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– Dennis Merritt Jones

PANAMA POSSE GEAR SHOP IS  OPEN

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ORDER PANAMA POSSE 20-21  GEAR >>

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T SHIRTS / V- NECK / CAPS AND BURGEES

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THE GEAR SHOP IS ONLY OPEN FOR 8 WEEKS 

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COSTA RICA - Pacific BUDDY BOATS DELTA SWIZZLER AND ROSA LEE IN COSTA RICA

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waypoints old school

 Natalia Elizabeth in the hammock

 Natalia Elizabeth in the hammock

 Delta Swizzler Mark and Cindy

Delta Swizzler Mark and Cindy

Delta Swizzler Mark and Cindy

Cristian, Natalia Elizabeth, Gary  and Cindy 

Delta Swizzler Mark and Cindy

Delta Swizzler and Rosa Lee at anchor 

 beach in costa rica

Use backup Chart # C.R. 006, Gulf of Nicoya – COSTA RICA 21544

 Use backup Chart # C.R. 006, Gulf of Nicoya “ COSTA RICA 21544

2 DELTA SWIZZLER

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PICTURE OF THE WEEK BOCAS DEL TORO 

PICTURE OF THE WEEK BOCAS DEL TORO

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HO’OKIPA in COSTA RICA

HO'OKIPA in COSTA RICA

Entries into the biggest Fish Caught competition

Entries into the biggest Fish Caught competition

trip to Curu 

Trip to CURU 

Lizards walk on Water 

Lizards walk on Water

Black cashews- not edible for humans but birds love 

Black cashews- not edible for humans but birds love

 

Cotton Tree

Cotton Tree 

Male Howler Monkey has big white balls

Male Howler Monkey has big white balls 

Muscovy Ducks are edible From NY TIMES …”scatter the celery, onion, carrot, bay leaf, thyme and garlic around the duck…”

Muscovy Duck are edible 

Sailing by Los Suenos a secluded property not too welcoming to Panama Posse participants

Sailing by Los Suenos a secluded property not too welcoming to Panama Posse participants

Lucky Chucky and Lisa fro Ho'okipa

MEXICO - Pacific

MARINA CHIAPAS HAD THE LAST BURGEE !!!

 

Elaine from SY NAUPLIOS  snagged one of the last Panama Posse Burgees from Marina Chiapas MX- MORE AVAILABLE after JUNE 4th in the GEAR SHOP >>> 

SY NAUPLIOS Sails in the Central American Rally Panama Posse

SY “NOT ALL THERE” WITH  A RARE PANAMA POSSE TAG !

 

NOT ALL THERE SAILS IN THE PANAMA POSSE

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SAVE THE DATE Friday June 4th, 2021SEASON FINALE  18:00 PANAMA TIME PANAMA POSSE YACHT FEST CELEBRATION ” 

SAVE THE DATE

OFFICIAL AWARD CEREMONY MUSIC, FUN, STORIES & MORE

@ VISTA MAR MARINA, PANAMA   

 WITH VESSELS ZOOM PARTICIPATION  FROM ALL OVER

PLEASE ADD THIS TO YOUR CALENDAR 

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With only 5 weeks to go – renew NOW and sign up for the next 21-22 season simply reply with the words “sign me up again”. 27 vessels are signed up already and benefit from the early bird discount.

RENEW AND SIGN UP FOR THE 21-22 PANAMA POSSE

MEXICO - Pacific

Here are our tentative dates for our seminars in early December 2021 in Barra de Navidad, Mexico 

