June 13, 2000

Baja
Ha-Ha Notice of Rally

June 13 – Tiburon, California

The Baja Ha-Ha is the 750-mile cruisers rally from San Diego to
Cabo San Lucas, with stops in Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria,
that starts in late October of each year. This year’s start is
on October 31. Based on the number of requests for entry packs
– 85 to date and seven yesterday alone – this fall’s seventh edition
may be the biggest yet. For an entry packet, send $15 and a 9×12
self-addressed envelope with $1 postage to:
Baja Ha-Ha, Inc, 21 Apollo Road, Tiburon, CA 94920.

Check out their website for more details: http://www.baja-haha.com.

Photo courtesy Paola Esteri

Cruisers
Rediscover the Forgotten Middle

June 13 – El Salvador

For most of the last 20 years, El Salvador, torn by civil strife,
was bypassed by most cruisers. As of early this year, that’s all
changed. The accompanying photo of cruising boats anchored at
lovely Marina de Barillas in Bahia de Jiquilisco shows why. The
boats in the photo include, from the left, ‘AliKat’,’Sonrisa’,
‘Mimosa’, ‘Paradise’, ‘Belle Moutette’, ‘Song Line’, and ‘Diana
B’. Another great facility, Bahia del Sol, lies 30 miles to the
northwest.

Articles on the new situation in El Salvador appear in the June
and July 2000 issues of ‘Latitude
38’.

Chuck Zeigler Photo

After the Rescue

June 13 – The Caribbean

What do you do after if you’re one of the crew of a boat that
sinks in the Caribbean, you get rescued by a Russian tanker, and
you’re waiting to arrive in Puerto Rico? If you’re Buzz, one of
the crew of Ron Landmann’s Morgan 45 ‘Painkiller’, you sit in
your room on the ship and dry out your American currency. And
you take a dip in the ship’s little pool.

For the complete story of the ‘Painkiller’ sinking and rescue,
see the June 2000 issue of ‘Latitude
38’.

Ron Landmann Photos

Women Lead New Man

June 13 – Europe 1 New Man Star

With just 30 hours or so in the
thrilling singlehanded race across the Atlantic, the top three
multihulls are separated by a few miles in what have become light
breezes. It’s going to be a tactical dogfight as the skippers
battle both extreme fatigue and tricky conditions on their way
to establishing what certainly will be a new course record.

In the Open Class 60s, the big news continues to be the sensational
performance by the women against some of the top singlehanded
male sailors in the world. Young Ellen MacArthur has become the
toast of Britain, which has been greatly embarassed in the sailing
world in recent years, as she continues to stretch her lead with
‘Kingfisher’. Moving into third place in this very competitive
division with a big gain from the south is Frenchwoman Catherine
Chabaud with ‘Whirlpool’. Furthering the theme of women atop the
New Man, Emma Richards of Britian leads the Classes 2 to 5 with
‘Pindar’. To date, this has been by far the best performance by
a group of women in any major offshore race.

For details on this exciting event, visit www.europe1newmanstar.com/uk.
Ellen MacArthur on ‘Kingfisher’
Europe 1 New Man Star Photo

‘Club Med’ Atlantic Record Attempt

June 13 – Club Med

“I don’t know whether it will be easy to go back to sailing
on monohulls after such speeds,” reports Kiwi skipper Grant
Dalton after his maxi catamaran ‘Club Med’ covered 640 miles in
24 hours, “but each race is a new challenge. Let’s finish
this one first before asking such questions.” Dalton has
won the Whitbread Around the World Race in monohulls twice and
was the runner-up three times. With lighter winds, ‘Club Med’
has slowed to a relatively pedestrian 16 to 18 knots as she continues
on toward the finish at San Salvador.

See www.clubmed.com.

Club Med Graphic

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