UPDATED Saturday, 15 November, 2008

THE NOVEMBER / DECEMBER NEWSLETTER IS NOW POSTED!

BAJA 1000 FESTIVITIES BEGIN IN ENSENADA!

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2008 BAJA 1000 COURSE MAP

The world’s best desert racers began practicing Saturday, November 1st as official pre-running started for November's 41st Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race. With over 350 entries expected to compete in 28 Pro and 7 Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and ATVs, the most prestigious of all desert races will be held Nov. 19-23 in Ensenada, Mexico. Completing its 35th year as the World’s foremost desert racing sanctioning body, the event is the finale of the five race 2008 SCORE Desert Series. To date entries have come from 38 U.S. States and 19 countries. The Baja 1000 is the oldest and most well known of all desert races, and remains as the single most appealing accomplishment to a driver. Since 1967, the Granddaddy of all desert races has been run over the mysterious Baja California peninsula.

Because of the economics and logistics involved, past years have been an entire Baja peninsula run to La Paz or Cabo San Lucas, while other years it is a loop race, starting and finishing in Ensenada.The race will start for the 34th time and finish for the 19th time in Ensenada. The motorcycle and ATV classes will start at 6:30 a.m. (Friday, Nov. 21) with the car and truck classes starting at approximately 10:30 a.m., or three hours after the last ATV leaves the line. Vehicles will leave in 30-second intervals in the elapsed-time race. The fastest finishers are expected to complete the course in approximately 14 hours. All vehicles will have a 31-hour time limit to become official finishers in the legendary adventure.The race will start and finish on Boulevard Costero along the picturesque Bahia de Todos Santos in front of the historical Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center in the heart of Ensenada.

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A 2008 BAJA 500 WRAP-UP ARTICLE AND MORE PHOTOS INCLUDED IN OUR JULY/AUGUST 2008 NEWSLETTER

ROBBY BELL FIRST IN THE MOTORCYCLE CLASS

BJ BALDWIN FIRST OVERALL BY JUST 7 SECONDS!

ALSO, SCROLL DOWN AND CHECK OUR 2007 BAJA 1000 PHOTO PAGE LINKS

AND OUR BAJA SURF PHOTO PAGE PHOTO PAGE LINKS

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CALIFORNIA CHANGES THE YACHT TAX EXEMPTION LAW

SAY ADIOS (AGAIN!)TO THE 90 DAY YACHT CLUB

Excerpts below from the October 2nd issue of the Log Newspaper.

California residents who purchase boats outside the state to avoid California sales tax will now have to keep them out-of-state longer, to qualify for a sales and use tax exemption. The bill Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed on Sept. 30 immediately changed the former 90 day out-of-state stay requirement to 12 months to avoid use tax, which is equivalent to the state’s sales tax. The measure, Assembly Bill 1452, is one of number of budget bills passed by the California Legislature that make changes to state laws to implement revenue provisions of the 2008-09 Budget Act. The out-of-state waiting period reverted back to its original 90 days after Republican legislators, led by Sen. Dick Ackerman of Tustin, were instrumental in getting fellow lawmakers to remove a provision from California’s 2007-2008 budget that would have renewed the 12-month out-of-state requirement. As an “urgency measure,” AB 1452 took effect immediately after it was signed by the governor.

This year’s approach to the one-year requirement differs from the 2004 SB 1100 change in the law in two ways. First, the new law has no “sunset” provision, and the new rules are therefore theoretically “permanent.” Second, unlike the approach used in 2004, which provided a two-month phase-in period before the law became effective, this year’s modification to the law is effective immediately. In other words, if you are reading this and you have not signed a purchase contract, you will be subject to the one-year rule.

The highlights of the one-year rule provide that a buyer will be presumed to have purchased the boat in California, and thus be subject to assessment of sales or use tax, if:

• The buyer is a California resident and brings the boat into California within one year of purchase;
• The buyer is a nonresident and keeps the boat in California for more than six months during the first year after the purchase;
• The vessel is subject to the assessment of personal property tax at the county level (regardless of whether the buyer is a resident or a nonresident) during the first year after purchase.
The one significant exception to the one-year timetable allows an owner to keep the boat in California during a repair, retrofit or modification project without affecting the one-year analysis, as long as the boat logs less than 25 hours under way while it is in California.

