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Best Leg Three Ever

By Andy Turpin | November 7, 2008 | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico |
Shortly after the 7 a.m. start of Leg Three, chutes were popping all across the horizon.

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"Sweet, sweet, sweet!" That’s how one skipper described the sailing conditions on Leg Three of the 15th annual Baja Ha-Ha cruisers’ rally.

By the third leg most Ha-Ha kids had adapted well to the cruising life.

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It was, in fact, the sweetest Leg Three ever, with consistent winds as high as 18 knots all the way to the Cape, allowing many boats to sail the entire 170-mile leg. As veterans of previous Ha-Has know, the breeze usually shuts down well north of the finish line at Cabo Falso.

Whether you were sailing a J/boat, a Hunter or a vintage ketch, the sailing was sweet, sweet, sweet.

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We’re literally too busy having fun in Cabo — the beach party begins in a few minutes — to bring you further news, but look for more photos and reportorial tidbits in the coming days. And we’ll have a complete recap of this year’s event in the December issue of Latitude 38.

All in all, the sailing was great, the fishing was remarkably abundant and both air and sea temps were appreciably higher than in most recent years — surface water 50 miles offshore measured 84° 55 miles north of Cabo San Lucas!

Hunting the competition, 50 miles out.

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