Sundered Isles: Tinker Part 1
How Tinker Molly Stole her first prize.
Molly had the plan but she needed a crew to pull it off. Tidecrest had a beautiful reef, which had beautiful fish and beautiful scavenging. Most silver sailed by just out of reach. But the flow is fickle and The Meridian Company made good cash on rescues, ransom, and salvage.
We didn't, the company made good silver on our rents, food, and boats. Most of us had a stash of salvage we held back, but we needed off the island to sell it.
Molly though had a map, a plan, and an itch to get off of Tidecrest.
First, we took Silver on Coral. She had been converted from fishing to salvage. Not a pretty boat, but one we knew. Molly had measured the depth and the tide, and predicted we could race away directly over the reef if we left at the right moment.
But that wasn't enough. Overseer Illy made chase with her personal yacht. It was faster. But Tinker had a plan for that. She hooked the drag chain from the Silver off the rudder of the yacht. And it already had six hands depth. Once they hit the reef, they were good as stuck until the next tide.