Chapter Twenty Two
To Carlos Andiamo
The launch was running before the waves, each crest pushing them faster through the water and occasionally splashing over the low transom where the twin, four-cycle, 250hp Yamaha outboards hummed easily at near maximum throttle. The RIB was a thirty-foot, high-speed vessel, initially designed for coast guard and special operations patrols and covert insertions/extractions of Seals and Army Special Forces operators. The protected center console kept the pilot out of the wind and mostly dry, except in the worst weather and seas.
Behind him were six high-backed, well-padded seats with race-style, quick release safety belts and harness and flip down, clear acrylic face guards. In rough seas, the belts kept passengers from being thrown around and the fac
