Beautifully updated 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath, condo with large balcony overlooking Marina Vallarta in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Can get moorage in Marina Vallarta and live next to you boat.  Swimming Pool, Tennis Courts, Covered Parking, Low Maintenance Fees & Taxes, Close to Everything, Beach Access to Ocean, Protection from Bad Weather, Air-conditioning, Bodega, Instant Hot Water, Gas Appliances, Nicely Furnished, Turn-Key Rental or Home. Never Rented but worth about $2,000 pesos/month. Asking $289,000 U.S. Full Ownership! Email danjrussell@gmail.com or call U.S. 206-388-4877, or Puerto Vallarta 322-221-0377.

Refinance your home at new low interest rates, buy a boat, enjoy sunny winter sailing? Yes, it is all possible. If you have equity in your home, why not refinance it at the new low interest rates and get the boat of your dreams?

This 41 foot sailboat is turn key for world cruising. She is easily lived aboard with all modern conveniences, and she is the best equipped boat on the market. Everything you can imagine to make your cruising life comfortable and fun, and secure. Over 100,000 was put into her in 2004 to renew her systems and make her world capable and independent. She has been impeccably maintained and improved way beyond the already stringent manufacturing standards of this famous design. Bob Perry with whom I consulted in my buying search told me of the Sceptre: “I wish I had designed it.”

You owe it to yourself to see this boat. She is currently moored in front of the owner’s condo in Puerto Vallarta where she can be test sailed. The dock is available for the buyer; moorage is also available near Seattle, Wa if you prefer. See details at: http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1984/Sceptre-Pilothouse-1983029/Puerto-Vallarta/Mexico.

BoatMexico has opened it website to the public for viewing. The excellent articles it has on subjects of interest to Mexican tourists and boaters is now available without charge at www.boatmexico.com.

Formerly, you had to be a member to view articles by such authors as the doctor who is their travel medicine specialist and the attorney who is their Mexican legal expert. BoatMexico is remodeling its business model. BoatMexico is expecting to switch to a more advertiser-based revenue system.

Advertisers are expected to be offered liberal avenues to promote their products on BoatMexico. Keep an eye on this blog for updates over the next few days.

Posting or uploading material to the website, as well as the use of their Trip Tracker program, will still require the premium membership. Viewing of all of their articles will be free. Using their Marina guide will still require registration, but will remain free.

BoatMexico brought the public a wealth of free information from its legal writer, Attorney Laura Joachín, at Vallarta Yacht Club’s fifth Yachtsman’s Luncheon. Approximately 45 boaters and others attended the newly popular luncheon/seminar.

Laura Joachín, a bilingual attorney in private practice in Puerto Vallarta, has an extensive background in Mexican law. She holds a masters degree in Financial Law, and over 17 years of experience working in such areas as the all-important Notario offices, Mexican Stock Exchange, Human Rights Department, and in Corporate Law. She currently focuses on assisting foreigners with personal, corporate, immigration, and real estate matters via her private practice, PVLaw Legal Service (email: pvlaw.mx@gmail.com).

If you need information on matters dealing with importing a car, importing household goods, tourist visas, FM3’s, FM2’s, automobile insurance, crossing the border, driving in Mexico, paying duty, IVA tax, capital gains taxes, temporary import permits for boats, or other matters that deal with visiting or living in Mexico, you missed an important opportunity. Don’t despair though. Most of the covered material is still available in Legal Loft or Immigration & Customs Loft at www.BoatMexico.com. BoatMexico has 10 Expert Lofts to assist the foreigner with matters in Mexico. Not just boaters belong to BoatMexico. There is a wealth of information on this site for anybody visiting Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, Acapulco, La Paz, Guadalajara or any of Mexico’s attractive vacation or retirement areas.

