BAJA HA-HA '06 machines. (Cappricio also donated use of their SailRite machine, and Far Fetched supplied dacron and other items to the cause.) In his other guise, Tom generously made the rounds of the fleet, diagnosing and repairing radios, satphones and other electronics where he could. Unfortunately, even he was unable to resuscitate the Committee Boat's brand
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Bite' trophy by a landslide vote. Other than that, injuries to boats and people were minor. Torn sails were the main malady. Many of the repairable ones were sewn up by the nice folks on Swan 53 Mistress. As well as being a retired telecom engineer, owner Tom Lafleur is president of UK-Halsey sailmakers in San Diego, so his boat is well equipped with everything from sail tape to zigzag
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new SSB, which stopped transmitting the first morning out. (The old one had worked fine for 12 Ha-Has — what were we thinking?) From there on out, Bill Finkelstein on the Valiant 50 Raptor Dance graciously agreed to run the morning SSB roll call for boats still at sea, while the Grand Poobah did the VHF roll call for boats at anchor. (Despite parts and help from two or