MAHALO
Boat Type: DeFever 44
Owners: Eric Baggiolini
Club: Monterey Penninsula Yacht Club
Built: 2000
OWNER BIO
I’ve been on boats since I was 13. I started sailing El Toros, graduated to Mercurys, to Lasers. I’ve been up and down the coast on a Catalina 30 countless times. In 1997 I got a ride on my first powerboat, an express cruiser and I was done with sailing.
FAVORITE BOATING DESTINATION & WHY
I’ve sailed my whole life around Monterey Bay and I thought that was as good as it gets. In 2016 we bought Mahalo in Seattle and spent a year around the San Juan islands. What a fantastic destination for cruising. In a year we didn’t scratch the surface, we will definitely be back.
FAVORITE BOATING EXPERIENCE
For my 50th birthday we chartered a catamaran in the BVI for 10 days and just had a wonderful time with family and friends. I wanted the power cat but they wanted $6k more for the week so I figured for $6k I could sail around for a week.
BOATING STORY
I deny any knowledge of anything stupid happening on my watch. There is no photographic evidence.
ABOUT YOUR CREW
Teresa Baggiolini, my wife, would like the rally to always be within sight of shore!
Marty Lima is a 100 ton captain & an accredited marine surveyor and has been on boats his whole life. Jeri Crittenden is Marty’s wife and probably just as good of a mariner as Marty. They live half the year on a 58′ C&L trawler in the San Juan’s. In 2020 they will be heading north to Alaska.
WHAT’S IN A NAME
The boat before this one was named Mahalo when we bought her. She should have been Closet Case IV…I’m in the closet business….but a vote was taken, two votes were cast and I lost, we kept the name Mahalo. When we bought this boat, another vote on name was taken, two votes were cast and I lost, she is named Mahalo. I have been assured the vote count was correct.
REASON TO BUY THIS BOAT
There is no finer place to be on in the afternoon than on the aft deck of an aft deck trawler.
PREVIOUS BOATS OWNED
Maxum Express Cruiser, Californian 42LRC, PT Overseas 35, Fatty Knees and lots of other boats that have faded from memory.
INTEREST IN CUBAR
I’m so excited I might pee myself. I can’t wait to pull into the Sea of Cortez.