PERHAPS THE MOST SPECTACULAR VISTA ALONG THE ENTIRE TRANS PENINSULAR HIGHWAY CAN BE VIEWED AT EL MIRADOR ON THE ROAD TO ENSENADA

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Photo by Pete Liebig available at http://paklphoto.com/

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GREETINGS FROM BAJA!

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See our articles in the December 2003 and March 2004 Newsletters about whale lore.

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OUR SURF PHOTO PAGE 9 NOW POSTED!

KILLERS SUNDAY 12/16/2007

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ALL OUR 2007 BAJA 1000 PHOTOS ARE NOW POSTED AND AVAILABLE!

VISIT THE PAGE OF EXCELLENT 2007 BAJA 1000 PHOTOS NOW AVAILABLE TAKEN BY DAN EVANOFF!

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PHOTOS OF YOUR COMPETING TEAM TRUCK OR BUGGY ARE NOW POSTED

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MORE PHOTOS NOW AVAILABLE ON DAN'S PHOTO PAGE

MUY BONITA FEMBOTS!

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DALE ERWIN AND THE BAJA BASED TRUE TRAVELER MIGHTY #29 TEAM WIN THE STREET STOCK POINTS CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE BARONA SPEEDWAY!

BUT IT WASN'T EASY! THE MIGHTY #29 SURVIVED A CRASH IN THE HEAT RACE ON NOVEMBER 17TH THAT BROKE THE LEFT REAR BUMPER MOUNT.

THANKS TO JIMMIE JOHNSON WE PICKED UP A BIG CASH AWARD

2007 BARONA SPEEDWAY STREET STOCK CHAMPION - DALE ERWIN!

Above 4 Photos by Pete Liebig available at http://paklphoto.com/

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THE REEF CREW RIPS BAJA 2-2-2007!

OVER 200 PHOTOS ARE POSTED FROM THIS RADICAL ALL DAY SESSION ON OUR SURF PHOTO PAGE 3.

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KILLERS 1-27-2007

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WATERMEN AND WATERWOMEN!

             VISIT OUR ONLINE STORE AND SEE OUR COLLECTION OF SURF PHOTOS AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON VARIOUS PRODUCTS. SHIRTS, CALENDARS, GREETING CARDS, FRAMED PRINTS ETC. ARE ALL ON DISPLAY AT OUR TRUE TRAVELER ONLINE STORE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ARRANGE TO HAVE YOUR PHOTOS TAKEN BY ME WHILE YOU WERE SURFING MEXICO MADE AVAILABLE ON THE PRODUCTS OF YOUR CHOICE.

            IMAGINE SURFING PERFECT WAVES IN MEXICO AND HAVING YOUR PHOTO ON THE PRODUCTS OF YOUR CHOICE THAT EVENING! IN THIS MODERN DAY CYBER WORLD THIS IS NOW A POSSIBLITY. IF ONE OR MORE OF THE PHOTOS ON OUR SURF PHOTO PAGES ARE FAVORITES YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ON DISPLAY ON YOUR CHOSEN PRODUCTS ON OUR "YOUR MERCH PAGE" IN OUR STORE, E-MAIL ME AND I WILL GET THAT PRODUCT IN OUR STORE ASAP. ALSO, WHILE YOU ARE THERE CHECK OUT OUR SELECTION OF GILL BILLY®, GNARLY DRAGONS, AND TRUE TRAVELER PRODUCTS. CLICK OUR TRADEMARK REGISTERED GILL BILLY® LOGO BELOW TO BE TRANSPORTED TO OUR TRUE TRAVELER ONLINE STORE.

