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Archive for September 2011

Emma Gets Ready to Send It

La Rochelle, France, is where all the Mini Transat action is until Sunday. The Bay’s Emma Creighton will be one of the 78 starters. © 2011 Classe Mini The biennial Mini Transat starts from La Rochelle, France on Sunday, and the Bay Area will have its adopted own, Emma Creighton among the 78 starters. More »

We Say, “The More the Merrier”

Here at Baja Ha-Ha World Headquarters, our attitude toward our Mexico rally has always been "the more the merrier." We think our 750-mile, San Diego-to-Cabo San Lucas cruise is so much fun, and provides such a great introduction to the cruising life, that we hate to turn away anyone simply because they missed the official entry deadline (which was September 10). More »

Acrobat Update

We want to remind you again about a series of upcoming performances by a charming family of sailor/acrobats who have just arrived in the Bay. They are slowly making their way around the world aboard their bright-yellow sloop, La Loupoite, and replenishing their cruising kitty along the way by passing the hat at free public performances.  More »

Armed Guards on Cruising Boats?

While moored at Catalina’s Cherry Cove a weekend ago, the crews of Miss Teak, Destiny and Serendipity — all of whom spent the last winter cruising Mexico as far south as Zihua and as far north as Puerto Escondido — got into a conversation with three gentlemen in a large inflatable who reported they were going to do this year’s FUBAR (Fleet Underway To Baja Rally). More »

Cosco Busan Settlement Largest Ever

Though no one knows for sure what the long-term effects of the Cosco Busan oil spill on San Francisco Bay will be, it appears the recent $44.4 million civil settlement between local, state and federal officials and Fleet Management Ltd, the owners of the ill-fated oil tanker, has brought the legal wrangling to a close. More »

Five Ha-Ha Boats from One Club

Some people know what they want and they waste no time in taking it. As late entries to the Baja Ha-Ha ‘Barely Legal’ edition continue to come it, five Vallejo YC members secured their spots early on for the 18th running of this cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. More »
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ACWS Plymouth Wraps-up

Going out with a bang, the second installment of the America’s Cup World Series wrapped up in Plymouth, England yesterday. Capsizes and collisions marred a gnarly final fleet race sailed in breeze up to 30 knots. More »

Here Comes the Sun. . .

Forecasters swear this is the week to work on your tan. And what better place to do so, than out on the Bay. latitude/Andy
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC How did that old George Harrison song go? More »

Armed Guards on FUBAR Boats?

After leaving Oceanside earlier in the month, we spent a few days at Two Harbors in Catalina. What a lot of fun! While there, we met a lot of people who had done the Ha-Ha or were about to do the Ha-Ha — and were they excited! More »

The Basics for Clearing into Mexico

With the start of the 18th — ‘Barely Legal’ — Baja Ha-Ha less than six weeks away, we’re getting a few letters about clearing into Mexico. This is all covered in Latitude‘s ‘First Timers Guide to Cruising Mexico’, which Ha-Ha’ers can find in their registration packet or you can read directly from the Ha-Ha site. More »