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If you're 'in the neighborhood' of Banderas Bay this month, consider taking part in the Banderas Bay Blast and/or the Pirates for Pupils Spinnaker Run, December 12-14. The actionpacked BBB is three days of 'nothing serious' sailing fun on the water, and equally fun sailor socializing on land. On the 14th, the 12-mile Pirates for Pupils Spinnaker Run goes from Punta Mita to Paradise Village Marina. (Note that this is a downwind sailing event, not a half-marathon footrace.) Costumes are encouraged on the P2P, and make sure there are plenty of Super Soakers in your onboard armory.

Now in their 10th year, these events are sponsored by Marina La Cruz, PV Sailing, Punta de Mita Yacht & Surf Club, Vallarta Yacht Club and Latitude 38. We're proud to say that all proceeds go to local charities and past events have contributed thousands of dollars to helping out local children and

those less fortunate. To register, go to www.vallartayachtclub.org.

Giselle and Clifton Miller are down in Guaymas working fervently on the refit of Sedna, a 1985 Hans Christian 38T they found languishing in Marina Palmyra back in January. After sailing from their homeport of Juneau, Alaska, to Mexico in a Cal 34 back in 2011, they decided to purchase the heavier boat for their intended Pacific Rim circumnavigation. Under four previous names, the green-hulled HC had been around the sailing block a few times — including an abbreviated Pacific Rim trip (South Seas, Hawaii, Alaska) under her first owner. The Millers' short-term goal is to have the boat ready for the Pacific Puddle Jump, which departs Puerto Vallarta this coming spring. The long-term goal, as mentioned, is "to sail Sedna back to Alaska, the long way around the Pacific, Philippines, Japan and the Aleutians." (Sedna is named for

the Inuit/Arctic goddess of the sea and honors the Millers' Alaskan roots.)

In between the sanding, painting, varnishing "and eating copious tacos," Giselle has been recording interviews with people in the yard — cruisers, yard workers and even guards (in both English and Spanish) — for a narrative that documents their journey.

And she wants many more cruisers to take part in what she calls a "collaborative story project." Giselle wants to compile a list of short sailing proverbs from all cruisers. "We're seeking words of advice, wisdom, rules, encouragement, whatever, from folks who have been there, done that — young and old, beginners to the saltiest veteran cruisers." (Here's one example we heard a long time ago from the saltiest guy we know, Commodore Tompkins: "It's easier to stay warm than get that way.") Submissions will be posted on the Millers' website, possibly included in one or

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Of the 148 skippers in this year's Baja Ha-Ha, Dennis Thompson of the Seattlebased Pearson 40 Dream Catcher was one of the few who sailed all three legs — even though the third leg sailing was canceled because of a lack of wind. Thompson was also unusual in that he has one of the more distant ultimate destinations — Norway. We thought only John Neal and Amanda Swan Neal of the Friday Harbor-based Hallberg-Rassy 46 Mahina Tiare III wanted to sail to 'the land of the midnight sun'. But Thompson, a delivery skipper, wants to sail to Norway because he has family there.

Thompson actually didn't want to sail all three legs, but he had to because of problems with his fuel system. Indeed, his boat had been bedeviled by fuel problems ever since he left Seattle. Didn't we just mention something about fuel problems?

"Can you publish Cabo ship agent Victor Barreda's contact information again?" asks Michael Balfany. "The boat I recently purchased had a TIP

(Temporary Import Permit) obtained by Victor, and I need to get it canceled. I know, I know, please don't lecture me as I should have known better, thanks to the advice in fantastic Latitude, than to have bought a boat that already has a TIP. But my newto-me boat is hobbled until I can get the TIP cancelled."

Michael and everyone else who needs TIP help can look up Victor Barreda, ship's agent, Cabo San Lucas, on Google. He can be reached by email at: agebarr@ prodigy.net.mex. The Wanderer saw Victor not an hour before he wrote this item, and Barreda said that he'd checked about 90 of the 148 Ha-Ha boats into Mexico this year.

Just to keep things confusing, Neil Shroyer of Marina de La Paz wrote Latitude to say there is actually nothing in Mexican law that says a boat can't have two TIPs. Shroyer is one of the few people

Ship's agent Victor Barreda, lower left, checked about 90 Ha-Ha boats into Mexico last month. But as he'll tell you, you can do it yourself.

in Mexico who has the patience to actually read Mexican law. We haven't asked him, but we're pretty sure Neil would tell you that no matter what the law says, it's best to do what officials and most marinas demand — which is that there only be one TIP per boat, and that it be in the name of the current owner.

While a lot of Ha-Ha entrants had no trouble getting a new TIP online, others had difficulty. Which makes it so exas-

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