A LETTER POSTED ON OUR

READER RESPONSE PAGE

   Dear Captain Lonnie,

            We have to thank you for getting us through what could have been a very difficult time. We purchased your “90 Day Yacht Club Guide to Ensenada” before we even bought our boat. Our questions were answered with regards to marina services and traveling around town as well as just basic local knowledge. You even addressed our “fear factor” issues and we enjoyed that chapter very much. Attitude begets attitude, this we found to be very important guidance and should be regarded as the “best advice ever given” when entering and traveling in Mexico. We’ve had our boat for seven months now and we make sure to keep your book in the car or on the yacht to visit points of interest (on land and water) and our favorite restaurants which we discovered through your book.

            We have found a smile and a little Spanish does go a long way here in Ensenada. Our advice to your potential book buyers, “you don’t have to own a boat to buy this guide!”

   Ken and Terry Pope, m/v Paradise Found

Click on the above photos and use your Web browser's Back button to return to this page

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THE PHOTOS SHOWN ABOVE WERE TAKEN FOR THE POPE'S CHRISTMAS CARDS BY THIS AUTHOR. IF YOU HAVE A NEED FOR CUSTOM PHOTOGRAPHY OF YOU AND YOUR CLAN OUT ON YOUR YACHT FISHING OR ON A PLEASURE CRUISE, CONTACT ME AND WE WILL SCHEDULE A GLORIOUS DAY ON THE SEA SATISFYING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC NEEDS!

ALSO, HAVING CONDUCTED MANY WHALE WATCHING TOURS AS CAPTAIN, KEEP US IN MIND IF YOU WANT TO TRUE TRAVEL OUT ON YOUR YACHT TO OBSERVE THE MAGNIFICENT GRAY WHALES AS THEY MIGRATE OUTSIDE THE BAHIA DE TODOS SANTOS HERE NEAR ENSENADA. READ OUR ARTICLE ABOUT THIS EVENT HAPPENING ANNUALLY IN OUR DECEMBER 2003 NEWSLETTER.

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OVER 23,500 HITS AVERAGED DAILY IN NOVEMBER 2007, AND OVER 4 MILLION HITS RECORDED THIS PAST YEAR!

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS SITE!

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VISIT OUR May/June 2006 NEWSLETTER TO VIEW PHOTOS TAKEN BY THIS AUTHOR OF THE SAN DIEGO YACHT CLUB OPENING DAY APRIL 2006. SHOOTING THESE PHOTOS FOR THE LOG NEWSPAPER GAVE ME GREAT ACCESS TO THE STAGE. YOU WILL FIND PHOTOS OF ALL THE AWARDS GIVEN THAT DAY TO MEMBER YACHTERS.

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FLAG FACTS

THE BIGGEST BANDERA IN BAJA SOARS PROUDLY HIGH ABOVE ENSENADA

The pole is 340.5 feet high, the flag measures 164x94 feet and weighs 551 pounds, is made out of 100% nylon and was dedicated June 21, 1997

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If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.
  Jimmy Buffett

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 ALL OF THE CLOSE-UP AND DETAILED PHOTOS OF THE SS CATALINA TAKEN AUGUST 23, 2006 WERE INCLUDED IN OUR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2006 NEWSLETTER. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AT THE CATALINA SITE, AS THE ENSENADA PORT AUTHORITIES HAVE NOW DECIDED TO REMOVE HER FROM THE HARBOR

THE ABOVE PHOTO TAKEN THAT DAY WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SEPTEMBER 8TH 2006 ISSUE OF THE LOG NEWSPAPER AND ON THE LOG WEBSITE

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ENSENADA, THE SECOND MOST VISITED CRUISE SHIP PORT IN MEXICO

            Three new shipping lines recently decided to make Ensenada a stop on their itinerary. Currently Ensenada is second only to Cozumel on the Atlantic coast in the number of passenger delivered for an introduction to Mexican culture, carefree shopping, and revelry seeking. Over 500,000 visitors arrived in the year 2004, a historical record. The Princess, Holland America, and Celebrity lines have joined the Carnival and Caribbean cruisers that previously found Ensenada an attractive destination. 25 new-planed arrivals have been added to the passenger shipping schedule. This pushed the 2005 passenger count to over 1 million True Travelers dancing on the tables till the ship shoves off and whisks them out to sea at sunset for a slow cruise designed to give the passengers plenty of time to eat, drink, and gamble.

