"Falky foo" wrote in message .com...
That's some freaky ****!!


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
"Geoff Schultz" wrote


It's not like you're sailing along whne you suddenly see a skull and
crossbones appear on the horizon and then you're boarded with
grappling
hooks. That's the stuff of movies.

Don't be so sure, Geoff, just last month I was sailing along when I
spotted this boat
http://www.enter.net/photoalbum/data...non/999784.JPG
headed straight towards me. Closer & closer he charged, till he was
in range, then I emptied the 12 gauge at him and he turned away.
And this was in MD.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_





Government seizure of boats in Mexico IS a problem.

A friend of mine was sailing from FL to belize when he stopped in
Cancun because he was having trouble breathing. He went to a doc
there who advised him to immediately return to the US for treatment so
he left his 34' boat there. It was seized by the authorities there
for violating his time to stay. He was unable to contact anyone in
Mexico while he was in treatment so was unable to extend his stay if
that was even possible. He got a lawyer in mexico but was not
successful. He got US officials to intervene to no avail. At one
time he even asked me to fly to cancun with him and swim out to her
and sail away in the night but I said no. Eventually, the Mexicans
told him the boat had been sold. The message: Do not sail to mexico.

(Parallax) wrote in
om:

"Falky foo" wrote in message
.com...
That's some freaky ****!!


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
"Geoff Schultz" wrote


It's not like you're sailing along whne you suddenly see a skull
and crossbones appear on the horizon and then you're boarded with
grappling
hooks. That's the stuff of movies.

Don't be so sure, Geoff, just last month I was sailing along when I
spotted this boat
http://www.enter.net/photoalbum/data...non/999784.JPG
headed straight towards me. Closer & closer he charged, till he
was in range, then I emptied the 12 gauge at him and he turned
away. And this was in MD.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_





Government seizure of boats in Mexico IS a problem.

A friend of mine was sailing from FL to belize when he stopped in
Cancun because he was having trouble breathing. He went to a doc
there who advised him to immediately return to the US for treatment so
he left his 34' boat there. It was seized by the authorities there
for violating his time to stay. He was unable to contact anyone in
Mexico while he was in treatment so was unable to extend his stay if
that was even possible. He got a lawyer in mexico but was not
successful. He got US officials to intervene to no avail. At one
time he even asked me to fly to cancun with him and swim out to her
and sail away in the night but I said no. Eventually, the Mexicans
told him the boat had been sold. The message: Do not sail to mexico.

Lots and lots of people sail through Mexico each year and don't have any
problems. I've sailed through Mexico and found the military and
officals to be very polite. I've been in the NW Caribbean for 3 years
now and have never heard of anything like this and believe me, you'd
hear about it on the SSB nets. The major complaint has been the
increase in port fees at Isla Mujares and the requirement to use an
agent.

You need to get a paper called an Importante (spelling) from Customs.
There's a Customs office at the airport in Cancun. It's an easy process
and is free. And they even speak English! This will allow you to keep
your boat in Mexico and import goods for your boat duty free.

I know lots of people who have kept their boat in Isla Mujares for years
without any problems. Follow the regulations and you won't have any
problems. Just like the US.

-- Geoff

On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 21:34:35 GMT, Geoff Schultz
wrote:

Follow the regulations and you won't have any
problems. Just like the US.

================================

Is it possible to get the regulations in english language text?

Translating government legalese with high school level spanish skills
strikes me as a recipe for disaster.

No ****, I live in San Diego and I've never been to Mexico. I try to stay
out of third-world countries with mostly corrupt governments. Not to go too
far off topic here, but one of our TV stations here in SD transmits from
Baja, and is required to air Mexican governmental announcements from time to
time. There are two announcements, one saying that the vast majority of
crime in Mexico is unreported and if you're kidnapped or raped or whatever
you should report it to the police. The second one is an advertisement for
the entire Mexican senate saying Don't lose faith in us we're trying really
hard.

I think I'll stay out of Mexico.





"Parallax" wrote in message
om...
"Falky foo" wrote in message
.com...
That's some freaky ****!!


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
"Geoff Schultz" wrote


It's not like you're sailing along whne you suddenly see a skull and
crossbones appear on the horizon and then you're boarded with
grappling
hooks. That's the stuff of movies.

Don't be so sure, Geoff, just last month I was sailing along when I
spotted this boat
http://www.enter.net/photoalbum/data...non/999784.JPG
headed straight towards me. Closer & closer he charged, till he was
in range, then I emptied the 12 gauge at him and he turned away.
And this was in MD.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_





Government seizure of boats in Mexico IS a problem.

A friend of mine was sailing from FL to belize when he stopped in
Cancun because he was having trouble breathing. He went to a doc
there who advised him to immediately return to the US for treatment so
he left his 34' boat there. It was seized by the authorities there
for violating his time to stay. He was unable to contact anyone in
Mexico while he was in treatment so was unable to extend his stay if
that was even possible. He got a lawyer in mexico but was not
successful. He got US officials to intervene to no avail. At one
time he even asked me to fly to cancun with him and swim out to her
and sail away in the night but I said no. Eventually, the Mexicans
told him the boat had been sold. The message: Do not sail to mexico.