The Baja Ha-Ha
November 4 – 16, 2025
San Diego to Cabo San Lucas Cruising Rally
For most West Coast sailors and fans of the Latitude 38 Magazine worldwide, the Baja Ha-Ha needs little introduction… but for the rest of you, be assured this is one great event.
The Baja-Ha-Ha, founded in 1994, is a cruiser’s rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas which marks the beginning of the winter cruising season in the warmer regions of Mexico. Pretty much all comers are welcome, and the fleet regularly includes boats from 20 to 80 feet, from racers to cruisers to whatever tickles your fancy! The camaraderie and friendliness of the group is renowned, and the success of the event is clear: In the last running, some 150 boats were registered!
The Baja-Ha-Ha fleet leaves San Diego in early November this year. There are two stops along the Pacific coast of Mexico designed to let crews rest and relax, enjoy the local scenery and culture, and intermingle in well organized beachside events. The first is in the large bay fronting the small town of Turtle Bay. The locals welcome the fleet into their midst, and there it’s just the perfect way to ease into the cruising lifestyle. From there, it’s southward bound to the remote Bahia Santa Maria. Not much there except for a beautiful bay and a sleepy fish camp outpost. But the fleet hosts shoreside activities, and a band has been known to make the long overland trip from La Paz to provide evening entertainment.
To learn more about the Baja-Ha-Ha, visit their site here, and contact us for details regarding participating with J/World. To whet your appetite, to the left are a bunch of photos from our various J/World Ha-Ha trips.
So what does any of this have to do with J World?
We here at J/World Sailing School offer individuals an opportunity to participate in the Baja-Ha-Ha on our boats, with our world class instructors. This is a great way to be a part of the fun, while improving your sailing and cruising skills. If you are new to coastal cruising, this is a perfect way to sample the waters (so to speak!) under the watchful eyes of our professional coaches… it is the ultimate cruising course. If you are a seasoned sailor, you can become an active member of the crew and head south without the hassles, expenses, and logistics involved in organizing your own boat. Come join J/World for the 2020 event. Now booking, with very limited space, so contact us for details.
Testimonials
We had an absolutely fantastic time and achieved one of my life long goals – learning to sail! The Instructors were truly great and we appreciated their very professional and friendly teaching style. We’ll be back for sure! Thank you for a great experience, J/World. Please send our regards to everyone….
Just wanted to say thank you for a great week taking the Performance Cruising class at J/World. Sailing the J80 was mucho fun and that J105 is a rocket! Both of my instructors are super talented and I definitely learned more in that one week than I have in quite a while. I’ll be in touch to do more sailing with J/World!
I wanted to thank you for a wonderful trip and the experience of a lifetime. I was and remain extremely impressed with all the preparation and hard work that you put in to make this trip a success. I took from this experience not only a great deal of knowledge on ocean sailing, but also increased confidence in my ability as a sailor.
[Our instructor] did an incredible job of ensuring that we both had a positive experience. I have been an educator for almost 30 years. Currently I am Superintendent of Schools for a jurisdiction of over 10,000 students with 1050 staff. I can assure you that [our J/World instructor] is a natural teacher with a broad range of skills.
I just wanted to take a minute to express my appreciation for this weeks class, and to let you know I was really impressed with [my instructors]. You have a great team there! I certainly got everything I’d hoped for… and more. The J/80 was a blast, and the time on my own boat was invaluable. The Friday race was the perfect end to an excellent week…
Absolutely exceeded my expectations in every dimension. The boats were exceptional… new modern and in good shape. The instructors were awesome. It was hard to believe you could get that level of experience and accomplishment and at the same time have great teachers. Thanks you J/World Team!
As someone who’s been teaching and evaluating teachers for a quarter of a century, I’m writing to tell your instructor is one of the best I’ve seen. He’s tremendously skilled at communicating knowledge and also has the rare talent of being able to tell what his students do and don’t understand.
J/World Sailing
San Francisco Bay
San Diego
Puerto Vallarta
(800) 910-1101
(510) 271-4780
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