Wednesday, 14 May 2014 – After midnight, the sea became glassy with just the hint of a swell and with a full Moon, we had a wonderfully quiet night.  Morning brought a setting moon in the West and a rising sun in the East. The sky was clear, and the warm sun made for a very pleasant morning.

Around 10:30 a.m. about two miles off Punta Santo Thomas, we had a visit from a small yellow finch that was quite tame. It explored the cockpit, seemed unconcerned by the presence of humans, it even sat on Anita’s leg for a time. He continued to wander about the boat exploring everything before finally heading back to shore.

At 11:00 a.m. we had passed north of the Rio Santo Tomas and were approaching Ensenada Bay. At 1:00 p.m. and 283 miles from Cedros, we made the final turn off Punta Banda into Ensenada Bay by the Todos Santos Islands. We are just an hour and a half from our destination, Marina Coral. There, we were given a short slip on ‘F’ dock in a narrow fairway which made for some tricky docking maneuvers, at 3:25 p.m. we were securely tied to the dock.

We had covered 292 miles since leaving Cedros or 350 miles since Turtle Bay and had been underway for 72 Hours. Our average speed had dropped to 4.9 knots, the effect of the current pushing against us which was noticeable since leaving Cedros. We had used 37 Gallons of fuel.

We had dinner at Marina Coral and watched a Carnival boat leave Ensenada.