Emergency Steering

Here we are rigging the emergency tiller. I think it was a virgin before this trip. It took us 45 minutes to get the deck plate loose.

Baja Ha-Ha Crew

Here is the Crew of the Baja Ha-Ha Rally:

• Captain "Salty" Doug.
• 1st. Mate Dave "I Kill YOU!" Calhoun.
• Clark "Wine boy" Hemphill.
• The infamous Uncle Mike.
• The pickup crew from Seattle, Jerry "Fish Killer" Thorsen.

Baja Ha-Ha Bad Start

Here is a picture of Captain Doug replacing the exhaust house after it melted. The raw water valve was left turned off by the captain and the hot exhaust destroyed the hose and filled teh bilge with diesel exhaust and water. The Land crew of Jamie and Linda were quick to the rescue and delivered a new hose to the police dock in San Diego.

Baja Ha-Ha Crew

Here are pictures of the Crew:

• Captain "Salty" Doug
• 1st Mate "I Kill YOU!" Dave
• Clark "Wineboy" Hemphill
• The infamous Uncle Mike
• The pickup crew Jerry "Fish Killer" Thorsen.

Cabo!

Ole' Tucker and I had a great flight. Thanks to Margot and Franz for the ride to the Sacramento Airport. The flight was only 3 hours long and Tucker was the first one off the plane. I wore my Ha Ha t-shirt and was able to get a free ride to the boat at the Marina. I'm pretty sure I was told not to take free rides from drunken saliors but I did anyway :) We are currently anchored out in the harbor. The water is beautiful and it's hot here. They play music ALL night long at the beach club. We will stay here until Tuesday then we are thinking about heading up to the La Paz area. More later.

Next stop Cabo

Looks like next stop is Cabo San Lucas. I'm as ready as I can be for the trip to Cabo San Lucas via aeroplane :) I have a supply of AAA batteries for the SPOT
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Magdalena Bay

Bahía Magdalena (Magdalena Bay) is a 50 km long bay along the western coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is protected from the Pacific Ocean by the sandy barrier islands of Isla Magdalena and Isla Santa Margarita.This bay is particularly noted for the seasonal migration of the California Gray Whales that come here during winter to mate. The bay is also popular for commercial and sports fishing. Nearby mangrove swamps provide sanctuaries for sea birds. The bay includes the small fishing port of San Carlos, as well as Puerto López Mateos, which provides a good place to observe the whales.

According to Lectronic Latidude on the second leg of the trip the weather was a lot calmer and not so rowdy. I'm not sure why they are anchored in this bay and not Bahia Santa Maria. I spoke to Jaime today and he told me that if they needed boats parts they could get them in San Carlos via a panga boat and that might be why they tucked in Magdalena Bay. I don't expect to hear from them until they arrive in Cabo San Lucas. I'm leaving out of Sacramento on Friday morning to join them in Cabo San Lucas. I'm sure all is well.