Cebaco

Cebaco
We awoke in a nice little bay beside New Moon the Catamaran we saw the night before. We fueled up at the fuel barge only to meet some young skippers and crew that invited the girls to surf and dive. We new they were craving company of peers so we decided to let them loose for the day.
We enjoyed meeting the skippers of these luxury fishing vessels and I was fascinated to learn about the life style of these guys. Basically, they serve as crew on million dollar sport fishing yachts for wealthy owners that fly down for a couple days to slay marlin.
The boats are jockeyed between fishing hotspots by either ( American) captains or Yacht Path Dock wise freight. The Captains of these boats are on a salary of about 70-100K a year dependent on the size of the boat. They usually have one deck hand and have the responsibility of maintaining and provisioning the vessel as well as dealing with the bureaucracy of the local government officials.
Unlike luxury yachts, these captains are burdened with the task of making sure that the owner’s catch fish. The two yachts we "met" were well over 2 million dollars each and the operating budget for one of them was 1 million a year.
One of the boats had the owner aboard who boasted that he went through 5 captains in one year. Later, when I talked his captain, he said he was counting the days until the end of his contract. He had 4 months to go before he had a contract to go to Alaska for Skipper a fishing vessel there. ( we met up with him a few weeks later and he was fired too, which I found strange because the owner was really praising how good this captain was)
We barbecued up some tuna that one of the boats caught the day before- It was fabulous.
Cebaco has a barge with a bar and barbecue for people to enjoy. Cebaco Bay Barge serves as a platform for provisions, beverages mainly and pre-ordered boat stuff from Panama. This service is mainly for sport fishing boats that fish the rich waters off shore that are noted as the best sport fishing grounds in the area.
The alternative is a long 80 mile passage up a river for fuel.
I was impressed by the Galley provisions on Reel Escape the larger of the two fish boats, the supplies in the Galley would rival any gourmet food outlet.
We really enjoyed meeting the crew; Adam and Omar. . They really planted a seed for the girls to consider crew positions in a few years time.