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No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.
  Elbert Hubbard

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PARTING SHOTS OF THE APL PANAMA

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Photos of last years Ensenada Carnival Celebration posted on our Photo Album Page!

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Full Reports in our recent year's Newsletters which had the most accurate accounts of how this accident happened. Our continually updated Newsletters contained invaluable information about the ongoing cargo disbursement attempts. Click here to go directly to our Newsletter Archive Page.

Articles, quotes and photos from this author are also included in publications of Latitude 38, Latitudes and Attitudes, the Log Newspaper, the Gringo Gazette, and in the June issue of Sea Magazine. Also, a two page profile about this author was included in the July 2006 issue of Sea Magazine. See the article here.

Below: Container Ship on the beach in Ensenada after running aground Christmas Night 2005...

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THIS WEBSITE IS THE HOME OF "THE 90 DAY YACHT CLUB GUIDE TO ENSENADA"

CLICK ABOVE BOOK COVER TO ORDER

...AS FEATURED IN THE JUNE 30^TH 2004 FRONT PAGE L.A. TIMES NEWS ARTICLE

READ THE ARTICLE IN OUR JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2007 NEWSLETTER!

...and the 

General  Ensenada Tourism Guide "The Land and Sea Guide to Ensenada"

Enjoy learning about the exciting advantage involved in taking an offshore delivery of your new yacht and spending time in beautiful Mexico satisfying the California State Law and subsequently saving the sales tax on the purchase transaction. These books are created with the intention of enlivening the California and Ensenada economies and also to make your travels in Mexico on your new yacht or your travels by road more enjoyable. We also offer a complete yacht delivery service including consultation about how to best spend your time in Ensenada. Fill in the Feedback and Delivery form for more information about our services and referrals to others who may help you implement your visit to Mexico. Even if its something as simple as needing a ride down to pick up your boat next time we travel south, let us know!

Rush Limbaugh mentions "The 90 Day Yacht Club Guide to Ensenada" !!! Whether you agree with him on his views or not, listen to this dissertation on the “tax loophole” and his resultant endorsement of the process. Somehow he mixes in blacks and entitlement programs…

Click on the below links to the Rushmiester;

(Ping these links until you connect, they are a bit intermittent but valid links and well worth the effort)

The web page to visit;

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_063004/content/stack_d.guest.html

The audio clip link;

Listen to Rush…
discuss the massive tax loophole for rich, liberal yacht-owners in CA

The 90 Day Yacht Club is the common name given to those who choose to take an offshore delivery of their newly purchased yacht and spend more than 90 days (see our Law Update page link above for temporary law revisions) in another country. This performance of compliance with the State of California Law relieves the new owner's responsibility to pay the State sales tax on the purchase. Whether you are intending to join the Club or are just visiting Ensenada for a weekend adventure, these books will enhance the experience and help you realize a safe and happy journey.  

         This book says “insider” from the opening page. You clearly have spent plenty of time in Ensenada and know it inside and out. The level of detail here is impressive throughout-any reader would feel they’re in good hands following your lead. Overall, too, your writing is clear and conversational; it’s apparent from the tone that you are sharing with fellow sailors, and not merely showing off your expertise. Also, the inclusion of maps and diagrams throughout enhances the value of the text in this book.

Writer’s Digest Self-Publishing Book Awards Review (April 5, 2004)

Within the pages of The 90 Day Yacht Club Guide to Ensenada you will learn about...

...and much more including a collection of 16 maps covering road and sea approaches, marina layout illustrations, 73 places to visit in Ensenada (with a paragraph of explanation about each site), local islands to visit, and local fishing areas. You will find the book presented in a concise manner with this maxim in mind, "give the people the most amount of information in the least amount of time."

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