08/17/2008, San Francisco Bay
This weekend a new member was inaugurated to the Baha Ha Ha crew. His name is Covington and all though he is a little square the rest of the crew took to him immediately. That is everyone except Corey.
There is some speculation as to the the exact reason why Covington fell overboard on this day. But what is known is Corey had a lack of interest in his duty to hook the poor soul. Finally after much brow-beating from the crew Corey got a conscience and brought him aboard.
As punishment, the Captain decided Corey will sleep with Covington until they get over there differences and become the best of chums.
This leaves the crew, especially Corey, wondering as to the motivations of the Captains punishment!
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08/17/2008, South Bay
The crew forming for the Baja Haha got together for some boat familiarization and training.... Even Bernice, with her freshly scoped left knee attended and took copious notes and asked great questions. We reviewed safety equipment, excercised all thru-hulls, practiced man-overboard skills and even practiced our abandon ship procedure, getting all 6 of us in the dinghy with our ditch bag and flares.
The winds were 15-20 knots and seas on the stern quarter which brought out the Mal de Mer for Josie....
The crew is dialing in their skills well... Today we'll go over electronics, battery management and spinnaker deployment. Crew is going to be in great shape for the trip.
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08/11/2008, Central Bay
Great sail on the bay this weekend with our friends Dave and Kathleen Stark and George Khokhobashvili, who joined us at Pier 40. After a tour of the SF waterfront and lunch on the hook at Aquatic Park, we had a brisk beam reach to Sausalito and then east to Angel Island.... The sailing went from brisk to positively Mediterranean during this stretch. After passing the lee of Angel Island, things got exciting again as we passed through the slot and headed to Clipper cove. We then turned west and headed to McCovey cove to hear the Giants beat the dodgers. As usual, the crowd was IN to the game.... The day had a little bit of everything, sailing-wise, and everyone had a great time, from Kathleen and George's nap, to Dave's perch on the high side of the boat, soaking up the sun.....
On the way back to RWC, I got this great shot of Rina at the helm with the San Francisco skyline in the background....
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Kathleen Stark and Rina enjoy the sun on the SF Bay
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George enjoying the sights of the City.....
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08/07/2008
So here is the plan as it stands now, subject to change.... part of the goal is to go when and where the wind blows you.....
We will eventually have a google maps mash-up that will have our travel mapped out so you can follow us real time....
Sept 30 - Depart Redwood City for Santa Cruz
Oct 1 - Half Moon Bay
Oct 2 - Santa Cruz
Oct 4 - Stillwater Cove at Pebble Beach
Oct 6 - San Simeon
Oct 7 - Port San Luis
Oct 8 - Santa Barbara
Oct 11 - Catalina Island
Oct 14 - Newport Harbor
Oct 19 - San Diego
Oct 26 - Depart for Turtle Bay as part of www.baja-haha.com
Oct 29 - Turtle Bay
Nov 1 - Magdalena Bay
Nov 4 - Cabo San Lucas
Nov 9 - La Paz
Nov 30 - small anchorages between La Paz and Mazatlan
December - Pacific coast of Mexico
December 19 - Fly home for Holidays
December 27 - Return Mazatlan
January - Puerto Vallarta
February - Zihuatanejo
March - Banderas Bay
April - Sea of Cortez
May - Sea of Cortez
June - Who knows!
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08/07/2008 | Richard Boren (svthirdday att yahoo dott com)
Hi Allan. We did the Ha ha last year and had an absolute blast, so we decided to do it again this year as our family cruise kick off with our two kids.
We will be heading to La Paz after the "circus in Cabo" (you will see what I mean) and then onto the Mexican mainland also. We will keep an eye out for you guys. Regards Rich |
