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They shook hands

“Not that I’,” Joe said, “but why am I her new best friend?”

“You’re going tohappens to her,” Kurt said “And, more important, that she doesn’t cause any problems for the rest of us”

“I’ve never been the chaperone before,” Joe said

“First ti?”

“Power’s back up,” Joe said “Battery is pretty low, but the solar panels and the wind turbine are carrying the load”

“Did we find anything?”

Paul spoke first “Once Joe got the power back on, I was able to access the tracking mode on the GPS They kept to a westerly course until a little after eight pht they reported in Then the course and speed become erratic”

“Any idea why?”

“We think that’s when the incident occurred,” Paul said “The sail was partially burned in the fire Losing its shape would change the boat’s profile and speed Looks like it began to drift”

“Where were they when this happened?”

“About four hundred miles west-southwest of here”

“What else?”

“Nothing out of the ordinary on the ship’s log or in any of their notes or co of interest, as usual”

Kurt turned to Gamay