAYS FROM MARINA PUESTA DEL SOL TO BAHIA ELENA. TOUGH, TOUGH DAYS
• PANAMA POSSE TIP USE QUERY@SAILDOCS.COM PUT ANYTHING IN THE SUBJECT LINE – IN THE BODY PUT GET OFFPZ7
2019-01-31 >> READ MORE









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? FOR CURRENT PARTICIPANTS ONLY

Save the date

Dear Panama Posse participants;

 

Below are the dates for seminars here in Marina Puerto de La Navidad and the Panama Posse Launch Party.

  • Tuesday 21st at 3 PM – OpenCPN - Free route planning and navigation tool -   2 hours*
  • Monday 27th at 3 PM   – Route planning & Weather  - 2 hours*
  • Tuesday 28th at 3 PM  - Weather - concepts and best practices  - 2 hours*
  • Wednesday 29th 3 PM  - Q&A
  • Wednesday29t following the Q&A  the official launch party -
    (stay tuned for details – for panama posse participants only)

    *in the air conditioned marina office confrence room at Marina Puerto la Navidad / Barra


First Burgee is flying

Dear fellow Panama Posse vessels !

SV Carinthia is proudly flying the Panama Posse Burgee.

Please pick up your burgee or drop by SV Carinthia.

Our tentative schedule for deliveries is
Sun 11/5 - Wed 11/8 in La Cruz, Nayarit
Mon 11/13 -> forward in Barra de Navidad

PANAMA POSSE BURGEE

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Last day for T shirt and Burgees

THIS IS IT - LAST CHANCE TO ORDER YOUR T-SHIRTS and BURGEE'S

LAST DAY TO ORDER October 16th !

The Panama Posse burgee will be a high quality doubled-sided sewn burgee that will last well beyond its actual time in use.  We are having them made this way because we know that folks will want to keep and display them as a memento and reminder of the great times we all will, surely, share.  The cost of each burgee to Panama Posse members is $25.00 – which is less than the actual cost Thanks, Suzanne and Dietmar !

 

Also available, but certainly not required, are T-Shirts and Tank Tops in both Men’s and Women’s styles.  Each shirt will have the Panama Posse Logo printed on the front as well as the names of each vessel (the fleet) and a smaller logo on the back.  The garments are a white cotton/poly blend which tends to be more comfortable in the heat and wears better for longer.  The cost of the shirts is $20.00 each – which should pay for the shirts, shipping to us, and IVA.  If there is anything left over, we will use those funds to purchase libations for our send-off party in Barra de Navidad.

 

You are not required to purchase a shirt in order to have your vessel’s name printed on the back, but those who don’t purchase a burgee will, of course, not be listed.

 

Please respond to this email with a filled out order sheet today - there will be no extra shirts !

 

Please submit this order form specify sizes for shirts
via email and pay your grand total via PAYPAL (link below) 

 

VESSEL NAME  
Current Location  
ITEM QUANTITY Unit Price USD Size (S M L XL XXL) TOTAL
BURGEE   25.00  
Women’s T Shirt   20.00    
Women’s Tank Top   20.00    
Men’s T Shirt   20.00    
Men’s Tank Top   20.00    
Grand Total :  (please cover the paypal costs if in doubt add 5%)
 

 

Please pay the GRAND TOTAL via Paypal (make sure that ALL credit card and paypal fee’s are covered in case of doubt pay 5% more in paypal to cover all fees – otherwise we will refund the money and not process the order)
https://www.paypal.me/goodcruise  indicating your vessel name.

no refunds / no changes / no exceptions otherwise

 

Delivery of these items will be on the dock in Barra de Navidad, in November 2018.

 

 


Captain Pat Rains

Ahoy Capt. Pat

WE LOVE YOUR BOOKS  & thank you for your email !

Attached are a few docs to help your readership's adventure quest and future stories.

We are a self organized group of mariners – we are sized from 27 – 225 feet
as you can see from https://panamaposse.com/vessels

Next years posse group is  getting ready too at

 

  SIGN UP – with title sponsor marina  providing 15-50% slip fee discounts – and more to come – title sponsor BARRA DE NAVIDAD - all we ask you by a burgee  for your vessel.

Our mission is on the front page
https://panamaposse.com/

Our tentative route is thus far @ (LEAPFROG TIMELINE) under

https://panamaposse.com/route

Our specific ports are under

http://route.panamaposse.com/

Several vessel will run communications  on a voluntary basis.

Several vessel will update WEATHER & VESSEL  tracking on a voluntary basis.

THERE ARE NO SET DATES – we hope to leave late Nov – early Dec 2017 and get to Panama in 2018 ( June )

We are NOT governed by time BUT by weather - government regulations -  safety - fun and fellowship.

We will post party and journey pictures as they occur.

Our concept is one of “organized leapfrogging”

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE TO MAKE THIS ROUTE EASIER CAPT PAT !

Warm regards,

captain   |   yachtmaster d i e t m a r     (just one of the posse)

SV CARINTHIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: Pat Rains
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 11:20 PM
To: ****@panamaposse.com
Subject: Media request for graphics

 

Hola, Panama Posse,

Congrats on your new cruisers rally. I’m the author of “Mexico Boating Guide” and “Cruising Ports: the Central American Route,” so I’m all excited for your new venture. Buena Suerte, yatistas.

