I believe I mentioned in a previous update about the weekly softball games between the "Gringos" and the local Dominicans. They take place every Saturday at 10am (usually getting started by 11). They are played on a baseball field like a Little League field back home complete with outfield walls paid for by sponsors. It is a little run down. The bases are well trodden and Home plate is a flattened 2 liter bottle and occasionally horses or motorcycles pass through behind the bases. The Gringos (cruisers & x pats) have their own gloves (enough to loan you one) and a local bar even provided blue jerseys with "Gringos" on them for the regulars. The average age of the Dominican team is late teens, early twenties. The average for the Gringos is late forties and up. Usually the teams do a little player exchange to even up the game. When I asked if the Gringos ever won I was told they won the first three games, then someone suggested the loser buy the winners beer. The Gringos haven't won since. There is a lot of beer drunk during the game.
Good news has been confirmed. "Bad weather has left the building"!!! It is Tuesday about 11am and we are preparing to leave this evening for Puerto Rico. We stored loose items, checked stores, washed the deck, put in new waypoints, checked the engine and cleaned the anchor chain. The picture with this update is of the chain after 26 days in the water of Luperon harbor, Yea, I know, you can't see the chain! The 5/8" 3 strand snubber line looks just as bad below the waterline. The next update will be from Puerto Rico, probably from the town of Ponce on the southern coast. Finally the adventure, the cruising part, continues. Adios from Luperon.