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BajaBruno
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Mexican Secondary & Trailer Boat
I had an interesting experience at the Tijuana crossing today. I crossed about 8AM, and despite getting a green light they flagged me into secondary.
The very nice customs fellow only wanted to see my boat registration--not the truck or trailer, just the boat. He didn't look at anything in either
the truck or boat.
He took the registration and went back to the transom for a while, presumably to compare it to the hull ID number. Then he came back, handed back the
registration, bid me a good day and sent me off.
Has anyone else had them do this?
On an unrelated note, H/W 1 to Guerrero Negro is in the usual form--great in some stretches and lousy in others. No military delays southbound.
Traffic after San Quentin was moderate northbound and very light southbound.
The El Rosario Pemex is installing new banos! They look pretty nice, too. No doors yet, but the plumbing works. The crew was typically very
professional.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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BajaBlanca
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Did you have stuff in the truck ? Incredible that they did not search it if you did ...
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Santiago
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Yes. On questioning, they said they were 'having problems' with stolen boats coming into Baja. They tried to verify the engine also but I'm clueless
on how they would do that? Three years ago I left my boat in Baja and never tow it anymore - a lot easier in some respects.
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bajachris
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We have had them check registration on trailers, quad runners, camper,etc. better carry everything with you. We forgot the trailer registration and
had to go home to get it. Would have been a bummer if we had to back to Canada instead of north county San Diego just to get our registration. However
it still, wasted a good part of the trip down.
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shari
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you forgot to mention that the Vizcaino Pemex now has industrial rolls of toilet paper...twice in a row this month!!!! things are definately looking
up in baja sur...AND they give the highest exchange rate I've seen (I thought I told Udo to fill up there and use his US $)
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bajachris
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBruno
The El Rosario Pemex is installing new banos! They look pretty nice, too. No doors yet, but the plumbing works. The crew was typically very
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They were working on that bathroom when we went through in February. Jeez they take forever.
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BajaBruno
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Blanca, yes, the camper shell area was filled with fishing/boat stuff. I was surprised, too.
Santiago/Chris. I see, well, that may explain a lot. I'm lucky that just the night before I went through all the registrations and made sure I had
current copies of everything. Not wasted time, I see.
Shari, I got, I think, 14 pesos to the dollar at the Santander ATM in Ensenada. It made my 400 peso stay at the Cowboy Hotel pretty damn reasonable!
I wasn't planing to go down your way, but considering the road construction at Santa Rosalia and that I am towing a 20' boat, I may think about it.
I'm not sure I have the clothes for it, though. It's cold in Guerrero Negro!
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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vacaenbaja
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If you forget your trailer registration and don't live farther away than the nearest auto club, you can always get a dupicate fairly quick there
instead of going all the way home,
if during normal business hours.
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J.P.
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If you are coming into Mexico and towing anything they will pull you in to check the papers that's usually all thy want to see.
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Udo
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I DID top off in Vizcaino, Shari, thanks for the tip. But after driving to your place, and driving to La Bocana (pedal-to-the-metal), we needed to
fill up again in La Bocana. We were 6th in line for gas. And just after that we picked up the oysters (@35 pesos a dozen!).
| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
you forgot to mention that the Vizcaino Pemex now has industrial rolls of toilet paper...twice in a row this month!!!! things are definately looking
up in baja sur...AND they give the highest exchange rate I've seen (I thought I told Udo to fill up there and use his US $) |
Udo
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woody with a view
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they looked us over pretty well last month. the girl couldn't find the VIN number on the boat so i pointed out the matching stickers on the front of
the boat which corresponded to the same numbers on the regy and she was happy. motor was in the back of the truck along with our stuffs and they never
blinked....
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thebajarunner
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Secondario is getting to be a real pit....
We got trapped there in March- stopped to get our visas stamped and trapped!
Not like the 'good old days"
(were they really good as we remember?)
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woody with a view
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of course they were.
next time when you are ready to split from getting your visas just drive up to the red/green light and hold your visas out the window. they will ask
if you have been searched and you say no. you are now at the front of the line and holding up traffic so the next inspector will give you the rubber
glove treatment and away you go!
[Edited on 6-2-2012 by woody with a view]
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thebajarunner
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You give me a great idea, we usually have several vehicles together and we wait til everyone has papers cleared,
Next time each vehicle gets papers and sprints for the light
"We meet at the first toll booth bano"
No more waiting around for the others
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captkw
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boats and borders
been over the baja border with a boat too many times to count and the boat got checked every time without faiL !! and glad they check !! once towing
to costa rica in honduras got stopped by a cop on the side of the road with his biclycle in nowwhere..and he tryed to get the mordida and somehow
knew that calif pink slip's for boat's DO NOT have the calif. bear water mark on/in them !! still to this day, dont know how he knew that !! anyway,,
when I get mad my spanish come's out REAL good and had a stand off when he relized that I was about bury him on the spot,,he backed down and I drove
off..amazed over the whole thing out in the middle of nowhere and no nother traffic....K & T
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by thebajarunner
You give me a great idea, we usually have several vehicles together and we wait til everyone has papers cleared,
Next time each vehicle gets papers and sprints for the light
"We meet at the first toll booth bano"
No more waiting around for the others |
just keep it to yourselves. pretty soon they'll be handing out numbered ticket
stubs when you pull in.
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dtbushpilot
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I'll be towing my 26' Blackman Billfisher across at SY with an inflatable and 6hp outboard in the back of the pick up along with a ton of fishing and
boat related stuff. This will be my first time towing more than a single axle trailer, what's my best move? I have an FM2 so no need to go to IMM. Do
I pull into the "items to declare" lane knowing I will be going there anyway? The inflatable "rib" will be new and not registered, I will have an MSO
and receipt, the boat is USCG documented in my name. The boat is very large for a 26 footer. Cross early in the AM or later? Any advise would be
appreciated.....dt
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captkw
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dtbushpilot
hola,on the kind of load it might a good thing to get a lead car with a wide load sign (spanish) and yellow flasing light...nice boat... BTW and
question ? what's the dt stand for? and some good radio's (vhf) as I like to tell folk's " driving the baja hwy is like flying on a 727..hours
of boredom with moments of shear terror " and I suggest ckecking the trailer a coulbe times a day for loose nuts,wheelbearing running warm and
tiedowns and dont tow with a cover on and get the boat as light as possible !!!! IT'S not a pickup bed !! and if its outboard or a I/O I put a thick
wall pcv pipe hanging back of the transom 4 or 5 feet on the top of both gunnels and paint the ends brite red !! that will hopefully kept the idiots
back away a bit. I think that boat is conventinel drive,,no need and I have also used pvc pibe on the sides out at a slight angle to get the bus's a
little more on their side of the road..any question u2u me..K & T 
[Edited on 6-2-2012 by captkw]
[Edited on 6-2-2012 by captkw]
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woody with a view
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DT, i wouldn't try to fit into the declare lane. if you have all your ducks lined up i'd just try to go thru the far left lane (just to be a berga!)
and see what happens. they're gonna pull you over but i've seen them wave trucks over past the area de revision.
pulling out of declaration south bound is TIGHT! i'd try to avoid it at all cost!
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Bob and Susan
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yea dt...just drive thru..
that boat is an easy drive down the road
you wont need a guide car
no sweat...roads are good except the santa rosalia grade
go slow down that thing...trailer brakes smoke when it good
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