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The 50-foot sailboat Vanishing Point transits from San Diego to Marina Coral in Ensenada, Mexico, following a check-out procedure with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.1:05 The overnight passage covers the route south past the Los Coronados Islands, where the crew maintains a five-mile offshore berth to avoid heavy fishing traffic and fish farms.5:16 Upon arrival at the Ensenada breakwater, the crew times their entry to coincide with high tide to accommodate the vessel’s 8.6-foot draft.12:25 Navigation into the marina requires threading a narrow entrance channel with a charted 8.5-foot mean low water depth and avoiding a charted rock inside the basin.15:39 The crew utilizes updated Navionics charts and radar to monitor the approach while managing swells hitting the breakwater.4:28 After docking at slip Bravo 34, the crew notes that neighboring vessels extending into the fairway can complicate maneuvering in the basin.11:43

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