BAJA HA-HA XXV, PT 1 muting to work. "Hopefully along the way I'll meet a nice single lady who shares my passion
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"I am the son and grandson of commercial fishermen," says Richard, "so salt runs in my veins. My father helped me build an eight-ft sailing pram and taught me to sail when I was 8. My Catalina is named for my Dutch grandfather's Nantucket-based fishing boat. "I am one of the volunteer builders of the 138-ft Matthew Turner in Sausalito," continues Schaper. I've also done the Ha-Ha multiple times, and three years ago I did the Puddle Jump. After the partying dies down in Cabo, Richard will head back north right away so he can spend the spring helping rig the Matthew Turner. "My dream destination," he says, "is always Sausalito, the most beautiful place in the world to sail in and out of."
on the January 2017 issue of Latitude. 'In the last year we sold the house, refreshed many of the major systems on the boat, and relocated to San Diego to get ready for our three-year cruise. Our current plan is to cruise Mexico before crossing the Pacific in 2019, slowing down to visit more of the South Pacific over a two-year period, and spend some
for cruising. And hopefuly, I'll — we'll — be able to cruise the Med some day."
Follow You Follow Me — Hunter 466 Allan and Rina Alexopulous National City ++++ Dolfin — Pacific Seacraft 37 Allan, 58, a retired vice president, Bill and Patty Meanly and Rina, a retired payroll and benSan Diego ++ efits coordinator, will have friends JoBill, 72, and Patty own a retail hardsephine Cadieux-Falliers, a shopowner, ware store in the San Diego area, nearly and Shaun Wurzner, 56, a software enthe last of that breed in the age of Home gineer, and friend Christine Hagen as Depot. crew. Allan and Rina did their first HaBill wasn't able to provide much inHa aboard Orange Coast College's Alasformation about their Ha-Ha by press ka Eagle in '06 and their second with time, as he was sailing in his second their own boat in '08. After that second Singlehanded TransPac, and then had Ha-Ha they spent two years cruising to deliver Dolfin back to San Diego. the South Pacific before returning to As we recall, the couple have owned Silicon Valley to build the kitty for an their Pacific Seacraft for something early retirement. like 30 years, and Daughter love her. They did a Alyssa, who did Ha-Ha a few years the Puddle Jump ago, after which they with them in '09, cruised Mexico. returned to San The couple are Francisco to get a fine sailors. We redegree, at which member a time we time she met up chased them across with husband-toBanderas Bay with be Lewis Allen. Profligate, our muchShe and Lewis longer catamaran. took off for the 'Dolfin' The air was light, South Pacific on and it was so hard to a Tartan 37 they reel them in. eventually exchanged for a hurricaneWe're not sure that we ever did. damaged Voyage 43 cat and some land in Fiji. Ebenezer III — Catalina 36 We mention Alyssa because she is Richard Schaper Allan and Rina's sailing hero “for havSausalito / Mill Valley +++ ing the guts NOT to live in a cube after Richard, 73, an Episcopal priest, graduating, but to take off on an openwill be sailing south with friends Denended cruise, rescue a catamaran, and nis Hammer, 60, a PG&E lineman, and start a successful charter business in Ardath Dixon, an outdoor adventure Fiji.” specialist. Alyssa, by the way, is the cover girl Page 98 •
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quality time with Lewis and Alyssa in Fiji. If all goes according to our plan in the sand, we will eventually make our way to Alaska via Hawaii, and back down the coast in 2022.” Horizon — Dufour 310 Eddie Harrison Chicago / Oak Park, IL + Eddie, 71, is a musician who will be sailing south with friends Tom Boucher, 56, a pilot, and Edward Harrison, occupation unkonwn. A sailor for 20 years, Eddie owns two boats. One is a Dufour Arpege, which he sails on the Great Lakes. The other is Horizon, which he also used to sail on the Great Lakes before deciding to relocate her in San Francisco near many family members. Harrison did the 2017 Ha-Ha with Horizon, followed by a Baja Bash home. That was his longest passage to date. After this year's Ha-Ha, Harrison hopes to make his way down to Costa Rica, and while there, perhaps enjoy his favorite dessert, a chocolate cake with frosting. Gotta have the frosting, because chocolate cake without frosting is not chocolate cake at all. Incantation — Santa Cruz 50 David Ratner Vancouver, B.C. + David, 57. who is retired from construction and development, will be sailing south with Elliot Hoyem, 68, a