Updated to March 2011, this nautical guidebook for cruising boaters - 272 pages, GPS charts, color photos: written by professional mariners who are also seasoned yacht cruisers. Mexico Boating Guide covers the outside of Baja, the entire Sea of Cortez (100s of destinations) to Puerto Vallarta, then continues down the Pacific mainland Gold Coast and Costa Sur thru Huatulco, Salina Cruz and Puerto Chiapas. GPS charts of the tiny cruising anchorages, villages, ports for fuel, provisions, all the marinas, haul-out yards, local services. Rains' 135 new GPS-accurate charts were created on site show anchoring details for tiny bays that are too small to appear with sufficient accuracy on SM or DMA charts. Rains' 350 photos are jaw-dropping beautiful, but show critical approaches by sea, not just pretty sunsets. Smyth-sewn hard-cover binding allows the book to lay open flat on the chart table, yet pages can't rip out like cheaper plastic bindings. Crew List forms, Resource Guide to all marinas & yacht clubs, fuel docks, haul-out yards, repair services, ship's agents, etc. The new Rains Guide is the accurate authority for boating in Pacific Mexico. Please use the FREE downloadable UPDATES posted every few months on MexicoBoating.com which contains all corrections, changes and the newest information for cruising boaters. The words Not for Navigation on every chart are a legal requirement, found in all nautical guidebooks.
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Mexico Boating Guide is the most complete and accurate guidebook for Pacific Mexico, and it's undoubtedly the most up to date. The Rainses have put it all together.--Richard Spindler, Latitude 38. Richard Spindler, Latitude 38: When we're looking for the most recent, accurate and in-depth information on cruising Mexico, we reach for Mexico Boating Guide. --Richard Spindler, Latitude 38 Mexico Boating Guide is the most complete and accurate guidebook for Mexico, and it's undoubtedly the most up to date. The Rainses have put it all together. --Richard Spindler, Latitude 38
Mexico Boating Guide is the most complete and accurate guidebook for Mexico, and it's undoubtedly the most up to date. The Rainses have put it all together. --Richard Spindler, Latitude 38
Mexico Boating Guide is the most complete and accurate guidebook for Mexico, and it's undoubtedly the most up to date. The Rainses have put it all together. --Richard Spindler, Latitude 38
More than 50,000 yatistas are now using Mexico Boating Guide, and many have sent us emails saying how accurate and comprehensive this guidebook is. We cruise these waters annually, and cruisers constantly keep us informed of new boating services they are finding, new anchorages they've enjoyed, so we keep our guidebooks UPDATED - this one as of June, 2010. The guy who complained about 'not for navigation' has become kind of a joke, because veteran cruisers know that every nautical guidebook has 'not for navigation' on the charts and in the disclaimer. All errors are corrected in the FREE updates online. Keep in touch. --Point Loma Publishing. --Publisher, Point Loma Publishing, San Diego
More than 50,000 yatistas are now using Mexico Boating Guide, and many have sent us emails saying how accurate and comprehensive this guidebook is. We cruise these waters annually, and cruisers constantly keep us informed of new boating services they are finding, new anchorages they've enjoyed, so we keep our guidebooks UPDATED - this one as of June, 2010. The guy who complained about 'not for navigation' has become kind of a joke, because veteran cruisers know that every nautical guidebook has 'not for navigation' on the charts and in the disclaimer. All errors are corrected in the FREE updates online. Keep in touch. --Point Loma Publishing. --Publisher, Point Loma Publishing, San Diego
More than 50,000 yatistas are now using Mexico Boating Guide, and many have sent us emails saying how accurate and comprehensive this guidebook is. We cruise these waters annually, and cruisers constantly keep us informed of new boating services they are finding, new anchorages they've enjoyed, so we keep our guidebooks UPDATED - this one as of June, 2010. The guy who complained about 'not for navigation' has become kind of a joke, because veteran cruisers know that every nautical guidebook has 'not for navigation' on the charts and in the disclaimer. All errors are corrected in the FREE updates online. Keep in touch. --Point Loma Publishing. --Publisher, Point Loma Publishing, San Diego
Mexico Boating Guide is the most complete and accurate guidebook for Mexico, and it's undoubtedly the most up to date. The Rainses have put it all together. --Richard Spindler, Latitude 38
Mexico Boating Guide is the most complete and accurate guidebook for Mexico, and it's undoubtedly the most up to date. The Rainses have put it all together. --Richard Spindler, Latitude 38
More than 50,000 yatistas are now using Mexico Boating Guide, and many have sent us emails saying how accurate and comprehensive this guidebook is. We cruise these waters annually, and cruisers constantly keep us informed of new boating services they are finding, new anchorages they've enjoyed, so we keep our guidebooks UPDATED - this one as of June, 2010. The guy who complained about 'not for navigation' has become kind of a joke, because veteran cruisers know that every nautical guidebook has 'not for navigation' on the charts and in the disclaimer. All errors are corrected in the FREE updates online. Keep in touch. --Point Loma Publishing. --Publisher, Point Loma Publishing, San Diego
