BAJA HA-HA XXVI PROFILES, PART 2 Key lime pie. After the Ha-Ha, the two will bash home. Glory — Chance 55 John Sweeney and Jennifer Frost San Francisco John had big successes during the dotcom era with an advertising agency and billboards on buildings company, and more recently has been investing in real estate. Jennifer, John's wife, is the only taxidermist in this year's You know you're in Mexico when a fleet of pangas is sitting on the beach, and a gazillion boats sit at anchor. Ha-Ha fleet. Their crew will be Chris Rand, a Hallberg-Rassy 42 or 46. 55, a veteran of America's Cups on Il elcome to Part 2 of the Baja Moistessier is Raffi's sailing hero, Moro, and his wife Francesca Stouffer. Ha-Ha XXVI profiles, which have been and tiramisu is his number one dessert. Chris is building the multimillion-dolselected at random. Without further ado: lar Millennium Clock for the Long Now Notes: Gadget — Passport 42 Foundation. The clock is several hun(W) indicates that the boat will be Mathias Schmidt dred feet tall, and its chimes are desailing using just white sails as opSan Francisco signed to not repeat the same tune for posed to gennakers or spinnakers. Mathias, 33, is a mechanical engithe next 10,000 years. In many cases both the boat hailing neer who will be doing the Ha-Ha with his John has been sailing for 42 years, port and the owner's city of residence friend Colin Walsh, 38, an entrepreneur, during which time he's owned 25 boats are listed. All bios were written by the and Noah Simon, 33, a film director. and been involved in several America's Grand Poobah, who both is responsible A sailor for seven years, Mathias got Cups. Between 2000 and 2005, he had for and regrets any errors. a concussion from racing J/24s, and four IAAC America's Cup boats that earned a Bareboat Certificate from US competed with Larry Ellison's two IAAC Eos — Cal 34-2 (W) Sailing. Gadget is his first boat, and boats in the Challenge Series on San Raffi Patatian he's been living aboard her and sailing Francisco Bay. Brisbane around the Bay on her for five years. He John and Jennifer have owned GloRaffi, 45, is, like so many Ha-Ha likes to "tinker and prod" with his boat, ry, a Brit Chance design from 1989, participants over the years, an IT conbut is excited to meet and sail with a for six months. After a lifetime of racsultant. He will be doublehanding with bunch of more experienced sailors in ing, John is ready to try cruising. The a crew yet to be determined. the Ha-Ha. couple's dream destination would be The sailing bug bit Raffi hard in Mathias' longest passages to date Cuba on Glory, their dream boat. But 2006 while he was living abroad. have been to the Channel Islands and after the Ha-Ha they'll only be heading After moving to breezy San Franin the Windwards of the Caribbean. Cofor Puerto Vallarta. Their sailing hero is cisco, he received his certification lin has done a lot more sailing, includSt. Francis YC legend Tom Blackaller. as a skipper and coastal navigator. ing across both the Atlantic and Pacific, While in college, John's nickname Raffi purchased Eos in February and doing lots of deliveries. was 'Stunt Cock'. It's not what you 2018. She is not to be mistaken for Someday, Mathias would love to think, but we'll let him explain it to you. Barry Diller and sail Gadget in the Diane von Furbeautiful waters Gypsy — Cascade 36 stenberg's 310of Croatia. His Bill and Nina Kramer ft schooner Eos, sailing hero is Portland, OR which until a few Randall Reeves of Here's something different: a boat years ago was the the Figure 8 Voyto be sailed by retired librarians. That's longest privatelyage. right, both Bill, 60, and Nina are reowned sailboat in "Happiness tired librarians. The Poobah wonders the world. Howis like a butterhow many books they have aboard, or ever, Raffi's Cal fly," says Mathif they've gone to electronic. 34 was featured ias, quoting HenBill has been sailing for half a centuin many Schaefer ry David Thoreau. ry, while Nina got started after moving to Marine product "The more you Portland in 1983. So far they have owned videos. chase it, the more lots of dinghies and three keelboats. Post-Ha-Ha it will elude you. They've had Gypsy for 16 years, but just plans are unclear, But if you turn completed a five-year restoration from as Raffi says he your attention the keel up on the 45-year-old boat. Brian and Doug of 'Kanumera' can't think that to other things, This will be the couple's first Hafar ahead. While he's into the journey it will come and sit softly on your Ha, but they've sailed from Portland to as opposed to the destination, he would shoulder." Vancouver Island many times, with a like to do a circumnavigation, ideally on Colin is a leftie and Mathias likes longest passage of 360 miles. After the
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