Chapter Fifteen
After sailing the entire afternoon on the Lady S, Ian and Mr. Watkins decided all was well and the ceremonial transfer of ownership should take place. At first light the following day, the exact same crew from her shipyard—specialists in all the trades necessary in case something were to go awry—along with Lucky’s sailors would do it all over again on the Lady M.
Under spanker and jib alone, Ian proudly and masterfully slid the Lady S into their berth at the shipyard, a skill that was slowly being lost with the mechanization in their industry. A captain able to perfect this was starting to become a rare professional indeed. Mary-Michael disembarked first to fetch all the employees and craftsmen still on the premises. She called them all over to the pier in front of the bo
