extent of the banks, with the relative depths, the reefs 

 themselves had never been accurately charted. 



However, we were overjoyed to find that Glenn had 

 brought an air photograph of the reefs on the northern 

 banks, which he had secured from Navy sources, giving a 

 very accurate picture of their arrangement. This, with a 

 pen drawing which KorganoflF had sent of the spot he had 

 investigated previously, gave us a fairly clear idea of the 

 area we were looking for. 



As nearly as we could tell, all these sources agreed 

 that the galleon was located near the center of a thick 

 cluster of reefs which formed an inverted triangle on the 

 northern edge of the banks. The group of reefs lay some 

 distance in from the east end of the bank, and was bor- 

 dered on the west by a wide channel to the open water 

 north of the banks. To the east of this area, it could be seen 

 that the southern edge of the reefs formed two long half 

 moons. I recalled that Captain Phips's log had recorded 

 anchoring the James and Mary near the wreck, "the reef 

 making like to a half moon." 



Our procedure, then, was to maintain Sea Diver's 

 course in deep water until daylight, then pick up the south 

 edge of the banks and cross them in a northeasterly direc- 

 tion until we came to the line of reefs which formed the 

 north edge of the banks. We would hope to strike this 

 northern edge somewhere to the east of the center of the 

 forty-mile-long area. It would then be up to us whether 

 we should turn east or west along it, to find the nest of 

 reefs with the lone dry rock which we were seeking. 



As it was late in the evening and we knew that the 

 next day would be a strenuous one, Ed checked Sea 

 Diver's course and the log, assigned the watches for the 

 remainder of the night, and the rest of us turned in. 



When Ed came on watch at daybreak, he discovered 

 that the automatic pilot had slipped slightly in the night, 



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