anchorage for Sea Diver. This was not the time to do so, 

 however, for once outside the shelter of the reef harbor 

 we found the water so churned up that it was impossible 

 to make out either the pattern of the reefs or the look of 

 the bottom. 



As we cruised along, dodging the numerous rocky 

 heads, Ed pondered the necessity of dropping the main 

 anchor and chain with every prospect of having to dive 

 them up again the next morning. It was then Kemp sug- 

 gested we pick one of the coral heads near the surface of 

 the water, but deep enough for Sea Diver's bottom to clear 

 it safely, and plant our anchor in its top, much as we had 

 done in the reef harbor. By attaching one end of a smaller 

 chain to the anchor and the other end to a buoy at the sur- 

 face, where it could be joined to Sea Diver with a hawser, 

 we would have a permanent mooring. 



So, with Kemp in the pulpit to pick out a likely 

 coral head, Ed, at the wheel, guided Sea Diver in search 

 of a promising place. Kemp finally spotted one with the 

 proper qualifications and we steered toward it. Now it 

 became a game of skill for Ed to bring the bow of Sea 

 Diver into the right position and to hold it there while 

 Kemp and Glenn, on the bow, maneuvered to place the 

 anchor on top of the coral head, ten feet below. Jane 

 and I wrestled with pike poles to fend Reef Diver oflF 

 the stem, where it was being towed, as Sea Diver was 

 shifted from forward to reverse and back again. 



After three tries the job was done. Barney dived 

 overboard and returned to report that the anchor was 

 firmly set, deep in the heart of the head. We were secure 

 — ^that is, if tlie sixty-foot length of chain could be trusted 

 to hold. I felt very uneasy about that chain, for the reefs 

 were only a quarter of a mile astern. 



Again Sea Diver rolled and tossed all night long, as 

 the wind whistled a tune through the radar antennae. At 



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