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"This is a ency," Giordino said with quiet authority ,
"Okay, I'll be wrapping up in about an hour Why don't you drop by then? Do you have the address?"
"Yes, but I'er to Miami"
Wilbanks gave Giordino directions The architect's office was only a few blocks away, so Giordino grabbed a fast dinner at a s the directions he'd received over the phone
The man who opened the door was in his early thirties, quite tall and dressed in shorts and a flowered shirt Giordino's head barely came to Wilbanks' shoulder, and he had to look up The handsome face was framed by an abundance of fashionably slicked-back hair that was graying at the teed to the yachting set, Giordino decided
"Mr Giordino, Wes Wilbanks I'm real pleased to meet you"
"Thank you for seeing me"
"Co, but the chicory keeps it flavorful"
"Love some"
Wilbanks led hi one wall stacked with books on yacht and sn The other as filled with half hull models that Giordino assumed were built froe antique drafting table A desk with a computer sat nestled on a bench in front of a pictureoverlooking the port
Giordino accepted a cup of coffee and laid the sketches from the second officer of the container ship Rio Grande on the drafting table "I know this isn't ht point me toward the manufacturer"
Wilbanks studied the drawings, tilting his head from side to side After a solid minute, he rubbed his chin and peered over the sketch paper "At first glance it looks like a basic design from any one of a hundred boatbuilders But I do believe whoever observed the boat and sketched it was fooled by the angle from which he viewed it Actually, I believe there are two hulls, not one, e look I've alanted to create so to stray very far frons--"
"You sound like you're talking about a craft for flying to the moon"
"Not far from it" Wilbanks sat down at his coraphics what I h a drawer, retrieved a disk and inserted it into his machine "Here's a concept I created purely for fun and out of frustration at knowing I'll never get paid to build it"
The ies filled the ular bow The entire hull and pod that covered the cockpit were smooth and rounded