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Friday, October 22

The Baja Ha-Ha boats!!-- go to: http://www.baja-haha.com

by painter on Fri 22 Oct 2004 05:30 PM PDT

Baja Ha-Ha XI Official Entries

As of October 1, 2004

2004 - Baja Ha-Ha XI

in order received

Raptor Dance / Valiant 50 / Bill Finkelstein & Mary Mack / Santa Rosa
Nakia / Han Christian 33 / John Gratton & Linda Hill / San Francisco
Maggie Drum / Whitby 42 / Joe & Cindy Barnes / Anacortes, WA
Music / Island Packet 40 / Bruce & Bobbie McPherson / Sausalito
Traveler / Passport 42 / Dennis & Joan Hadley / San Marcos, CA
Sun Break / Hunter 450 / David Emery / San Diego
Pegasus / Formosa 51 / Robert Mathews / San Diego
Con Te Partiro / Bristol 32 / Jeannette Heulin / Emeryville
Mai Pen Rai / Islander 36 / Noble Brown / Benicia
New Morning / Swan 44 / Russ Irwin / Sausalito
Ayu / Hallberg-Rassy 46 / Mike & Jan Moore / Sonoma
Hangover / Olson 40 / Leonard Brownlow / Channel Is.
Jellybean / Pearson 36 / Marlene & Roy Verdery / Sausalito
Eleytheria / Kelly Peterson 44 / Abe & Amy Oros / San Francisco
Aphrodite / Pacific Seacraft 27 / Randolph & Nancy Rowland / San Francisco
Katherine / Downeaster 38 / James & Lucinda Howe / Channel Is.
Wizard / Mason 44 / Frank & Dianne Melone / San Diego
Sea Esta / Kelly Peterson 44 / Bill & Gia Cosbie / San Rafael
Avanti / Jeanneau 37 / Sam & Nadia Calmes / San Leandro
L'Esperance / Beneteau 393 / Eugene Felmar / San Pedro
Seabird V / Whitby 42 / Stan & Rochelle Gardner / San Francisco
Alchera / J/120 / Mark Deppe & Carla West / San Francisco
Journey / Islander 36 / Carl Funk / Vallejo
Miela / Moody 44 / Bill & Karen Vaccaro / Chico
OZ / Talisman 37 / John Pasternak & Audrey Schnell / Pt. Townsend, WA
Vamoose / Columbia 10.7 / Mike Meyers / Long Beach
Laelia / Kennex 420 cat / Howard & Judy Wang / Ventura
Chalet Mer / Irwin 46 / Gene & Pat Gehlbach / San Francisco
Seayanika / Vader 49 / Erik & Katriana Vader / Vista, CA
Cracker Box / N/A / John & Marilyn Graham / N/A
Transcendence / Cascade 36 / Jim Reavis & Kay Endres / Portland, OR
Freedom / Offshore 54 / David Dury / San Francisco
Iron Rose / Cal 2-46 / Don & Linda Anderson / San Diego
Capella / CHB trawler / Craig & Barbara Ashley / San Francisco
At Last / Sabre 38 / DeLayne Brink / Bellingham, WA
Solstice / Pacific Seacraft 37 / John Alden / King Harbor
Seangel / Downeast 45 / Mark & Debra Wilson / Long Beach
Ariel / Catalina 470 / Jeff Chessher / Alameda
Sea Bee / Sweden 39 / Joseph Buchman / San Francisco
The Last Duck / Gemini 105 / Ray Edwards / Verdi, NV
Vinmar / Ranger 33 / Scott Haselton / San Diego
Tournesol / Valiant 32 / Scott Duncan / San Francisco
Zephyrus / Cheoy Lee 38 / Dan & Lorraine Olsen / San Diego
Liberty Call / Catalina 400 / Gene Crabb / San Diego
Tanoshii / Tayana 47 / Dick Locke & Carol Itami / Walnut Creek
King's Quest / Tayana 48 / Lynn & Stella King / San Francisco
Persistence / Kelly Peterson 44 / Tom & Wendy Hoffman / San Francisco
Rod Lee / Bounty II 41 / John Hardisty / Pt. Richmond
Wanderer III / Kelly Peterson 46 / Bob Bunton / Dana Point
Duetto / Voyage Norseman 430 / Stuart Kaplan / San Diego
Tenacious / Beneteau 45F5 / Michael & Steen Wagner / Sausalito
Windy Dancer / Cal 2-46 / John Brandes / Seattle, WA
