Returning to Boqueron, Puerto Rico

Just returned home to Boqueron, Puerto Rico, from Luperon, Dominican Republic.  I sailed on The S/V Ark Angel, a 41-foot Morgan Catalina Classic with Skipper/Owner Andy Messing and his friend Eric Brockmyre.  Both are retired Army officers from Key West, FL.  Overall, we had a great trip.  The Mona Passage between the two islands has a nasty reputation, but it was quite civilized for us.  This trip is into the prevailing trade winds and currents, so the term sailing is a misnomer because we motored most of the way.  Since Puerto Rico is a U.S. Territory, we had to stay on the boat overnight, while our well-paid Homeland Security crew made a decision on how we should clear in.  In the end, we had to drive to Mayaguez to roust a sleepy, over-fed government worker out of a locked, mostly deserted office to give him information he already had.  Loads of drugs and illegals regularly flow into Puerto Rico, but a crew of retired military officers on a law-abiding, licensed boat must scrape and bow to enter their own country.