We combed the area thoroughly that morning, search- 

 ing close to the temporarily docile reefs, but we were 

 unable to find the pile of ballast which we thought we had 

 seen on Easter Sunday. We could only conclude that we 

 had been deceived by a scattering of coral rocks on one of 

 the sites which Ed had later examined and rejected. 



We returned to Cap Haitien that afternoon, as Bill 

 and Clayton had to be in Port-au-Prince the following 

 day to board the airliner for home. Never were sailors hap- 

 pier to get back to port! By then the entire Link family had 

 succumbed to "Haitian tummy." Clayton was running a 

 temperature. Bill was a mass of sunburn, and I was sure I 

 had at least one broken rib. To everyone's relief, Ed de- 

 cided to keep Sea Diver in port the next day. The whole 

 crew was weary from the constant beating we had taken, 

 and there were many chores on board that needed doing. 

 Sea Diver would not set out again until Sunday. 



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