about boats. Mexico has and Mexicans have a mindset that you don't have to pay your property taxes or home owners fees. That's what every one told us when we were looking for condo's in the Puerto Vallarta area. You never want to purchase a condo unit where the association is heavily loaded with Mexican owners because they don't pay the maintenance fees or taxes. The government is probably trying to get a handle on that problem but extending that over to the boating community smacks of the old days which isn't good. You could wait for a long time for this to work it self out and if you plan on only being down for a season you could be in real trouble. Every time they do something like this it's a play day for the local officials to pick up a little extra cash. It is, after all, Mexico and I'll still keep going down. Sometimes you have to know when to hold and know when to fold.