Posts by Richard
Different Waters of the World
Steve and Dorothy Darden, who lived in Tiburon for a number of years, aren’t kids, but that hasn’t stopped them from being very active cruisers in the 10 years since they had their Morelli & Melvin 52 cat built in New Zealand. More »
Mexico on Sale for Cruisers?
If you follow the currency markets, you may have noticed that in the last month or so, the U.S. dollar has appreciated something like 10% versus the Mexican peso. That means if you’re lucky enough to be headed to Mexico this winter, your bucks should go a lot farther. 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 »
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 »
September 17 is Passport Day
The San Francisco Passport Agency is hosting a special ‘Passport Day in the U.S.A.’ event on September 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the S.F. Passport Agency on Hawthorne Street in San Francisco. More »
Talk and Heal Like a Pirate
It’s been a very rough year for the cruising community in the Puerto Escondido area of Baja. For one thing, personality and other conflicts tore the community apart. With the two main combatants now gone, one to Cuernavaca and the other to San Diego, things began to simmer down. More »
Prime Cruising Time in Southern California
There are still a few places in Southern California that are clean, quiet and beautiful, as well as free of gangs, graffiti, pollution and corrupt politicians. Cherry Cove, just around the corner from Two Harbors, is one of them. More »
Baja Ha-Ha Rally Entries Surge
With the Ha-Ha entry deadline of the 18th annual Baja Ha-Ha rally rapidly approaching, the number of paid entries have recently surged to 150, with a bunch more expected to be processed in the next few days. More »
The Ha-Ha and Hurricanes
From time to time people ask us about the dates of the Baja Ha-Ha and whether or not they conflict with hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific — i.e., Mexico. It’s a good question, one that’s a little bit more complicated than it might seem at first glance. More »
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