THE BAJA HA-HA CELEBRATES CRUISING
EVERYWHERE
IN MEXICO, EVEN BY FOLKS WHO CONTINUE ON
AROUND THE WORLD
Circumnavigators Rob and Mary Miller
We're looking at you, Rob and Mary Miller of the Finch-46 Maude I Jones. Theirs is one of the small number of wood yachts to have done the Ha-Ha. The couple did the first Baja Ha-Ha in 1994 and continued on around the world on a slow circumnavigation. As in at least 10 years. If we remember correctly, the couple spent a winter among the fjords of the South Island of New Zealand.
Although we may be mixing them up with Bruce Balan and Alene Rice of the Cross 46 Migration, who did the Ha-Ha and have now covered more than 50,000 ocean miles. Many of those miles off the Milk Run, such as to Japan and home across the North Pacific.
Finch-46 Maude I Jones
As for Rob and Mary, we bumped into them in 2004, 10 years after their Ha-Ha, in St. Barth. They were still with Maude I Jones, we were there with Profligate. They looked healthier than ever, as you can tell from the photos.
The moral of the story is that if you do a Ha-Ha, or the Nada Ha-Ha because there isn't an official Baja Ha-Ha this year, be careful, because you may be in for a much longer adventure than you anticipated.
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