Thank you, a great read as expected.
So let's see: Prisoners & whalers, check. Privateers, check. Spanish naval power, check. Smuggling scheme to the extent possible from his location, check. Perhaps a Galleon or two to cap it all off, then on to beard Sir Tobias Maidstone. Sounds pretty straight forward to me.
It looks like reviews are down to 7.58 percent of those following this story (sigh). This is not much of an incentive for Mark to post anytime soon,
Thankyou, Daddydavek for echoing my thoughts. It seems to have had some effect.
Mark good follow up.
On my very first Leadership course, after being told by the officer to always lead by example and after he had left the area. The sgt major then looked each of us in the eyes and said, rememder also that when all else fails, grab them by the short and curlies and their hearts and minds will follow.
B.T.W. I counted 10 replies. So was that a right after, shortly after or normal after ( just kidding -Not )
Thanks again Mark.
Yet another great chapter (hieghts do not bother me),
I thought we were about due to loose a midshipman. It seems everyone connected to John Travers gets hurt (some how) or is killed off. Or was it due to Stamfords' lack of musical abilities that made him the most likely candidate to bite the bullet (cannon ball) in this case ?
As for the San Augustin, I don't suppose mayhap her mostly native crew might just happen to be mostly Mapuche conscripts?
Thanks again Mark.
Mr Arbour, another great chapter. So exactly when/how did Granger find out Winkler spoke Spanish (suprise)? I have been following your stories for several years now. Finally I couldn't remain silent any more, so I took the plunge and signed on so that I could voice my concerns of those who perport to be your followers. Where the heck are you all ? If Mark doesn't post you whine and now that he is (thank you ever so much) where are your comments? Many of you are yourselves supposedly Authors and know of the importance of feed back good or bad. Even a two word post of well done, is preferable to the silent indiference I have noted of late. Thank you Mark please keep it up.