This wasn’t their first trip together. Whenever Liam needed to head offshore for research, he booked a sailboat—always sail, never motor. The hum of an engine disturbed the very life he was studying, so he relied on quiet wind power instead. And whenever it came to skippers, he called Ethan.
Other sailors were cheaper, younger maybe, but Liam had learned quickly that experience counted for more than savings when the ocean turned foul. Ethan had been a competitive sailor once, back when races and trophies defined him.