Cherokee Eagle / Catalina 400 / Roger & Mona Elliott / San Francisco
Equity Kicker / Santa Cruz 52 / Karsten Mau / San Jose
Ahwahnee / Pearson 424 / Tom & Kathy Edwards / Portland, OR
Finisterre / Nautic Saintonge 44 / Mike & Kay Heath / San Francisco
Mildred Kane / Valiant 32 / Jason Ward & Joan Wright / Emeryville
Eos / Freedom 40 / Stephen & Lynel Lemon / Santa Barbara
Last Resort / Tayana 37 / Steve & Susan Tolle / Seattle, WA
Po'oino Roa / Kelly Peterson 44 / Jerry McGraw / Newport Beach
Nala Setia / Bounty II / Richard & Lisa Cameron / Fern Ridge, OR
Sea Eagle / Hunter 42 / Dan & Marie Kinnear / Long Beach
Unbelievable / Beale 47 / Keith Stahnke / Sausalito
Dolfino / Catalina 42 / Rick Lioio / Marina del Rey
Moira / Valiant 42 / Larry & Susan Shick / San Francisco
Brier Patch / Bowman 57 / Phil & EJ Kinnison / San Diego
Zester / Roberts 38 / Charles & Grania Lindberg / Napa
Dream Chaser / Beneteau 350 / George Stonecliffe / Portland, OR
Kanaloa / Kelly Peterson 46 / The Picard Family / Monterey
Scarlett / CS 40 / Russ Eichner & Jane Powell / Benicia
Savannah / Williams 41 tri / Teal & Linh Goben / Seattle
Bronco / Morgan OI 41 / Nels Torberson / Alameda
New Focus / Catana 431 / Paul Biery / San Francisco
Trinity / Hallberg-Rassy 46 / Steven & Roma Swenson / Seattle
Jamboree / Island Packet 485 / Bruce & Nora Slayden / Sisters, OR
Wildflower / Passport 40 / Todd Eversole & Virginia Duncan / Alameda
Bruja Marina / Hunter 466 / Joaquin & Griselda Sosa / Ventura
Denali / Irwin 38 / John Newstead / Coronado
Arabesque / Ericson 32 / Bill Parker / Santa Cruz
At Last / Lagoon 410 / Mike & Neila Pardue / Alameda
Kokopelli / Santa Cruz 40 / Kevin Rooney / Davenport
Ranger / Island Packet 40 / Paul Miller / Marina del Rey
Adventura / Custom 55 / Will McClatchy / Alameda
Lyric / Hunter 46 / Firman & Jean Smith, Bellevue, WA
Fandango / Cheoy Lee 42 / Peter & Shawna Mymer / Pt. Richmond
Gladys Erzella / Cape Dory 25 / Dana Vincent / Chula Vista
Perception / Kronos 45 cat / Glenn Fagerlin / San Francisco
Air Power / J/41 / Bob & Pam Grimes / Richmond
Cat'n About / Gemini 3000 cat / Rob & Linda Jones / Whidbey Is, WA
Star Dancer / Outbound 44 / Dave & Mary Ann Plumb / Berkeley
Wind Trekker / Corsair 31 cat / Tom Brown & Helen Baker / Channel Islands
Sand Castle / Catalina 42 / Kelly & Kathleen O'Day / Cottonwood
Wildfire / Hunter 37 / Dale Miller / Sacramento
Sula / Hallberg-Rassy 53 / Eric Lockand / Seattle, WA
Patagonia / Passport 40 / Ricardo & Gloria Klenk / Emeryville
Anamchara / Jeanneau 36 / The Sauers / Somers, MT
Dharma / Gulfstar 50 / Laney Ortega / San Francisco
Semonship / Beneteau 473 / John & Kay Semon / Port San Luis
Dr. John / Custom 45 ketch / Cliff & Courtney Clark / Fairfax
Elusive / Express 37 / Dick & Carol Desmarais / Brisbane
36 Double D's / Islander 36 / Dale Snearly & Dena Rutan / Livermore
Fenella / Hunter 42 / Hal & Kyle Hintze / San Diego
Misfit / Islander 36 / JC Sprinkle / Stockton
Incantation / Santa Cruz 52 / David Ratner / Vancouver, BC
Megabyte / Maxum 4600 / Dave & Debbie Lenartz / Coeur d'Alene, ID
Make It So / Moody 41 / Anthony Wiseman / Mountain View
Isis / Santa Cruz 52 / Brendan Busch / La Honda