I also write lots of articles and columns in nautical magazine. Right now I’m doing my Mexico Report column in SEA Magazine on your Panama Posse, to give you some good free press. I tried to register as the boat Angel’s Pearl as a media person, but don’t think that worked. I also signed up for your Newsletter, but that won’t help in time, because my article goes to press next week and comes out in November. I have tons of photos and charts of Barra and the whole route, but what I really need is a high resolution image of either your colorful burgee, or the route map showing the route with little anchor symbols. If you could send one or both of those to me, as a JPG or TIF, I’d appreciate it, along with permission to use them to get the word out for you.

Thanks,

Pat Rains

 


The time has finally arrived.

The time has finally arrived.
It’s time to make the preparations to join the Panama Posse’s inaugural trip South.  

 

In order to get an idea of who is committed to joining us, we are asking that you please reply to this email with the number of burgees you would like to purchase
(at least one is required for each vessel), as well as any T-Shirts or Tank Tops.

 

The Panama Posse burgee will be a high quality doubled-sided sewn burgee that will last well beyond its actual time in use.  We are having them made this way because we know that folks will want to keep and display them as a memento and reminder of the great times we all will, surely, share.  The cost of each burgee to Panama Posse members is $25.00 - which is less than the actual cost Thanks, Suzanne and Dietmar !

 

Also available, but certainly not required, are T-Shirts and Tank Tops in both Men’s and Women’s styles.  Each shirt will have the Panama Posse Logo printed on the front as well as the names of each vessel (the fleet) and a smaller logo on the back.  The garments are a white cotton/poly blend which tends to be more comfortable in the heat and wears better for longer.  The cost of the shirts is $20.00 each - which should pay for the shirts, shipping to us, and IVA.  If there is anything left over, we will use those funds to purchase libations for our send-off party in Barra de Navidad.

 

You are not required to purchase a shirt in order to have your vessel’s name printed on the back, but those who don’t purchase a burgee will, of course, not be listed.

 

Please respond to this email with a filled out order sheet no later than October 15th 2017 !

 

Please submit this order form via email and pay your grand total via PAYPAL (link below) 

 

VESSEL NAME  
Current Location  
ITEM QUANTITY Unit Price USD Size(S M L XL XXL) TOTAL
BURGEE   25.00 NA  
Women’s T Shirt   20.00    
Women’s Tank Top   20.00    
Men’s T Shirt   20.00    
Men’s Tank Top   20.00    
Grand Total :  

 

Please pay the GRAND TOTAL via Paypal (make sure that ALL credit card and paypal fee’s are covered in case of doubt pay 5% more in paypal to cover all fees - otherwise we will refund the money and not process the order)
https://www.paypal.me/goodcruise  indicating your vessel name.

no refunds / no changes / no exceptions otherwise

 

Delivery of these items will be on the dock in Barra de Navidad, in November 2018.

 

      (mock up’s / actual items may vary)

 

PANAMA POSSE


Papagay winds are designed to test you and yoru gear

Downwind Marine Kick off Party Invite

Dear Panama Posse !

If any of your Rally participants are passing through San Diego in October 2017 - have them stop by our store near the harbor and/or attend any of our Fall Cruising Events - see attached.

We have a big Party planned for anyone cruising or interested in cruising - to be held Saturday, October 21 -
Find more info on our Cruising Season Kick-Off Party at our website: https://www.downwindmarine.com/links/events.html

It would be an honor to have the Pamana Posse represented at the party too!
Just let me know ahead of time if possible - but if not, any participant
for the Posse can just show up that day and we'll find room for them.

All the best from the Crew at Downwind Marine
Marcia Hilmen
Cruising Events Coordinator
Cell - 619-818-7009


Los Roques

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Los Roques

 

Covering a total area of 40.61 km2, the Los Roques archipelago comprises more than 350 uninhabited cays, islands, and islets and is situated about 128 km to the north of the La Guaira in Venezuela. Los Roques is scarcely populated, having about 2,000 permanent inhabitants mostly in its main Island, El Gran Roque. It is very safe, clean and popular among foreign tourists and Venezuelans alike. Colorful lodges and private houses are the main constructions. No cars and streets of sand, is part of its charm.

All are welcome to visit but US citizens are subject to extra fees and scrutiny. If you are active or retired military best to avoid the place.

to enter contact an agent hoanns@hotmail.com +573168529048

Imray-D22

 

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Marina Chiapas update

There was a tsunami related to the September 7 8.1 magnitude earthquake. It lifted the floating docks free of the piling system and caused significant damage to the marina, however it is operating on a best efforts basis. None of the boats in the marina seem to have suffered any damage, and none of the cruisers or staff there were injured.

Marina Chiapas

Marina Chiapas
Cross posted from Rob Murray rob_murray_ (AT) hotmail (DOT) com


21 Vessels make a fleet

We are officially 21 vessels - it's a fleet !

Proud of all the fellow sailors (and power boaters) who are signing up.

Let's go Panama Posse !