We love going to San Diego for the start of the Baja Ha-Ha, because there’s nothing better than the excitement of 600 people about to start out on their dream voyage to Mexico. However, it’s also a great opportunity to connect with San Diego’s thriving sailing culture. We tour the waterfront to see customers and other happenings around the Bay.
We stopped in to see Ron Gullan of Yachtfinders, who’s been sponsoring the Baja Ha-Ha since year one!
At the San Diego YC Tyler Sinks was picking up trophies with his hometown crew (not in order: Tyler Sinks, Lucy Wallace, Nick Kaschak, Nevin Snow, Erik Shampain, Max Hutcheson and Jake La Dow) for winning his fourth Lipton Cup, beating all their invited guests. Full results here.
Monday was a great morning with the crew from West Coast Multihulls as they hosted us on their Bali 4.1 charter cat — the official Baja Ha-Ha starting boat.
Dan Krier was down from Seattle reading his new Latitude 38 when we interrupted him for a tour of his new Marine Servicecenter sales office. You can find your copy of the magazine in San Diego by looking here.
Weather conditions and other factors make each bay different, but somehow the Port of San Diego manages to accommodate lots of boats on permanent moorings.
We came across Paul Dorsey’s Fast 40 Adjuticator, which is lining up for some SoCal racing this winter, including the San Diego Yacht Club’s Hot Rum Series.
On Monday afternoon, after the huge Baja Ha-Ha fleet had sailed south, the marinas remained full of sailboats ready to sail. The San Diego Yacht Club has well over 100 boats signed up for the winter Hot Rum Regatta, with its second event held this past weekend on November 20.
There’s much more to see and sail, but time is short and we had to get north to tend to the upcoming December issue.
