Monday October, 24; Day 1:

Today started with a light unexpected rain and barely an wind. The crew was on deck at 9:00am, working the last minute details. 170 boats cut the starting line at 11:00 am.

Skipper's report:
"Hello Hello!  Sans Frontieres here. Our current position is 31'51'4 N  116'58'9W, at 8pm, just passed Ensenada. Condition is 4 knts wind, calm seas. we are going 6.7 knots over ground, powering.

Start at 11 was with very low wind, 5 knts so it was a rolling start... everybody instructed to power at 6 knots speed. we set the spinaker up at 3:15 to 6:30pm, going between 4.2 and 6 kts. bbq sausage and salad for dinner... banana flambe for dessert, with Lamauny French Rhum!   :-)
saw one whale around 5pm and a bunch of dolphins a couple of times, with some playing around the boat for a few minutes... very pretty... heading for Cabo too!

looks like the night should be pretty easy, powering at 6 knts."
 

TOSCA

Be sure to visit TOSCA - Tartan Owners of S. California.

"Sans Frontieres" all shiny and ready to go!!

Day -2 before departure:
Last minute shopping for fresh food, all cans and dry food being on board and safely stored away already. "sans frontieres" got a spa traitment and is all shiny, ready to go!


here is the message from the Baja Ha-Ha Team:
"We’re encouraging San Diego sailors to join us for the annual send-off of southbound cruisers who are departing in the Baja Ha-Ha. More than 160 boats are signed up!

• Who: All San Diego Bay Boaters
• When: Monday, October 24
• Schedule:
  9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. - South Bay boats pass San Diego en route to Harbor Island.
  9:45 a.m. - All boats gather off America's Cup Harbor between Harbor Island and Shelter Island.
  10:00 a.m. - Parade past southwest corner of Shelter Island past the San Diego fireboat.
  11:00 a.m. - America's Cup starting gun salutes Baja Ha-Ha 18.
• Where: View a diagram of the parade route here.
• What: Bring your boat, fly some flags, sound a horn and help the San Diego Port Tenants Association and Sportfishing Association of Southern California give Baja Ha-Ha XVIII sailors a royal send-off for their cruise to Mexico.

This is an opportunity to liven up a Monday morning, get other sailors inspired for destinations beyond the horizon and bring some attention to the sailing lifestyle on San Diego Bay. If you can’t get your boat out, drive out to the west end of Shelter Island with your air horn, bagpipes, Sousaphone, glockenspiel or vuvuzela."

To learn more about the event, go to:

http://www.baja-haha.com/parade.html

Join us to wish fair winds to the "Sans Frontieres" crew....

September 11, 2011

Presentation of the crew, from left to right:
Nicolas Jonville, owner. Frederic Hayem, and Don McLennan, crew.
Sponsor: JONVILLE TEAM Real Estate.

"Sans Frontieres" is leaving the comfort of the Marina for some serious training along the Coronado shores to Imperial Beach and back, on the menu: lots of tacking and spinnaker fine tuning....

Life Jacket Trial

On September 5 the "Sans Frontieres" crew put the self inflatable life jacket to trial. the experience was a success! a few seconds after hitting the surface the life vests inflated and didn't loose air for hours following the test.

Week-end of August 28 Training...

Sans Frontieres' crew is working on every last detail to make sure she is perfectly ready to absorb the "few" miles from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas in october. Spinnaker is on board,  life raft is getting its annual check up etc...

A few more week-end of training on San Diego's beautiful waters and all skills should be nicely polished for the big day....

Pictures of the crew coming...
Stay tuned!!