
Forty-Six Ha-Ha Entries After Just Two Days

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The Grand Poobah is chuffed to report that after just two days, the adventuresome owners of 46 boats have signed up for Baja Ha-Ha XVIII. The ‘Barely Legal’ edition of the popular cruisers’ rally will depart San Diego for Cabo San Lucas, via Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria, on October 24. For entry information, visit www.baja-haha.com. Why sign up early? The earlier a boat signs up, the higher she is on the list for a slip at the finish in Cabo San Lucas.
While we’re looking forward to a terrific summer of sailing in California, it’s great to have the Ha-Ha carrot out there for when the California weather turns grey and cold this fall. Looking down the following list of Ha-Ha XVIII entries, a couple of things stick out. First of all, that friends Myron and Marina Eisenzimmer of the San Francisco-based Swan 44 MKII Mykonos are doing yet another Ha-Ha. That there are two classic plastic Acapulco 40s — Richard Maure’s Marina del Rey-based Tomorrow and Rick & Judith Rosanna Eitniear’s Chula Vista-based Tension Reliever — entered. We can remember hanging out aboard a friend’s Acapulco 40 in Mazatlan in 1978! Speaking of classic glass, entry #17 is Stephanie Mortensen and Robin Kirkcaldie’s Santa Barbara-based Bounty II Red Witch. Not only were the Phil Rhodes-designed Bounty IIs the first large production fiberglass sailboats ever built, they were built in Sausalito. Wait, like they say on television, there’s more! Latitude 38 was founded aboard the Bounty II Flying Scud in Sausalito in 1977. It’s also fun to note that entry #14, the Redondo Beach-based Pacific Seacraft 37 Solstice, is owned by John Alden. What a name for a sailor. We’re also pleased to note that Mike and Dawn Hilliard of Friday Harbor have entered their 85-ft schooner Destiny. Speaking of big entries, Edward King and Aric Ludwig have entered their Oakland-based Lagoon 450 L’Obsessive. We went aboard the Lagoon 450 at the Strictly Sail Boat Show in Oakland last month, and have to tell you that the Leopard 45 ‘ti Profligate we have in a yacht management program in the Caribbean seems about half the size of the Lagoon.
Anyway, as you can probably tell, the Grand Poobah is already jacked up about this fall’s Ha-Ha.
1 | Orcinius | Catalina 42 | John LeDoux & Lisa Danger | Vancouver, WA |
2 | MoonShyne | Wauquiez Pretorien 35 | Stephen & Bente Millard | Santa Barbara |
3 | Mykonos | Swan 44 MKII | Myron & Marina Eisenzimmer | San Francisco |
4 | Ustupu | Mary Lightfoot 31 | Dan Schroeder & Sylvie Ouellette | Vancouver, BC |
5 | Papillon | Slocum 43 | Dan & Kelly Freeman | Seattle, WA |
6 | Stella Maris | Hylas 46 | Tom Madden | Newport Beach |
7 | Tomorrow | Acapulco 40 | Richard Maure | Los Angeles |
8 | Moondance | Islander 36 | Conor & Lanea Riley | Sausalito |
9 | Abracadabra | Canadian Sailcraft 36 | Molly Arnold & Bryce Andrews | San Francisco |
10 | Sisu | Hans Christian 43 | Christopher & Barbara Warnock | San Francisco |
11 | Bella Brisa | Tayana 37 | Rich & Cathy Warner | Alameda |
12 | Mimiya | Catalina Morgan 440 | Mark Koehler | Alameda |
13 | Wind Spirit | Hunter 466 | Paul & Priscilla Zaro | Pt. Richmond |
14 | Solstice | Pacific Seacraft 37 | John Alden | Redondo Beach |
15 | Ventured | Tartan 37 | Erlin Loving | Bainbridge Island, WA |
16 | Huck | Shannon 43 | Joe Rademacher & Heidi Camp | New Orleans, LA |
17 | Red Witch II | Bounty 41 | Stephanie Mortensen & Robin Kirkcaldie | Santa Barbara |
18 | Destiny | 85-ft custom schooner | Mike & Dawn Hilliard | Friday Harbor, WA |
19 | Wings | Passport 40 | Constance Livsey & William Ennis | Anchorage, AK |
20 | Aldebaran | Olympic Adventure 47 | Rob & Lynne Britton | San Diego |
21 | Kyalami | Swan 44 | Norman & Candace Thersby | Pt. Richmond |
22 | Marsha Dee | Coronado 32 | Fred & Coleman | Oceanside |
23 | Entre Nous | Tayana 42 | Joel Tuttle | Alameda |
24 | Robin Ann | Tayana 52 | Steve Hogan & Robin Barrow | Redondo Beach |
25 | Harmony | Tayana Vancouver 42 | Terry & Diane Emigh | Anacortes, WA |
26 | Seychelles | Hylas 49 | John Stone & Nicki Germain | Douglas, AK |
27 | Second Wind CA | LaFitte 44 | Reg & Phoebe Wilson | Sarnia, ON |
28 | Charisma | Tayana 37 | Bob Johnson | Berkeley |
29 | Wings of the Dawn | Hans Christian 52 | Robert & Sherry Bennatts | Friday Harbor, WA |
30 | Camanoe | C&C Landfall 39 | Dave Satterwhite & Stephanie Esposito | San Francisco |
31 | Koh-Ring | Tayana 48 DS | Wolfgang Hausen | Sausalito |
32 | Rancho Relaxo | Islander 30 MKII | Paul Ingram | Chula Vista |
33 | Endeavor | Taswell 49 | Rick & Gina Phillips | Vancouver, WA |
34 | Snug Harbor | Catalina 470 | Charley & Mitzie Eddy | Alameda |
35 | Tension Reliever | Acapulco 40 | Rick & Judith Rosanna Eitniear | Chula Vista |
36 | Delicate Balance | Andrews Custom 56 | Douglas Storkovich | Monterey |
37 | Sail Time | Catalina 34 Mk II | Ken & Twila Sanford | Oceanside |
38 | Hilbre | Catalina 36 MKll | John & Anita Meyer | Henderson, NV |
39 | L’ Obsessive | Lagoon 450 | Edward King & Aric Ludwig | Oakland |
40 | Oceanaire | Tayana 47 | Garrett & Lissa Caldwell | Alameda |
41 | R & B III | Catalina 36 | Brad Older & Richard Weed | Santa Cruz |
42 | Sans Frontieres | Tartan 3700 | Nicolas & Jena Jonville | San Diego |
43 | Time Piece | Coast 34 | John Spicher | Anacortes, WA |
44 | Cracklin Rose | Island Packet 380 | Bill & Rosie Everingham | Alameda |
45 | Seascape | Passport 37 | Roger Smith | Vallejo |
46 | Tranquility | Irwin Citation 34 | Richard Hirscht & Cynthia Cameron |