More than 50,000 yatistas are now using Mexico Boating Guide, and many have sent us emails saying how accurate and comprehensive this guidebook is. We cruise these waters annually, and cruisers constantly keep us informed of new boating services they are finding, new anchorages they've enjoyed, so we keep our guidebooks UPDATED - this one as of June, 2010. The guy who complained about 'not for navigation' has become kind of a joke, because veteran cruisers know that every nautical guidebook has 'not for navigation' on the charts and in the disclaimer. All errors are corrected in the FREE updates online. Keep in touch. --Point Loma Publishing. --Publisher, Point Loma Publishing, San Diego
More than 50,000 yatistas are now using Mexico Boating Guide, and many have sent us emails saying how accurate and comprehensive this guidebook is. We cruise these waters annually, and cruisers constantly keep us informed of new boating services they are finding, new anchorages they've enjoyed, so we keep our guidebooks UPDATED - this one as of June, 2010. The guy who complained about 'not for navigation' has become kind of a joke, because veteran cruisers know that every nautical guidebook has 'not for navigation' on the charts and in the disclaimer. All errors are corrected in the FREE updates online. Keep in touch. --Point Loma Publishing. --Publisher, Point Loma Publishing, San Diego
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Durable new Smyth-sewn binding prevents pages from being ripped out while this guidebook is in active daily use in the cockpit or on the bridge. New 4-color charts are much easier to read. Large 12-point type for faster legibility.
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When the notice "not for navigation" appears in this guide, they are not kidding! This guide has more errors than a collander has holes. For it being a second edition, there is no excuse for this. Some gps way points are hundreds of miles off and the worst proof reader should be able to pick these out. Others are just dislexic errors. In any event, I must agree this guide is not for navigation.
The clearing in for Mexico seems to still be in a state of flux. Ask 8 officials about checking in and get 10 answers. Aparently the one step checkin in Cabo has a small "fee" attached to it. I never did find the one place to go and went to individual places, just like before. The pictures are nice and the print/format is good. All in all I would place the value of the book at somewhere around $30. But the retail price is rediculous for the errors contained there in.
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Highly rated by Latitude 38 magazine and The Log. A great investment with a ton of detail on the Baja and the mainland down to Manzanillo where my interests lie.
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A essential library item for any cruiser going to Mexico,
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We spent a half a year traveling Mexico's west coast and this guide quickly became our best source for for information on destinations and anchorages. Anyone leaving without it will find themselves spending a lot of time searching for it once in Mexico and paying more for it there.
The official nautical charts for Mexico often lack detail and are off by as much as 2 miles (yes when we were in Puerto Vallarta the charts showed we were anchored up in the mountains per our GPS location). The Mexico Boating Guide picks up where the charts leave off. For instance one of our favorite anchorages, Tenacatita Bay, is barely a dent on the chart. The Mexico Boat Guide describes the following for Tenacatita Bay: * the entrance to the bay * what rocks to avoid while sailing through * where the best anchorage is * where it is good to snorkel * where you can go across the bay to provision Since our time in Mexico, we've sailed 20,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean and back. We wished we had a guide as good as this for the rest of our trip.
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- MexWX: Mexico Weather for Boaters by John E. Rains in Front Matter, page 134, and Back Matter
- The Golden City: Script and Score: The Lost Empire of the Aztecs (Educational Musicals) by Tim J. Spencer on page 59
- Seri Indians of Sonora, Mexico by Bernice Johnston on page 155
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- King of the Moon: A Novel of Baja California by Gene Kira on page 107
- Cruising Ports: Florida to California via Panama by Capt. John E. Rains on 9 pages
- Charlie's Charts of the Western Coast of Mexico by Charles and Margo Wood on page 16, and page 244
- Mexico Boating Guide: Baja, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Mainland, Gulf Coast & Yucatan by John E. Rains in Back Matter
- Head for Mexico: The Renegade Guide by Don Adams in Back Matter
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