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One Hundred Two and Counting

The stress of planning a complex gathering can easily give even the most experienced event planners angst, and perhaps even nightmares. "What if no one shows up?" they ask themselves in sleepless torment. When the recession hit, we has such thoughts about our annual San Diego-to-Cabo rally, the Baja Ha-Ha.

Is the Ha-Ha rally any fun? Ask any kid who’s done it, and we think you’ll hear a resounding “Yes!”

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But apparently our still-struggling economy isn’t enough to discourage hundreds of sailors from persuing their dreams of cruising to the sunny latitudes of Mexico. With more than two months remaining until the September 10 entry deadline, over 100 boats have now signed up — 102 to be exact.

The most recent is Tom Kohrs and Cary Purvis’ Island Packet 37 Dragon’s Toy, based at Freeport, CA. "Fates had us crossing each other’s paths for the last 15 years," explains Tom. "We were both in the ‘06 and ‘08 Ha-Ha’s, but we’d never met until we signed on to do a delivery from Panama to Florida in early ‘09. We have been inseparable ever since." If you’d like to join the fun this year, you’ll find complete registry info at the website. And if you don’t have your own boat, but would like to crew, we encourage you to sign up with our online Crew List. See you out there!

Here are the latest entries:

94. Taverna / Catalina 470 / Sal & Debbie Vitale / San Francisco
95. Fixin’ To / Hylas 44 / Jim & Sharon MacIntosh / San Francisco
96. Phambili / Given 45 / Tommy Lorenzo & Fiona Coleman / Victoria, BC
97. Seabird / Swan 51 / Lou Freeman / Ventura
98. Intuition / C&C 37XL / Ron & Connie Holbrook / Tacoma, WA
99. Ticket / Beneteau 47.3 / Rick Niello / Sausalito
100. Wyspa / Baltic 55 DP / Roger Waterman / Del Mar
101. Touchrain / Ericson 38 / Michael & Jan Wilson / Olympia, WA
102. Dragon’s Toy / Island Packet 37 / Tom Kohrs & Cary Purvis / Freeport

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