Almost all of the eastern side of Bluefields is on the water and so there are boats tied up in lots of places. And most of the boats in Bluefields are pangas.
As noted in a recent post, all pangas share certain characteristics. They have to - to be a panga. But what an owner might do to a panga makes each one different. Some pangas are given just as much maintenance as needed to keep it seaworthy.
But the owner of the middle of these three side-by-side pangas used a lot of skill to make the boat a show piece.
As you can see in these three pangas, the backs of the bench seats lift in and out as needed. The place where the backs fit are molded into the sides of the panga during its construction.
I've ridden in many a panga where the backs of the bench seats lifted out and went somewhere else forever.