Pangea / Swan 38 / John & Lisa Harlan / Portland, OR
Liberty / Cal 3-46 / Tom Reagan & Nancy Belet / Dana Point
Blue Point / Nordic 46 / Patrick Price / Monterey
Flying Circus / F-27 tri / Dave Martin / Sacramento
Serenity / Hunter 310 / Nicholas Stephens / San Diego
Fast Forward / C&C 34 / J. Michael Dungan / Berkeley
Snow Goose / Cal 2-46 / Frank & Dayna Howard / Huntington Beach
Lily Mae / CT 49 / Simon & Charlyn Anderson / Las Vegas, NM
Moonlight / Hunter 42 / Ron Olson & Yen Trinh / Oxnard
Shearwater / Westsail 43 / Robert Hood / Monterey
Cupid / Hunter 410 / Walt & Mary Lee Morgan / Lahaina, HI
Aquamarine / Ericson 34 / Chris & Beth Lab / San Diego
Bonnie Belle / Beneteau 433 / George Kornhoff / Long Beach
Full Moon / Cal 2-29 / Neal Groff / Victoria, BC
Stargazer / Morgan 38 / Nick Bushnell / Concord
Kabrum / Frers custom 34 / Peter Borges / Richmond, BC
Some Day / Islander 36 / Thomas Michael Gray / Berkeley
Coral Rose / Aloha 34 / John Aldous / Redwood City
Rendezvous / Jeanneau 40 / Jerome Nickerson / Dana Point
Sage Beneteau 461 Bill & Joan McKnight Larkspur, CA
Celebration / Union 36 / Seth Andrews / Pt. Richmond
Rejoyce / Cal 39 / Wayne McKinnon / San Diego
Moana / Downeast 32 / Sam & Sully Peterson / San Diego
Profligate / Surfin' 63 / Rally Committee / Tiburon
Paloma Blanca / Jeanneau 45.2 / Tom Dameron / Las Vegas, NV
Wildrose / Tartan 37C / Lori Warner / Stockton
Freezing Rain / Hallberg-Rassy 46 / Don & Marie Irvin / Gig Harbor, WA
Dolce Vita / Fountaine-Pajot 56 / Mai Dolch / Belvedere
Halcyon / Pearson 385 / Bill Rogers / Portland, OR
Antionette / Cal 34 / Frank Connors / Sausalito
Puzzle Duck / Pearson 30 / Larry Burgoyne / San Diego
Only Four / Lagoon 35 cat / Michael & Patricia Favier / Mesa, AZ
Maya / Westsail 32 / Rick Meyerhoff / Sausalito
West Wind / Gozzard 36 / Chris O'Brien / Bellingham, WA
Solar Planet / Beneteau 51 / Gary Luchtel & Leif Vasstrom / San Francisco
Taurus / Custom 54 ketch / David Southwell / Southampton, UK
Jambo / Tanton 44 / Evan & Flossie Gull / Aspen, CO
Windshift / Scampi 30 / John Hart / Redlands
Caballo Blanco / Cal 30 / Mike Pyzel / Santa Barbara
Relax / Crealock 57 / Ron Jordan / San Diego
Popeye / Searunner 37 tri / Tony Pettit / Lusby, MD
Thunder / Columbia 43 / Jack Brady / Brisbane
Windcastle / Spindrift 43 / Doug Nash / Dana Point
Libertad / Amel Maramu 46 / Dennis & Virginia Johns / Santa Barbara
Cristal / Beneteau 423 / Michael Sebring / Alameda
Amazing Grace / Nassau 34 / John Hill / Sunnyvale
Om / Tradewinds 55 / Ahmed Agrama / Los Angeles
Sandpiper / CT 42 / Roger Brindle / Sausalito
Capricorn Cat / Custom 45-ft cat / Blair & Joan Grinols / Vallejo
Unamet / Symbol 55 / Stephen Webber / Redmond, WA
Con Te Partiro / Hallberg-Rassy / Mark & Diane Rector / Seattle
Shearwater / C&C 41 / Steve & Dawn Borwardt, Brookings, OR
Sea Grace / Sweden 38 / Dave Hamilton / San Francisco
Shaka / Blackwitch 26 / Stacey Dobson / Dana Point
Magic Dragon / Tayana 47 / Claude & Ida Hill / San Pedro
Angel / Cheoy Lee 47 / Scott Morris / Alameda
Break'n Wind / Hunter's Child 50 / John & Nancy Moore / Alameda
Tequila / Roberts 53 / Quinn Closson / San Diego
Aerie / SC 11 (36) / Steven Abaño / San Francisco
Cadence / Fast Passage 39 / John Murphy / Sausalito

