Day 109 Tennis

Rapa
The day began with a soaking rain and it looked like we were going to spend the day watching movies. By mid morning, however, the rain cleared and we heard from Liahona that they had arranged with Rapa the Yacht Club manager to play tennis.
Rapa is from Easter Island - original name Rapa Nui - and goes by the name of his island. He seems to have a dozen little enterprises from running the Yacht Club (really just an anchorage) to teaching tennis to kids, to carrying out a dozen little jobs for the yachties who take the moorings.
Kurt, Mark and I and Jim and Wendy from Liahona piled into the back of Rapa's truck for the 20 minute drive to the "tennis club". This was not a particularly sophisticated facility but the three courts were in good shape and the view of the ocean was spectacular.
Our complement of shoes and rackets was less than complete so we ended up sharing what we had and playing round robin doubles for over 3 hours. For some of us who had not played tennis in years, this was a lot of exercise but we had a great time and Rapa was an enjoyable addition to the group. He was a much better tennis player than the rest of us but humored us anyway.
By dinner we were back to the boats where we had another set of meetings about the ever changing weather and what that meant for course and time of departure.
We ended the evening with a card game with some of the Eaio crew. We continue to introduce "Oh Hell" to everyone we meet as the game is easy to learn, not too challenging and yet provides an outlet for the competitive spirit. On this evening, the competitive juices were flowing and a good time was had by all.