Seize the Storm
“Martin thought this was not an auspicious name for a boat. She rode high in the water, her communication antennas swaying with the motion of the sea. The hull was gray rather than white, and her brass fittings had been allowed to go dull. She gave the appearance of having been abandoned for a long time—perhaps months.
Claudette used the air horn, a piercing sound that was beyond loud in Martin’s ears—an unbearable noise. After several shrills from that, she used the bullhorn, starting out with ...a cautious “Ahoy, Witch Grass,” sounding nautical and proper, ending up with frantic hellos as they drew closer.
They were close enough to hit it easily with a tennis serve when Axel cut the engine, and they drifted parallel with the silent vessel.
“I would guess she’s fifty feet long, maybe fifty-five,” Claudette said admiringly. “I bet she’ll reach fifty or sixty knots per hour easily. She’s been painted a mud color on purpose—to make her hard to see.”
“Maybe someone’s hurt,”MoreLess
Claudette used the air horn, a piercing sound that was beyond loud in Martin’s ears—an unbearable noise. After several shrills from that, she used the bullhorn, starting out with ...a cautious “Ahoy, Witch Grass,” sounding nautical and proper, ending up with frantic hellos as they drew closer.
They were close enough to hit it easily with a tennis serve when Axel cut the engine, and they drifted parallel with the silent vessel.
“I would guess she’s fifty feet long, maybe fifty-five,” Claudette said admiringly. “I bet she’ll reach fifty or sixty knots per hour easily. She’s been painted a mud color on purpose—to make her hard to see.”
“Maybe someone’s hurt,”MoreLess
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