Slept like logs and awoke to a lovely calm morning. Weighed anchor at the crack of dawn and headed east to Cape Cabron. We were able to motorsail nearly all the way to Bahia Samana. We cleared capes Cabron and Samana between eleven and two. Reached Santa Barbara, a small, attractive town on Bahia Samana, at five p.m. and dropped anchor.
Before we even had the anchor down, two men in a small motorboat pulled up next to us. One of them spoke something resembling English but was difficult to understand. We finally gathered that for $5 they would take Roy in to the dock so he could clear with the officials. I had to stay on the boat. In a remarkably short time, he was back. Thomas had taken him to the Commandant's office and served as interpreter. Roy had to pay the Commandant 150 pesos (about $12). He gave Thomas 50 pesos. He also arranged to have 60 gallons of diesel brought to the boat in the morning.
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