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Mexico Boating Guide, (2006) (Contains new 4-page Updates for 2008) is “The Rains Guide” to both sides of Baja, the entire Sea of Cortez and mainland Pacific Mexico to the Guatemala border. Full color 350 photos, 200 GPS-accurate charts, 100s of remote anchorages, marinas, fuel docks, boat yards, where to provision, get repairs, history & culture, more. Blank "Crew List"forms, "Resource Guide" to marina, fuel docks, haul-out yards, "GPS Waypoints List," Full index.
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Cruising Ports: the Central American Route, (6th edition)
Capt. Pat Rains (2007) (Contains new 4-page Updates for 2008)
Nautical guidebook (272 pages, full color) starts where Mexico Boating Guide ends, at the Mexico-Guatemala border. Cruising Ports covers Pacific Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Pacific Panama) plus Mexico’s Gulf Coast to Veracruz, NW Yucatan, NW Cuba, Yucatan Channel, Belize, Rio Dulce, Honduras and the Bay Islands, the Western Caribbean islands & banks, Panama’s Caribbean cruising grounds. This book culminates in Transiting the Panama Canal. 101 GPS-accurate charts, 288 color photos. Paperwork Cha Cha with blank forms, GPS waypoint lists, WX Radio frequencies, fully indexed. Resource Directory lists all marinas, fuel docks, boat yards, ship’s agents’ websites, emails. Expanded 6th edition in the Cruising Ports series. (This is a companion text to Mexico Boating Guide.) Read an Excerpt from this book

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MexWx, Mexico Weather for Boaters 3rd Edition
Capt. Pat Rains
Concise guide to Pacific Mexico’s weather (WX) for recreational boaters, covers all Baja, the Sea of Cortez and mainland Mexico. Illustrates the meteorological “where & when” of prevailing patterns for itinerary planning, the “how & why” of unique local phenomena for daily cruising. Explains how to receive critical weather reports by radio (VHF, Ham, SSB, WX-fax, Internet) while underway on your boat in Mexican waters, including a handy new Frequency Guide. How to predict a gale in Tehuantepec and Papagallo, all about Hurricanes and Summering Over in Pacific Mexico.
Concise 104 pages,7” x 10” format,perfect bound, all new photos and graphics, fully indexed.

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$24.95 (plus S/H and applicable tax)

ISBN 978-0-9638470-3-4
Point Loma Publishing 2008

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Baja Bash II
Capt. Jim Elfers
Updated classic on how to take the pain out of bashing to windward up Baja’s rugged Pacific coast: Cabo San Lucas to U.S. border. Routes, tactics, anchorages, sea stories. Improved maps & cartoons, revised fact-filled text, loaded with humor & sound technical advice for cruising sailors. Elfers is a seasoned yacht-delivery skipper living in Baja, dockmaster of the new Marina Puerto los Cabos. Remember ... What goes down must come up!
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Baja California Map
by Douglass, Hemingway & Co. LLC
Boaters' very detailed MAP of the entire Baja California Peninsula (Baja & Sea of Cortz sides). It opens to 5.5-foot length, north half on one side, south half on other. They show sea routes, anchorages, GPS waypoints, plus roads, towns, distances. Don & Reanne Hemingway Douglass created this very handy map in 2007, and it contains recent updates.

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Spanish for Cruisers - Boat Repairs & Maintenance Phrase Book
Kathy Parsons
A yachtsmen’s phrase book, nautical dictionary and conversation guide all in one. Parsons gives English-speaking boaters the vocabulary and language skills they need to cruise in Spanish-speaking countries. Her 25 topics are geared to boaters’ specific needs: emergency communications, marine hardware, engine repairs, electrical, boat yards, canvas and sail repairs and shopping.
Spiral bound,
213 pages,
fully indexed. 

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ISBN 967590507
Publisher: Aventuras (2000)
Distributor: Robert Hale

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Tip of the Week: Pat speaks at Fubar Info Dinner Oct. 7, SDYC

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The video guide of useful information for Mexico vistiors.
  Cast Off for Mexico, DVD
Ted Field, Mark Ritts
Cast Off for Mexico is the indispensable new video guide to visiting Mexico for boaters (and landlubbers too!. Starring Point Loma Publishing's Pat Rains and produced by Ted Field and Mark Ritts, longtime creators, writers and producers of award-winning national television series and documentaries, Cast Off for Mexico features 100 minutes of scenic beauty and sound advice - everything boaters need to know about visiting Baja's northernmost Port of Entry, immigration procedures, and required documents for you, your crew and vessel when entering and exiting Mexican waters. Climb aboard a spectacular new 47-foot motor yacht for a trip to Ensenada, highlighting the city's most popular marinas, boating facilities and attractions. There's even a side trip to Baja's scenic wine region, along with in-depth interviews with Mexico boating experts, U.S. and Mexican immigration and port officials, and advice on destinations throughout Baja and the Sea of Cortez.
A 45-minute main presentation, plus another 55 minutes of informative bonus materials.
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