    Thursday December 2nd, 2021

    @ 13:00 ROUTE PLANNING & NAVIGATION    

    Friday December 3rd, 2021

    @ 13:00 COMMUNICATIONS, WEATHER, SAFETY, MEDICAL AND SELF RESCUE,    

    Friday December 3rd, 2021

    @ 17:30 PANAMA POSSE KICK OFF PARTY

    Saturday December 4th, 2021

    @ 13:00 SATELLITE CHARTS / OPEN CPN / GOOD NAUTICAL    

    Saturday December 4th, 2021

    @ 17:30 PANAMA POSSE OVER THE TOP POT LUCK RED CUP DOCK PARTY

    Sunday December 5th, 2021

    @ 10:00 PANAMA POSSE SWAP MEET

    Sunday December 5th, 2021

    @ 13:00 PROVISIONING, WHAT TO SEE AND DO, RECAP, Q&A 

USA -California MEXICO - Pacific GUATEMALA - Pacific EL SALVADOR HONDURAS- Pacific NICARAGUA - Pacific COSTA RICA - Pacific PANAMA COLOMBIA JAMAICA CAYMAN ISLANDS HONDURAS - Roatan GUATEMALA - Rio Dulce BELIZE MEXICO - Caribbean CUBA USA Florida

Impromptu Panama Posse party  at Coconutz Panama Posse Season 1 2017-2018

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CONTEXT @ MARINA EL CID MAZATLAN, MX

CONTEXT @ MARINA EL CID MAZATLAN, MX 

 The Pool at Marina el Cid Mazatlan, MX

The Pool at Marina el Cid Mazatlan, MX

CONTEXT IN THE SLIP

MARINA EL CID SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE

MARINA EL CID SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE >>

 

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MEANWHILE UP IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ, MX SHAAARKS

Maison de Sante is diving with sharks 

Maison de Sante is diving with sharks 

Maison de Sante is diving with sharks 

Umbrella in the sun with Jack frolicking about

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PANAMA POSSE GEAR   

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W E   S A I L   W H E R E  

COCONUTS GROWJAGUARS ROAM VOLCANOES BLOWMONKEYS HOWLWHALES SPLASH  MACAWS SQUAWK 

JAGUARS SWIM ! 

JAGUARS SWIM ! 

Jaguar. The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large member of the cat family native to South and Central America. … The jaguar’s habitat ranges from the rain forests of South and Central America to more open country in Mexico, but they are rarely seen in mountainous regions including in Costa Rica. They can grow up to 2 m. They are very rare in Costa Rica and their numbers continue to decline drastically. 

The jaguar has featured prominently in the mythology of numerous indigenous peoples of the Americas, including those of the Maya and Aztec civilizations. 

It is threatened by habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, poaching for trade with its body parts and killings in human–wildlife conflict situations, particularly with ranchers.Priority areas for jaguar conservation comprise 51 Jaguar Conservation Units (JCUs), defined as large areas inhabited by at least 50 breeding jaguars. 

JAGUAR HABITAT

It inhabits a variety of forested and open terrains, but its preferred habitat is tropical and subtropical moist broad-leaf forest, wetlands and wooded regions. The jaguar is adept at swimming and is largely a solitary, opportunistic, stalk-and-ambush apex predator that is not preyed upon. As a keystone species, it plays an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and regulating prey populations. 

The jaguar is a compact and well-muscled animal. It is the largest cat native to the Americas and the third largest in the world, exceeded in size only by the tiger and the lion.Jaguars have the most powerful jaws of all the big cats

 Panthera's Jaguar Corridor Initiati

 

SYSTEMA NATURAE

Panther’s Jaguar Corridor Initiative aims to connect 90 distinct jaguar populations across the Americas. It stems from an unexpected discovery. For 60 years, biologists had thought there were eight distinct subspecies of jaguar, including the Peruvian jaguar, Central American jaguar and Goldman’s jaguar. But when the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity in Frederick, Maryland, part of the National Institutes of Health, analyzed jaguar DNA from blood and tissue samples collected throughout the Americas, researchers determined that no jaguar group had split off into a true subspecies. From Mexico’s deserts to the dry Pampas of northern Argentina, jaguars had been breeding with each other, wandering great distances to do so, even swimming across the Panama Canal.  https://www.panthera.org/initiative/jaguar-corridor-initiative >>>

Melanistic jaguars are informally known as black panthers

Melanistic jaguars are informally known as black panthers. The black morph is less common than the spotted one. Black jaguars have been documented in Central America and the above image is from Panama.  Best estimates indicate only 600 black jaguars exist in the wild today

