By John Arndt | November 1, 2021 | San Diego, CA | 4
The Baja Ha-Ha fleet was ready to rock as they gathered for Sunday morning’s skippers’ meeting and returned for the afternoon costume Kick-Off party prior to today’s departure for Cabo via Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria.
Latitude 38’s racing editor Christine Weaver took this shot at the skippers’ meeting. Chris will be aboard the J/120 Shenanigans for this year’s rally.
It is always a fun party since so many people are finally leaving on a voyage they’ve been dreaming about, planning for, and working toward, often for years. Some sailors postponed after last year’s cancellation and that was inspiration for others to ‘go now’ as the world reopens.
This Gilligan’s Island crew is from the Hylas 42 Cloudbreak. They’re delivering Hylas goodie-bags to the seven Hylas yachts heading to Mexico with the Ha-Ha fleet.
No backward glances from the skippers and crew as the southbound sailors settle into the 750-mile cruise under a partly cloudy sky and with a warm breeze filling their sails.
Anyone watching the fleet from this angle is probably wishing they weren’t.
Laws about anchoring out have long been on the books, but have gone unenforced, and the reality on the water and in shoreside communities has remained in a kind of stasis, some would say a quagmire.
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Nice! Have fun! Capitan del “Rancho Relaxo” – class of 2011.
To fair winds and life-long dreams realized….. Hopefully we will join the fleet in ’22!
‘Cloud Nine’
Pan Oceanic 46′
My friend is on Moana. Safe travels Bill!
Have a safe and fun journey! Class of 2014, Aussie Rules of BC, Canada