Hi Tim and welcome to the forum,
Second the comments from Joh.Gurt. Unless you have a unique or special
boat OR you really want to make the trip from CA to
Panama it makes a LOT more sense to just buy a boat on the
east coast.
Additional comments.
- It's 3000 miles from CA to
Panama so a very long haul.
- Once you reach the
Caribbean side of the
canal you will be downwind from every except going north up the coast of
Central America (dangerous in areas due to high pirate activity). Downwind means a very long, very rough sail to get out of Panama and over to the eastern or northern
Caribbean. Also have to get around
Venezuela which might be the most dangerous coastline in the Americas.