You will repay your nominal Premium membership fee at BoatMexico when you save yourself hours of problems by using their expert information. Experts in traveler’s medicine, Mexican law, marine biology, immigration, diving, fishing, and safety, among other areas, help guide you through your visit. FOR THE REMAINDER OF DECEMBER, 2008, premium memberships are available for half-price - only $25 for an entire year from the date you join. Wouldn’t it make a nice Christmas gift to anyone living or visiting Mexico, perhaps event o yourself? Beat the deadline: Sign up now at www.BoatMexico.com. This website is growing fast and already boasts more than 44,000 hits per month! Nothing compares! And nothing is this inexpensive! They are putting it all on a single website!!

WRITE, PUBLISH, AND SELL YOUR BOOK

WHILE CRUISING MEXICO

PART ONE

by

Doug Danielson

Early this year (2008) my good friend and fellow writer, David Lyons, (author of Mexico’s Hidden Gold and Riding Guts ‘n’ Glory) was responsible for heading up the Puerto Vallarta Writers Conference. The keynote speaker was Dan Poynter and the subject was “Self Publishing.”

Those of us who were serious about getting published came away from the conference with a whole new mind set on self publishing. Up until then, we had been led to believe that if you self published your work you would never get a contract from a traditional bricks and mortar publisher. There was even a name for it “vanity publishing,” because going the traditional route meant finding an agent and making submittals–a frustrating, time-consuming process—a process that supposedly separated the “serious writers” from the “wannabes.” In other words: If you really had talent, you would be discovered by a Literary Agent and your work would rise to the top of the slush pile.

Baloney! Some of us may never live that long. Unless you are a celebrity, involved in a scandal, or are a notorious criminal, the traditional publishers don’t want you. They could care less about your literary masterpiece or exceptional writing skills because they are only looking for an author who can write something that will sell over a million copies.

Fortunately (for those of us who have talent and aren’t getting any younger), we learned that many “serious writers,” people who write well and should be published, are now bypassing the traditional route. And, there are many forms of self publishing to choose from. Some are very expensive; you have to spend a lot of money up front and do the warehousing, distribution and promotion all yourself, just like any other publisher.

For a fiction writer, the cheaper option is to …

Doug Danielson writes in Writer’s Loft of BoatMexico.com (www.boatmexico.com). Go there to read the complete text to the above article and much more.

Vallarta Yacht Club’s (VYC’s) seminar “Horror Stories from the Bilge” presented by Captain Doug Danielson reawakened awareness among boat owners about just how devastating the consequences can be us when we neglect the subtle deterioration of our vessels systems. Consequences ranged from a vessel burning to total loss within the slip to nearly sinking at sea. Causes of these major consequences were placed on such apparently small neglects as leaving one bad battery in an otherwise good bank of batteries (fire with total loss), or having an exhaust elbow rusting out in an area that ended up flooding the vessel, or bilge debris, or a sundry of other inconspicuous haunts.

Latitude 38 reports that a 45-ft Leopard catamaran was stolen from Marina Palmira in La Paz on Wednesday, Nov. 5th. The vessel is white with a brown stripe and is named TRANQUILA. According to Latitude 38, the vessel was motored out of the marina at night with its lights off, returned to get the dinghy and outboard, and then motored out again. Latitude 38 reports that an American man working on another boat in the marina has been named as a “person of interest” in the incident.

Photos courtesy of Latitude 38

Report any information on this vessel to Mexican or U.S. authorities, Marina Palmira, or Admin@BoatMexico.com.

Marina Palmira: Phone:(011-52) 312-123-7000; 1-877-217-1513 ;Radio: VHF 16, working 68 & 70 Website:http://www.marinapalmira.com

Vallarta Yacht Club (VYC) launched the 2008-2009 season Saturday, November 8th. Festivities began at 1100 (Vallarta Time) at the club’s home facility which is located next to Paradise Village Mall, in Paradise Marina , Nuevo Vallarta.

VYC Commodore, John Moore, introduced the Junior Sailing Program children who gathered to hoist the flags to set the season in motion.

