Socializing and our Domino Champion

We have met several cruisers along the way with whom we have shared joys, dinners, and beach trips and helped each other with boat problems or needed parts. Here is a shot of us celebrating a birthday of circumnavigator Gerald aboard Whiskers with several other friends.

Along with beach trips and sharing rental cars we have found that Mexican Train Dominos is a quite popular game with boaters of many countries and another avenue to socialize. We had a nice set hidden away with the many games we had brought from the states but had never bothered to learn how to play. We finally all went in one Sunday and we sat down with about 30 others and learned this simple and fun game. We now play on the boat after dinners many nights and Emily has gotten quite good at it.

We have run into quite a few areas through the Caribbean that are so organized that there are morning nets on the VHF radio every morning. These 30 to 40 minute discussions review safety and security issues, trade “treasures of the bilge” among cruisers in the harbor, summarize the weather for those without single side band radios or WiFi internet and discuss social events.

She became a regular at the Sunday Domino cruiser tables and she even beat all 30 of the adults and became Champion for the week in Chaguaramas, Trinidad. Below is the announcement on the morning net.

We are trying to instill some humility in this child and explain that doing a victory dance in front of 30 adult losers may not be the most mature thing to do. However, Dad won the next week so the crew of Emily Grace is now feared by Domino players throughout the Caribbean!

Tom