31st Baja Ha-Ha Entries Open Friday, May 9

This is it! 2025 will be the Grand Poobah’s last official Baja Ha-Ha. If you’ve always wanted to do the Ha-Ha, this is the year. He said it before (and it didn’t come true), but the Poobah says the 2025 Baja Ha-Ha — the 31st running — will be the last. “I know that I warned that the previous Ha-Ha might be the last, but this year’s really will be the last.”

Sign-ups for this 750-mile cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas open at noon on May 9, with the fleet casting off from San Diego on November 3.

Registration is easy. Go to www.baja-haha.com. Remember that the few coveted slips in Marina Cabo San Lucas are primarily assigned according to the date and time you sign up. The deadline for all entries and information to be received by the Baja Ha-Ha Rally Committee, including all bios, photos, and payment, is Wednesday, September 3, at 5 p.m.

September will also be a good time to finalize your crew. You can find crew, or boats heading south, at the Latitude 38 Fall Crew List Party and Baja Ha-Ha Reunion, starting off with a Mexico Cruising Seminar. October is also a party month, with the Downwind Marine Welcome Cruisers Party and Vendor Fair and evening Cruising Seminars happening late in the month in San Diego. The schedule of the informative sessions can be found here.

The pace picks up on Sunday, November 2, with the Annual Ha-Ha Kick-Off Costume Party and BBQ, co-hosted by West Marine. Come in costume! Skipper and first mate pick up their swag bag with T-shirts, hat, tote bag, and other souvenirs, as well as a free BBQ dinner and drinks. Dinner and beverage tickets for additional crew are $12 each. T-shirts and souvenirs will be for sale. But first, skippers will need to attend the mandatory skippers’ meeting. Rally instructions will be handed out and questions answered.

And at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 3, it’s the Baja Ha-Ha Kick-Off Parade. The parade leads to the fleet casting off for leg one of the 750-mile (give or take) rally.

The following days are filled with sailing, parties, the annual Turtle Bay bazeball game, a beach picnic that lasts all afternoon, lazy time, hiking, beach walking, the annual Rock ‘n’ Roll Beach Party, the world-famous “From Here to Eternity Kissing Contest,” the Awards Presentation on November 15, and finally the La Paz Beach Party on November 23.

The outline above is a loose interpretation of the schedule, and it is subject to change, but you can see more details here.

Put it on your calendar, set all your alarms, and sign up on Friday, May 9, at noon.