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Branwyn
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Posted: Sun Sep 14th, 2008 06:32 pm |
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Good morning everyone,
I am planning to bring my boat to San Carlos next month , and was wondering about the paperwork needed for import and insurance.
Second would be information on Marina Seca, their service capabilities and launching of sailboats.
Of course any other tips or comments are welcome too!
Thank you,
Peter
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JUBILATION JOHN
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Posted: Sun Sep 14th, 2008 08:26 pm |
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A good place to start would be to go to the home page for this site and click on Marine Services. You will find information about both Marinas and Marina Seca there. Regarding your questions about documentation for bringing your boat to San Carlos I would recommend you do a search on this forum on "TIP" (Temporary Import Permit) and also on "Boat Insurance". There have been several discussions about these topics on this forum and I think you will find answers to most of your questions. If not ask away. Hope this helps.
Regards,
John
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Jimmy
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Posted: Mon Sep 15th, 2008 11:57 am |
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| Type in TIP in the Search box above. Marina San Carlos can handle the paperwork for you for a small fee.
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Posted: Mon Sep 15th, 2008 07:28 pm |
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Thanks guys that helps a lot, I will let you know if I have more questions.
Peter
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Posted: Mon Sep 29th, 2008 04:21 am |
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The paper work for importing consists of getting a temporary import permit. You could go to immigration/port captain in Guaymas, or pay marina seca to get it. I would recommend the latter, though it will set you back around $100. Talk to Juan or someone at Marina Seca.
Marina Seca (San Carlos) runs a professional, reliable operation. They keep expanding, but so does the demand so you need to make reservations for haul-out and storage to make sure. Also, the water at the ramp can limit when they can handle deep draft boats--the problem time is generally Dec-April. I have had many boats at MS San Carlos over the years and have never had a problem. They do decent work on boats, also (talk to Jesus).
An alternative that is much more mellow is Marina Real and their Marina Seca. It is much smaller than San Carlos' operation and also good. They charge quite a bit more to move a boat internally (e.g., to the work area).
You need boat insurance. I have used Oversea Insurance from San Diego and they are good.
Hope this is helpful.
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Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 03:54 am |
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Here is my experience with getting my own TIP in San Carlos about a month ago. Reprinted, by permission, from another board. IMO, 115.00 to do the tip for you is excessive, given the ease of obtaining it by yourself.
We're back from Banjercito and, quite frankly, it couldnt be easier. Maybe this is why Melissa encouraged us to do it on our own instead of paying Marina Seca 115.00 dolares for them to do it.
The Banjercito building is a large beautiful white building with marble floors in the lobby. It's on Serdan (N 27 55' 26.8", W 110 53' 12.2") and is just past the large church/cathedral plaza area if you are traveling southeast on Serdan. One better way of getting there, however, is to take the free road to Empalme that stays to the inland side of Guaymas, **EDIT** AND THEN TURN RIGHT ON CALLE 25. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY HIT SERDAN JUST SOUTH OF A LARGE CATHEDRAL/CHURCH. TURN LEFT (SOUTH) AND THE BANJERCITO BUILDING IS ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY ON THE LEFT (INLAND) SIDE OF THE STREET.
Inside the lobby are three desks with employees on the right as well as a small waiting area. We waited for about 5 minutes and got the middle employee who's description sounds like the guy AlG encountered. VERY PROFESSIONAL, pretty good English, too. He handled absolutely everything, down to the actual filling out of the forms. Literally, the only thing I had to do was complete a checklist (not a description, a simple yes or no checkmark) of items on my boat like nav system, radar, sonar, etc. Some were rather humorous like dishwasher (not the wife, in this case), washer dryer, hair dryer, DVD player........lot's of things I wish my boat was big enough to have. The employee (Jorge Ruelas Medina) actually made us a new copy of my passport for his use (as the one from Marina Seca was hard to read), took my money(529 pesos) AND ACTUALLY WENT TO THE CAJA (CASHIER) LINE WHILE WE WAITED AT HIS DESK!
I did have to sign my OWN name three times...........LOL!
This might have been the easiest "official" act I've ever performed in Mexico.
So, we left with the 10 year importation document that has a sticker on it that will attach to our boat.
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bmiller
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Posted: Sun Oct 19th, 2008 11:31 pm |
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I trailered from Colorado myself. We stropped at K21 and handled all the paperwork ourselves. The only hitch was most of my documents had the first name William and one had the name Bill. We worked it out after I found one ID in my wallet with the name Bill. Make sure you have your regisration and insurance in place. There are several ins options available on the internet. Oh and lots of copies of everything, you will need them. The process is really very simple at K21 but does require some patience.
Good luck.
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