MexWX: Mexico Weather for Boaters [Paperback]

John E. Rains (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1998

"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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This is a great little book, and I referred to it often while I was cruising my own boat in the Sea of Cortez last year. If you only have room for things that are of good use, check out a practical weather book MexWX: Mexico Weather for Boaters -- Dave Fiorino, boater

About the Author

Captain John E. Rains holds an active U.S. Coast Guard 500 Ton Masters License, and is well-known as a busy yacht-delivery skipper who also writes about his many adventures for national boating magazines ("Cruising World," "SEA,") and newspapers (The Log Newspapers). Besides his background education in Meteorology, John E. Rains is an amateur astro-photographer (SDAA) and teaches Celestial Navigation and long-range cruising seminars on the West Coast.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Point Loma Publishing, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.; 2 edition (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963847015
• ISBN-13: 978-0963847010
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,970,825 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Reference If You're Cruising Mexico, December 9, 2009

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Carolyn Shearlock "TheBoatGalley" (Now living in Illinois, formerly on a boat in the Sea of Cortez) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MexWX: Mexico Weather for Boaters (Paperback)

Seems like every cruising boat has a copy of this onboard. It's a great reference about many of the local weather phenomena affecting boaters -- areas of katabatic winds, summer chubascos (wicked thunderstorms), hurricanes and the Tehuantepeckers -- and how to minimize your risk from each.

Note that it's over 10 years old now, so some of the resources listed (radio frequencies, etc.) have changed. Don't worry -- friendly boaters will give you the current information on that stuff. The basic weather patterns haven't changed, and that's the real reason to buy this book.