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Final weekend before Baja Ha-Ha begins

by painter on Fri 22 Oct 2004 05:02 PM PDT

The most special thing about San Diego is the weather! We've had to take the bad with the good. Mike has a list of new leaks to mend in the boat-- luckily they are small! We have had lots of rain here over the past 4 days.

We have done all the errands and completed almost all the projects we can do before leaving.... anticipation is building!

We're busy meeting and getting to know some great people--many from Oregon and Washington who have sailed down a long ways, through challenging seas to get to San Diego. We've just about met all the people at the dock we're at and most are also leaving on the Ha-Ha!

So, after Monday's 11:00 start, our next major port will be Cabo. We anchor two times on the way down: at Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria. There are over 160 boats going on the cruise. Our crew, Phil and Nora arrive tomorrow. We've enjoyed a lovely sail last night with Linda and Dave, our cousins who came down for the afternoon and evening and the break in the storm!!!

We were able to attend a seminar on the Sea of Cortes and all the great places to visit there. It has a stark beauty of desert and sea and many of the anchorages are off the beaten path enough that you may be the only boat anchored there.

No new photos here because we've been too busy to stop for a minute to take any.

Thanks so much for following the blog--it's going to get more interesting as the cruise goes on!

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Friday, October 15

Dana Point to San Diego

by painter on Fri 15 Oct 2004 01:24 PM PDT

We anchored at Dana Point anchorage. It's oposite to the Ocean Institute, an educational program that does simulations of life on the sea, with two tall ships: Pilgrim, a replica of the Richard Henry Dana boat and Spirit of Dana Point, a privateer that is a Smithsonian replica of boats used as "official" pirate ships of some of the original colonies. We were lucky to be invited (shanghi'd) to be crew on the afternoon voyage of Spirit. It was great fun. See the pictures in the Southern California photo album! They have a great educational program which we were able to observe over the days we were anchored right next to Spirit. We even had a group of kids row by singing sea "chantey's" to us! Came to San Diego yesterday and are embarking on final preparations for Mexico. I'll be doing another article about the Ha Ha prior to our start on Oct. 25th!

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Wednesday, October 6

Things you might not find in Mexico

by painter on Wed 06 Oct 2004 06:53 AM PDT

Otherwise the title could be Julie's List. Julie and Tim are our friends who currently have their boat in San Carlos, in the Sea of Cortez. We've met up with them a number of times since they've left Mexico to work and get ready for the next season in Mexico. Julie told me this list when we first got together and I think it's fun to know ahead of time what you might not find on a trip like this. Cruisers frequent small towns and out of the way places that aren't close to a Sam's Club, which can be found in Mexico.... I'm not sure that's progress.

Julie's List:
U.S. stamps -- this is so you can give mail to folks returning to the US on the plane. Mail is not always a certain thing in Mexico.
stainless steel locks -- things rust quickly in the salt air and you'll have the dingy to lock and countless other things.
plastic egg containers -- no cardboard is allowed on board due to Mexican bugs that like to hitch rides in packaging, so when provisioning in Mexico you transfer items to plastic.
chicken broth cubes or cans
fish, flora and fauna guides -- if you find these in Mexico they'll be in Spanish, and you'll constantly want to learn more about the wonderful wildlife you see.
no see-um screen -- this screen is probably smaller than regular mosquito netting. It's even better not to go to San Blas where these stinging bugs come out morning and evening.
batteries
paper products -- Mexico has these, but softness is not prized
dry bags -- like what river rafters use--you have to get your gear back and forth in the dingy through the surf and everything can get wet!
short wine glasses-- tip proof
wine -- you'll miss CA vintages
coffee -- French roast isn't as popular in Mexico
engine oil -- different engines require different types--hard to get.
garden solar lights -- solar power stored all day helps you find your boat at night when you've gone off in your dingy and it's pitch black and every boat looks the same. Replacement batteries for these lights.
citronella candles and other bug repellant
gifts for kids and families-- it's nice to give gifts and colored pens and pencils are great, candy, clothing, magazines are all well received.
diving equipment -- any gear you have for seeing what's underwater--it's wonderful!
man overboard strobe lights -- it's dark out there and these need to be attached to life jackets.
baked beans
paprica
shrimp sauce
plastic bags of all kinds
pickle relish -- the cruisers like potluck potatoe salad, and this ingredient is just not in the stores.

This list illustrates some of the preparation for provisioning that a trip to Mexico takes. Provisioning will be a big part of our time in San Diego. Hope you like the list. We have some cruisers on the blog, so the list may help some other folks on their way south!

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Newport Beach ....

by painter on Wed 06 Oct 2004 06:17 AM PDT

We have been dividing our time between Newport and Glendora. Projects for Mike's Mom and projects for the boat. Kay got to garden----getting hands dirty for perhaps the last time in a few months.... will surely miss gardening!

We'll be in Newport, probably until the weekend. Are waiting for some fabric to sew a sun cover for over the boom. Would like to leave the sewing machine behind, but if the fabric is still in the mail, it may come along to San Diego. We're at the point that new stuff for the boat should serve two functions--for example, the support for the tent-like sun cover is going to be a boat hook we picked up second hand at Minney's --the most used boat stuff you could ever find in one place--it's in Newport.

Watch for more pictures as we get back on board full time... hope to get internet access in San Diego. Also, a search for Baja Ha-Ha on line will give more info about our fun race to Cabo. Latitude 38 magazine also has lots of info on the Ha-Ha.

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