Like can I just jump in my boat and go? Do I have to alert any authority about my trip? What are the chances the coast guard boards my boat to search it? How do you find a marina in Mexico? Do I have to alert the Mexican government of my trip? I assume I need a passport.
This is to settle a very polite heated discussion between my partner and I. Where neither of us know what we’re talking about.
passport is bare minimum, but you need to get boat’s papers in order. you gotta pay a visit to mexican consulate for that
putting some of these words in search engine of your preference should get you link like this: https://www.boatus.com/expert-advice/expert-advice-archive/2017/april/boaters-guide-to-crossing-the-border or like this https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/vancouver/images/pdf/boat.pdf
“any vessel that leaves from a United States port and returns without calling at a foreign port or place has not departed the United States.”
There goes my idea of running a gambling boat in international waters.
I’m not convinced the ideas are mutually exclusive. Then again I know nothing about maritime law arresteddevelopment.jpg
Well you need a passport, even if you’re an american citizen. You probably want to know which port you’d be arriving at, and have paperwork ready.
Yeah you need a passport. Just look up any marina and go there. Coast guard might search your boat, but they can do that to anyone. You don’t need to alert either government.
Stay on the ocean. If you take the land route, you won’t get five feet.
For finding a marina I expect Google Maps would work fine. It will also allow you to measure distance.
I misread “marina” and thought you were asking about where to find marijuana in Mexico.
The most casually planned smuggling operation in history there.
You’ll need a port pass, sailor moon. Otherwise known as a pass port, because you need it to pass through a port.
Those pesky laws of the land really only kick in once you hit land. Until then you’re in international waters. Technically you might already be considered to be in Mexico but only the coastguard would argue such a thing until you dock.
In practice, if you just anchor in a bay and row to shore…you might enjoy whatever you came to enjoy and then get all the way home without anyone asking you about anything.
This is good because it saves you dealing with beaurocrats but you also don’t get a nice stampo in passporto.
