MexWX: Mexico Weather for Boaters - Softcover

 
9780963847010: MexWX: Mexico Weather for Boaters

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"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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.

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