Baja Ha-Ha award night

Today we stayed on Windarra doing some chores. Rich cleaned the watermaker but we are concerned that it needs to run a long time before the water is not salty. So Monday he will call them to see what to do next. Also our pressurized water system (pump and accumulator) has stopped working as well. We have had this system running for over 10 years so I guess it is tired. Rich tried replacing the pump but it is still not working right .I did a little cleaning and put a chafe guard on the boom brake. The line is being chafed by the wire for the boom vang. We may have to change how the boom brake is mounted.

This evening was the Baja Ha-Ha awards presentation. There is first, second and third places in each division and everyone gets an award so there are several third places! Surprisingly, we got first place in our division, mainly because we sailed the whole first leg after the rolling start. Other boats sailed the whole second leg but it was shorter. I think all of the boats in our division motored at least part of the way on the last leg. Our prize includes a t-shirt for first place, a painted wooden fish with a first place ribbon, a button with the map of the Baja Ha-Ha and a copy of Latitude 38. We also got certificates for each crew member that states: Baha Ha-Ha Survivor, by order of the Grand Poobah: This certificate acknowledges to all the world that the bearer (insert your name here) successfully completed the Baha Ha-Ha Cruisers' Rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas in the year 2011. It is definitely suitable for framing. Dan -- we will mail your certificate to you!

Other awards were handed out as well: Most Chatty on the radio which went to I Yam What I Yam, Nautimoments was second. The youngest sailor was Miles on SV Convivia (4 years old), the oldest sailor - 83 years old. Other awards were for best boat bite, aka boat related injury, which went to someone who had their toenail tore off, the first to sail naked, the most fish and to the person who came the farthest to sail in the rally - a tie between a man from Sweden, another man from Copenhagen and a woman from Switzerland. There were other award but I can not remember maybe because they also had free beer at the event.

Tomorrow we leave for Puerto Los Cabos for two nights in the marina. It will be a chance to do laundry and wash the boat. The boat is filthy and definitely needs a wash. After that we will make our way to La Paz.

Adios.

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