Once again, we took the Amtrak to San Diego and Francisco from the Coral Hotel was there to meet us and we enjoyed the van ride to Ensenada.  We checked in and headed for the Makai and on the way there, we ran into Debbie from the Crowe’s Nest (a new Mainship 40 Trawler), walking her dog and she invited us aboard.  We then met her husband Bob and they are just two great people.  We swapped new boat owner stories and headed back to check out the Makai.  During our absence a big storm hit the marina and the increased surge snapped the portside stern cleat.  First time I ever experienced this kind of damage.  Daniel from the Coral Marina Service office was minding the boat during the storm and quickly replaced the cleat bolting it to a stronger section of the dock.  No damage was done to the boat.  The constant movement of the boat caused by the surge is really hard on the dock lines and I recommend that you use the largest size dock lines as possible since light lines will fray and snap.  Our neighbor on a Choy Lee sailboat just happens to be Lonny Ryan, the author of the Ensenada 90 day Club Guide so we are located right next to one of the best sources of information regarding the Ensenada area.   We had a quiet dinner at the hotel, unpacked and turned in for the night.