The Priest and officers then departed in the decorated panga for the chistening of the fleet ceromony.

Junior sailing coach Maria Elena and Mike Danielson, Director of On the Water Activities, awarded the juniors their sailing awards.

The Junior Program Fund Raising dinner began at 6 p.m. with an estimated 200 diners. A raffle was held and then a fun auction of donated articles followed and was enthusiastically received, thanks to the talented and humorous auctioneer, Mike Gowan.

The 2008-2009 VYC season promises to be a fun and well attended one, despite the economic challenges facing the world. Members of VYC are fun spirited and generously give to the community. To find out more about the Junior Sailing at other program information at VYC, visit their website at: http://www.vallartayachtclub.com/.

Remember the Yachtsman’s Luncheons begin November 10th, with BoatMexico’s Medical Expert, Dr. Luis Suarez. Luncheons will be held every Monday with the buffet beginning at 11:45 and the program starting at 1245 sharp (all times Vallarta Time). For a full list of the first 7 luncheons’ programs, see below:

Nov. 10: Medical Expert, Dr. Luis Suarez: “First Aid Kit & Common Medical Needs in Mexico” 

by BoatMexico 

This is a SIMULATED alert. Had this been an actual emergency and you were a BoatMexico member:

·       This Red Alert would be posted on every webpage of BoatMexico.

·       An emergency email as prepared by you in advance would have been sent to your emergency contact.

·       Your fellow boaters could organize to obtain more information on your whereabouts using radio communications, and side trips.

·       Your float plans details,  would be made available to those helping by them clicking on the Alert.

·       Your boats detailed description, including photo, and emergency equipment list, from the database would be made available as well by clicking on the Alert.

A click on the alert would provide the members with the details of your filed float plan. The database file on your boat’s such as a photo, description, and list of emergency gear, would also be visible. (This is database kept and only needs your attention if there are updates so that you don’t have to re-enter them with each float plan.)

See example of Float Plan and the databased Boat Information below:

Trip Tracker Emergency

& Alert Details

Boat Information

BE SAFER AND DO AS THE U.S. COAST GUARD RECOMMENDS: FILE A FLOAT PLAN! BoatMexico makes it convenient. Your fellow boaters are advised that you are overdue, but not until a time lapse selected by you, the skipper, decide is reasonable leeway for routine delays. In fact, BoatMexico gives you two levels of alerts. With the Amber Alert that occurs after your initial pad to your ETA, your fellow boaters are just advised that you are OVERDUE. Then, after your chosen additional pad for a serious alert, they are advised with a Red Alert that you are SERIOUSLY OVERDUE, and your contingency emergency email is sent to your chosen contact person with your instructions on what action you want them to take.

 Emergency Loft even allows a member who is warm and cozy ashore, but gets a radio message or otherwise hears about a crew in need of assistance to post the Amber or Red Alert without Trip Tracker. You know there’s somebody overdue who didn’t file a float plan? Post it! You know that somebody went out fishing in their dinghy for the day and didn’t come back? Post it! You know that there are a lot of fishing nets in an area and they are not marked or lit? Post an Amber Alert - let you fellow boaters know.

While Trip Tracker was designed for use in Mexico, there is nothing stopping you from using it along your entire voyage. Sign up now at BoatMexico while Premium Membership is on sale. $25.00 (U.S.) buys you a full year of total website access, including Trip Tracker, Weather Briefer, Captain’s Log, and a host of Experts providing interesing and helpful information. Compare with surf sites and sail sites costing up to three times this amount! And we don’t plague your site with adverstisements like they do. This site is designed with YOU in mind. YOU can upload articles, YOU can share your photos, YOU can freely trade or sell your items (including your boat or house!), YOU are protected from spamming! YOU are missing the boat if you are not including BoatMexico in your travel. Join now. You will meet new friends and each of YOU will help one another stay safer. Go to www.boatmexico.com for more information.