What Kind of People Do the Baja Ha-Ha?

As the sign-on day for the 30th annual Baja Ha-Ha Cruisers Rally approaches, the Poobah is curious about who will join the fleet for this year’s sail south. He recently mused over those who have sailed the Ha-Ha in years past.

In lieu of writing 10,000 subjective words to describe them, we’ll rely on the “a picture is worth 1,000 words” approach to get the job done. So here are 10 semi-representative photos from the 2018 Ha-Ha to give you an idea. Don’t ask us to name names, because something like 13,000 people have done the Ha-Ha and there are a few we have forgotten.

What’s the Ha-Ha? It’s the 750-mile cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, with R&R stops at fun and funky Turtle Bay and surreal Bahia Santa Maria. This will be the 30th running of the event.

The event starts on November 4 from San Diego. Registration begins at noon on May 9 at www.baja-haha.com.

Will this be the last Baja Ha-Ha?

The goal of the Grand Poobah, that would be me, and Patsy Verhoeven of the Gulfstar 50 Talion, who became the Assistant Poobah 15 years ago, was to do at least 30 of them. We will have accomplished that this year. After 30, it all depends on our health. Right now Patsy and I, touch wood, are healthy. Unfortunately, nobody stays healthy forever, so if you want to be sure you do a Ha-Ha and become part of Baja history, it would be best not to procrastinate.

Here’s hoping you’ll be sailing south with us this fall!