CONTEST ENTRY INTO LARGEST FISH CAUGHT 

CONTEST ENTRY INTO LARGEST FISH CAUGHT 

Michael’s catch en route to Turks and Caicos 

SY ORION IN BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA

SY ORION IN BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA

SLOTH SY ORION IN BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA

Only 20 nm from Bocas del Toro Isla Escudo de Vergaras

BOCAS DEL TORO ANCHORAGES ARE IN GOODNAUTICAL

SUNSET SY ORION IN BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA

RED FROGS BOCAS DEL TORO ANCHORAGES ARE IN GOODNAUTICAL

live coral

underwater snail BOCAS DEL TORO ANCHORAGES ARE IN GOODNAUTICAL

Near Bocas del tor en route to the Panama Canal is Isla de Veraguas from last week.
A lovely place to hang out . In settled water.

BOCAS DEL TORO ANCHORAGES ARE IN GOODNAUTICAL

Only 20 nm from Bocas del Toro Isla Escudo de Vergaras

Only 20 nm from Bocas del Toro Isla Escudo de Vergaras

  Near Bocas del tor en route to the Panama Canal is Isla de Veraguas from last week.  

PANAMA POSSE  VESSELS SEEKING CREW SEEKING VESSELS 

If you would like to receive CREW resumes please notify the Panama Posse via email and we will forward you any and all CREW seeking vessel information >>

YOUR  CREW LOGISTICS MAP WITH AIRPORTS  CODES AND MARINAS ALONG THE PANAMA POSSE ROUTE TO MAKE CREW LOGISTICS EASIER >>

 

REMINDER WEEKLY PANAMA POSSE LINE CALLS
MONDAYS @ 15:30 UTC for CARIBBEAN  16:00 UTC for PACIFIC

he LINE system allows for up to 200 live conference call participants copy

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SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD 20 DAYS TO THE MARQUESAS 

8 SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD 20 DAYS TO THE MARQUESAS

SEAGLUB EN ROUTE

CONGRATULATIONS WELCOME TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE !!!

CONGRATULATIONS WELCOME TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE !!!

Seaglub’s  3,000 nm, 20 day  track across the Pacific >>

eaglub's 3,000 nm, 20 day track a

See the faces of the 20·21 Panama Posse, SEE WHO IS ON THE ROSTER >>>

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PANAMA POSSE PARTICIPANT WEBSITES 

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Here is the link to Past and Present Participant Websites and Blogs.  Great experience here …more >>> 

FOOTLOOSE

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ONLY 5 WEEKS LEFT TO ENTER 

IT WOULD NOT BE A RALLY WITHOUT A CONTEST 

on June 4th we will announce the winners in these highly competitive fields  

BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT 

HIGHEST WIND RECORDED  

BIGGEST MISHAP aka THE CAPTAIN RON AWARD  

MOST UNWELCOME VISITOR ONBOARD 

SPEEDY GONZALEZ AWARD

PANAMA POSSE YODA OF THE YEAR 

PICTURE OF THE YEAR 

GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE YEAR

The Royal Jamaica Yacht Club sponsors the Panama Posse

The Royal Jamaica Yacht Club sponsors the Panama Posse

SPONSORS

· California Yacht Marina, San Diego, Chula Vista – USA
· Marina Coral, Ensenada Mexico
· IGY Marina Cabo San Lucas   Mexico
· Marina de la Paz Mexico
· Marina y Club de Yates Isla Cortes Mexico
· Marina el Cid Mazatlan Mexico
· Marina Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta Mexico Marina
· PANAMA POSSE HQ   Marina Puerto de La Navidad Barra de Navidad Mexico
· Marina Ixtapa, Ixtapa Mexico
· La Marina Acapulco, 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
· 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 Cancun Riviera Maya Mexico
· Marina Marlin Nautica Cayo Largo Cuba
· Marathon Marina, Florida, USA

SERVICE PROVIDERS

ACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS

PLAN YOUR TRIP YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS SPONSORS

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YACHT AGENTS GALAPAGOS SPONSORS THE PANAMA POSSE

OFFICIAL PANAMA CANAL AGENT

Erik Galvez @ Centenario & Co.S.A. Eric Galvez – Panama

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

Advertising Partners – Las Vegas

Safe-Esteem.com – Delaware

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