We crossed the 'finish line' for Bahia Santa Maria at 4:56 am. and by 7:15 am we were anchored in the bay along with most of the fleet. The weather is warm with a cooling breeze of 14 knots and the water temperature is 24 degrees C or for you yanks, 75.2 degrees F.
After showers and breakfast we crashed for a while. In the afternoon we did a few chores such as reroute the downhaul to go inside the shrouds and Rich checked the hydraulic fluid for the steering. When we were in San Diego we had the software in the autopilot updated and when we reinstalled it the sail to the wind feature was not working correctly. I changed a few settings and now it should be ready to test on the last leg to Cabo San Lucas.
I forgot to mention in last night's position update that we saw the green flash at sunset. This morning we were treated with a colorful sunrise and we saw our first frigate bird. The bay is quite large but there is not a tree in sight. Tomorrow there is a beach party so we will go exploring then. Right now we are recovering.
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