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When it reached them in an hour, the visibility at Great Bitter Lake would be reduced to near zero It was exactly what they needed

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The Gator sat just below the surface in the cross canal waiting for the Colossus 5 to pass Linda was running the sub on battery power so they wouldn’t have to raise the snorkel, eli seen by ships as they traversed the Suez Though the sandstor farther to the south, here it was relatively cal to be, the canal authorities had the ships that had entered the canal proceed to Great Bitter Lake to wait out the rest of the night

“Here she co the caood four hundred yards between the Colossus 5 and the vessel behind it” They’d identified the next ship as the German science research catamaran called the Arcturus

“What’s the light level outside?” Juan asked

“With all the dust in the air, I’d say we have ten ht aside for your climb”

“Any lights co from the ship?”

“Running lights, but no spotlights”

“Pull up next to the darkest part of the ship”

“Aye, Chairman”

They were planning to get aboard the sarips, to scale the outer hull With the low visibility, it was extre up by anyone on the Arcturus

“Let’s move,” Juan said

Linda pushed the throttle forward and steered into the main body of the canal The Gator was buffeted by the wake of the Colossus 5 as they approached it from the stern

Juan tied a nylon rope between hiner wasn’t the h he often turned the Oregon’s deck into a skateboard park on their R & R Juan would lead the climb, followed by Murph, then Linc All of theuns

The Gator’s shuddering stopped when they left the Colossus 5’s wake and ca her port side