"MexWX: Mexico Weather for Boaters" is an important text for any boater visiting Mexico's Pacific waters. Concisely written and well illustrated, it answers: HOW to use your boat's own SSB, VHF, WXfax and Ham radios to gather vital weather forecasts for your location in Mexican waters; 
WHEN does Hurricane Season start and end; WHERE is it safe to "summer over;" WHAT creates a "weather window" and HOW to tell if it's about to slam shut; WHO broadcasts weather for Mexico; HOW to navigate the infamous Gulfs of Tehuantepec and Papagallo, and more. Sprinkled with a few choice sea stories and vivid ancedotes, Rains wrote this book for fellow adventurers. ("WX" is radio jargon for "weather" - pronounced "wex") Hence, MexWX. 
Fully indexed, perfect bound, with a durable film lamination, this 7" x 10' book was built for boating.

MexWX: Mexico Weather for Boaters

Rains, John E.

Point Loma Publishing

Updated in March, 2017, this nautical guidebook (272 pages) for boaters (sail &amp; power) covers all the marinas, anchorages &amp; services along Pacific Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama - also Mexico's Gulf Coast, Yucatan Channel, NW Cuba, Belize, Rio Dulce, Honduras and Western Caribbean islands - plus the Panama Canal Transit. Glossy color, 101 GPS-accurate chartlets (overall &amp; harbor charts), 288 color photos. Approaches, anchorages, marinas, port clearance, fuel docks, haul-out yards, local services. Paperwork chapter has blank Crew List forms. Resource Directory lists marinas, fuel docks, yards, agents, more. Chart List, fully indexed. Companion book with Mexico Boating Guide. Both available on Amazon.

Cruising Ports: the Central American Route 6.5

Capt. Pat Rains

MexWX: Mexico Weather for Boaters covers Baja, the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific coast of Mexico. How to plan your boating itinerary to take advantage of weather patterns; What local WX phenomenon to watch out for (Screaming Blue Northers, Elefantes, Chubascos); How to use your boat s radios and computers to receive those important WX forecasts in Mexican waters even by email when offshore; Summering Over in the Tropics; Hurricane Season &amp; Hurricane Holes; Tactics for the Gulf of Tehuantepec &amp; Papagallo; fully indexed. Updated, expanded 3rd edition (early 2008) packs more facts, new photos and improved graphics into this concise publication; includes a handy new quick-reference Frequency Guide for VHF, Ham, SSB, WX-fax and Internet. Author Capt. Pat Rains picks up the WX and brings it right to your boat in Pacific Mexico. MexWX is a must-have reference for recreational sportfishers, motoryachts, trailer-boat skippers and all cruising sailors who visit Mexican waters.

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Baja California's rugged Pacific coast is a challenge for boaters (sail &amp; power) who often must - bash - their way north against wind and current. Updated in 2017, Capt. Jim Elfers shares his decades of experience skippering boats up and down this coast, giving savvy advice on Tactics, Weather Windows, Routes, Timing, Anchorages &amp; Fuel Docks. The Baja Bash II is well illustrated with charts, photos and cartoons; spiced with wry humor &amp; anecdotal sea stories all boaters can learn from. It's now fully indexed and perfect bound. If you're cruising south from the U.S. West Coast and intend to return, ever, then you need this book. ... What goes down ... must come up!

The Baja Bash II

Capt. Jim Elfers

This nautical guidebook for cruising boaters is updated to June 2018, so it's the most up to date. Contains 398 pages, 185 GPS charts, 450 color photos: written by professional mariners, experienced &amp; active yacht cruisers. Mile by mile, no gaps: Mexico Boating Guide covers the outside of Baja, the entire Sea of Cortez (100s of destinations) to Puerto Vallarta, down the Pacific mainland Gold Coast and Costa del Sur to the new Puerto Chiapas. This nautical guidebook is a Must-have for the Baja Ha Ha and Cubar participants. GPS charts of the tiny cruising anchorages, villages, ports for fuel, provisions, all the marinas, haul-out yards, local services. Rains' 185 GPS-accurate charts were created on site to show anchoring details for tiny bays that are too small to appear with sufficient accuracy on government charts. Rains' 450 photos are jaw-dropping beautiful, but show critical approaches by sea, not just pretty sunsets. No fluff. Crew List form, Resource Directory to all the marinas, fuel docks, haul-out yards for repair or dry storage. Made in the USA, the Rains Guide is the most accurate, up to date and thorough authority for cruising recreational boats in Pacific Mexico.

Mexico Boating Guide ( 3rd edition)

Long-range boaters (power &amp; sail) love the expanded 4th edition of Cruising Ports, because it gives deeper details and improved charts of this popular cruising adventure -- the 5,500-mile route between FL and CA via the Panama Canal (written for either direction of travel). Expanded to 320 fact-filled pages, 92 large photos, 38 nautical charts (DMA/NOAA-type), 100s of GPS waypoints, it covers the beautiful coasts of Mexico, the Sea of Cortez, Guatemala, Central America, Costa Rica, Panama, your canal transit, and the Western Caribbean route, including the islands of San Andres &amp; Providencia, Roatan, the Rio Dulce cruising grounds, the Yucatan cruising grounds, including the islands of Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, and more. Ft. Lauderdale and San Diego are embarcation points. 
In each LOCATION, John &amp; Pat Rains tell: why boaters go here; the safe approaches by sea from either direction; where to safely anchor, moor or land a dinghy; where to get a marina slip; how to clear in with the Port Captain and other officials; where to find selected local services like fuel, water, provisions, eateries, haul-out yards, launch ramps, dinghy docks, marine repairs, emergency services, etc. (plus what to avoid). Special interst is given to Hurricane Holes and safety. Interesting side trips to make while the boat is safely berthed nearby, and brief cultural histories let boaters plan ahead and get oriented on site. 
Charts: Scanning selected regions of DMA and NOAA charts, the Rainses ZOOM IN on many pristine anchorages and gunk-holes that would otherwise be too small to offer significant detail for anchoring. New details added: breakwaters, marinas, buoys, wrecks and other updates that don't appear on standard charts, giving mariners unparalleled guidance. 
Between LOCATION, the Captains Rains offer sound advice on Weather &amp; Route Planning, Central American Politics, Preparations Specific to this Route, How to Transit the Panama Canal. Their chapter "Paperwork Cha Cha" is unique and most helpful. Appendices: 100s more GPS Waypoints; Radio Frequencies for WXfax, SSB, Ham nets; Spanish Lexicon; Charts List; Distance Between Ports; and a handy 1,700-item index. 
This perfect-bound book is film laminated for durability, and has easy-reading 12-point text.

Cruising Ports : Florida to California Via Panama (Guidebook - 4th Ed.)

Rains, John

Rains, Pat Miller

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MexWX: Mexico Weather for Boaters

Cruising Ports: the Central American Route 6.5

MexWX: Mexico Weather for Boaters

The Baja Bash II

Mexico Boating Guide ( 3rd edition)

Cruising Ports : Florida to California Via Panama (Guidebook - 4th Ed.)