Baja Ha-Ha

If you've been itching to pull the trigger on your Mexico cruising dreams, today is the day to commit. Online registration for the 20th Baja Ha-Ha cruisers' rally begins RIGHT NOW — noon on Monday, May 1.

If you're a regular reader you already know that the Ha-Ha is a 750-mile rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, with two stops along the way at Bahia Tortugas and Bahia Santa Maria. During the 20 years since the inaugural event, in October of 1994, the Ha-Ha has grown to be one of the largest cruising rallies in the world, drawing between 160 and 180 boats a year.

This year's dates are October 27-November 9. To celebrate the 20-year milestone, the Rally Committee is cooking up some special added activities, and there will undoubtedly be many 'repeat offenders' who'll come back to run the course again. In fact, several will take a break from cruising Mexico to start their trek all over again.

Of course once in Mexico, most boater spend the summer sailing the warm waters or continue to head south to the other America's or do the 'puddle jump' to Tahiti. Of course heading north is an option, that is known as the Baja Bash. Bashing back north is a lot harder since you are going into the winds and weather rather than running down the coast.