“Eleanora O’Casey told the people gathered in Hooker’s once again crowded wardroom just over three hours later. “Much more, in fact.”The problem of prize crews had been partially solved. The five surviving pirate ships had been provided with skeleton crews drawn from all six of the flotilla’s schooners, along with a few of the K’Vaernian infantry who knew the difference between a bow and a stern. Then Hooker, Pentzikis, Sea Foam, and Tor Coll had headed northwest, closehauled and throwing up foa...m, while Snarleyow and Prince John (busy stepping a new foremast) kept company with Tob Kerr’s Rain Daughter and the captured Lemmaran vessels. It was fortunate that the flotilla had brought along replacement spars as deck cargo aboard Snarleyow. Replacing Prince John’s mast wouldn’t be a problem, but Roger wasn’t at all sure that they’d be able to replace the rigging of both dismasted pirates, as well. Whether repairs could be made or not, however, he felt confident leaving Snarleyow and Prince John to look after things while the rest of the flotilla tried to run down the rest of the convoy the pirates had captured.The current meeting had been called to try to resolve some of the problems that they would face taking or “recapturing”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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