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pier, and then drove off home with Walter. I did not check the nets until the following day. It
had been a very good catch and I was pleased.
Hide and Seek in the Open Sea.
Walter joined me for a couple more successful outings on "Argo", but then he had some
traveling to do, so I was left without someone to help me. I started looking around the harbor
to see whom I could trust to take out with me as crew. The choice was really limited. Finding
reliable crew became a big problem. Finally, I compromised and hired two young guys that
were anxious to come out with me. The only problem was that these two smoked pot, and I
could not go out to sea with people that could be high and thus unreliable. Having no other
choice and after a long and strict talk, I hired them. However, I made it clear that they could
not smoke pot on my boat or anywhere near me. They could do whatever they wanted when
they were not working for me, but on my boat there would not be any pot smoking or beer
drinking. Our lives depended on having responsible people - so I made that point clear. I
also told them that they should not tell anyone about the location where I was dredging the
coral. They agreed, so I hired them on a trial basis.
In calm sea, with the two new members of my crew. taking a rest between dredgings in the
Molokai Channel
On the first outing with this new crew, everything went smoothly. I kept my navigation chart
hidden and took my land bearings without revealing our location to these two guys. We got
back from an outing on "Argo" with a good amount of angelskin coral and of another coral
that looked like wood and which I threw out, thinking it had no value. As it turned out this