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Baja Ha-Ha Bios: Preparing to Meet the Fleet

The Baja Ha-Ha Poobah is having a busy time preparing and doing the background work for this year’s rally to Mexico — well, that’s what he says, but he’s also having …

“Good Times on Majestic Dalat in Paris”

The Grand Poobah of the Baja Ha-Ha is having a great time onboard in Paris writing up the bios and sorting out the ‘Meet the Fleet’ photos for the November 1 Baja Ha-Ha. You know, the 750-mile cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas with R&R stops at Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria.

So far there are 163 paid entries.

Based on the bios, there are going to be some really great and interesting folks this year. Kids, too. Lots of kids.

The Poobah’s favorite bio photo to date comes from Kevin and Katie on the Kauai-based custom homebuilt 50-ft cat Kalewa. If you don’t believe cats can sail upwind quickly in light air, you haven’t seen Kalewa. If memory serves the Poobah, Kevin will be doing his fourth Ha-Ha with Kalewa, while Katie will be doing her second. What the Poobah knows for sure is the two are currently cruising in Alaska.

This photo of Kevin and Kate aboard Kalewa was taken in Hawaii, not Alaska.
© 2021 Facebook/Richard Spindler

A few years ago Ha-Ha participants Charlie and Cathy Simon of Celebration, who were circumnavigators and Northwest Passage vets, brought the Poobah some glacier ice for his Ha-Ha sundowners. It was delicious, so K & K, can you do the same?

The Grand Poobah, Assistant Poobah Patsy ‘La Reina del Mar’ Verhoeven, and Doña de Mallorca are all jacked about the upcoming Ha-Ha. Patsy is already in San Diego with her Gulfstar 50 Talion, and is a vet of at least a dozen Ha-Ha’s.

The Poobah and de Mallorca will be leaving La Cruz in early September aboard the Ha-Ha mothership Profligate for the Bash to San Diego to get ready for the November 1 Ha-Ha start. We hope to see you there!

(Editor’s note: The accompanying photo of K & K is onboard Kalewa, but in Hawaii, not Alaska.)

Wait, here’s another photo I like. It’s a of Liz and Steven Davis of Aloha at the end of Steve’s retirement flight from the airlines.

Baja Ha-Ha bios
It’s the first photo we’ve gotten from the cockpit of a commercial jet.
© 2021 Facebook/Richard Spindler

While you’re getting yourself and your boat ready for this year’s cruise to Mexico, be sure to support the Ha-Ha sponsors, many of whom support this event from year to year. 

1 Comment

  1. Mark H Sahs 3 years ago

    See you in La Cruz in before you head north. I will be down in late August checking out Land’s End newly painted nonskid, varnish and stainless steel life lines ( rails now). Arrive about the same time you and the HAHA “sheriff” get there. Hope you are having a great summer!

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