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Ro lead sheets to protect their boats fro copper on the hulls of their sailing fleet She said sorowth, but, unfortunately, that was because it releases poison into the water at an alar rate

Paul wasn’t really paying attention He was concentrating on keeping the chisel at the proper angle and forcing it through the colony of hard-shelled organisms He cleared a two-foot-by-two-foot patch in one spot, a smaller section ten feet behind the first and, finally, a third spot just ahead of the main one

By the tiood at the task

“In fact, the process of ,” Gamay finished

“I’m sure it is,” Paul said, certain that he couldn’t repeat a third of what she’d said “And the defouling process is surprisingly gratifying Like using a snoer on the sidewalk back in Maine”

“Are you finished already?”

“All set” He clipped the scaler to his belt “I’ to nets”

Manually guiding the Remora in the still waters of the harbor was another athletic endeavor The ROV was set to zero buoyancy, which h inertia that Paul was breathing hard by the time he’d pushed, pulled and otherwise manhandled the ROV into place

“Activate the net”

Holding the Remora steady, he felt a buzz, and then a solid clunk, as it pulled itself up a few inches and attached itself to the hull The e circular patch on the top of the Remora’s head, just like the suction cup on the actual fish

“Activate the other two,” Paul called out

The fore and aftthe ROV in place Paul tested it by grabbing onto the rigging, placing his feet against the ship’s hull and pulling with all his e

Letting go, he drifted away froe metal barnacle attached where the others were scraped off,” he said “Heading your way”

“Fantastic,” Gamay said “I’m two hundred yards off the port beam Directly across from you Swim perpendicular to the hull and you’ll find h, we still have a ferry to catch”

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