1)South Pacific Posse Final Logo 2) South Pacific Posse grows to 17 yachts from 9 flag states 3) West Marine Pro Discount 4) Meet the ITCZ
1) INTRODUCING THE SOUTH PACIFIC POSSE LOGO
After
a lot of back and forth and with your help and input from current and
prior participants we now have an official logo. The classic
Compass Rose with a slight slant to starboard angle, two swaying palm
trees to invoke favorable
winds, the southern cross star constellation and our very own
South Pacific Posse Tiki with local markings including a good luck
turtle on his forehead.
The Intertropical Convergence Zone, known by sailors as the doldrums or the
calms because of its monotonous windless weather, is the area where the
northeast and the southeast trade winds converge. It hovers near the
thermal equator and its specific position varies seasonally
Our strategy was to bring enough diesel andready to motor for up to 600 nm.
Since it’s pulsates and is hard to pinpoint we eventually turned on the
engines in the fading winds below 4 knots of SOG and motored for 425 nm
~2.5 days to get through it
In addition to heat and glass like conditions it does bring the danger of squalls, and quite strong ones too.
The ITCZ area can even create micro burst which are very intense and
played a role in the loss of Air France Flight 447 in May of 2009
Squalls are easily visible on radar and the sky itself ( less so at night ) and
their general direction can be tracked. The only time we diverted from
our rhumb line course was to avoid squalls
Even when the ITCZ is present, however, it is constantly moving and changing
in intensity. It varies from 3° N to 10° N. It can be anywhere from 50
to 300 miles wide. The dousing we got with one of these squalls was also
a welcoming source of delicious fresh water and clean decks.
5) SOUTH PACIFIC POSSE PARTIES & GATHERINGS
Cross Panama-Pacific-Posse Volleyball Session at Shelter Bay 🤣🤣 – Emelin, Santosa, Ibex and Bohemen
6) SOUTH PACIFIC POSSE SEMINARS
February
and March Weekly LIVE seminar calls will take place via ZOOM these
MONDAYS we’ll send the zoom seminar link VIA our LINE GROUP Messages
MONDAY FEB 7th ’22 20:30 – 22:30 UTC SAFETY, SECURITY, CLEARING IN AND OUT, COMMUNICATIONS & TRACKING With Jim and Shea from SAILMAIL – and Nick from PREDICTWIND
MONDAY FEB 14th ’22 20:30 – 22:30 UTC WEATHER and HEAVY WIND SQUALLS AND ELEVATED SEA STATE STRATEGIES Nick from PREDICTWIND and Brian / Northsails San Diego
MONDAY FEB 21th ’22 20:30 – 22:30 UTC PROVISIONING AND MUST SEE AND DO’S
MONDAY FEB 28th ’22 20:30 – 22:30 UTC OPEN CPN INSTALLATION , USING OPEN CPN SAT CHARTS CREATING
MONDAY Mar 7th ’22 20:30 – 22:30 UTC LOGISTICS, REPAIRS, CYLCONE SEASON STRATEGIES
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is the world’s leading provider of yacht shipping services on a
lift-on, lift-off basis. Sevenstar has access to the Spliethoff fleet of
over 120 company owned vessels. With an impressive 1,500+ transports
per year, they are calling over 100 ports in more than 40 countries
worldwide.
For a quote with the Panama Posse discount please contact Kris Caren
email: kris@sevenstar-usa.com
web: sevenstar-usa.com
14) 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
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