Nomad's Force by Craig Martelle & Michael Anderle

Author:Craig Martelle & Michael Anderle [Martelle, Craig]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2017-07-27T06:00:00+00:00

Gulf of Mexico

The Heywood lurched to the top of one wave until it peaked and then it fell down the other side. The masts jerked back and forth as the sailboat was buffeted between the peaks and troughs.

Two of the women were puking on the deck, because it was too dangerous to get close to the rail. They were hanging on for dear life. Only one sheet was deployed to give the boat forward momentum without stressing the mast and rigging. They were running before the wind.

Terry blessed the GPS as it told him where they were. The middle of nowhere running before a massive storm. He hoped it wasn’t a hurricane. It was too late in the season to be a hurricane, but weather patterns had shifted following the nuclear exchange. The Wastelands were a testament to that.

“Everyone get below!” Terry yelled over the storm. He looked at Char. “Tie yourself off.”

He wrapped a length of rope around his waist and tied the other end to a rail near the wheel. Char tied herself to the main mast. There was enough slack to work some of the rigging if needed, but not all of it.

Cresting and rolling, they continued running before the storm. Terry and Char’s enhanced vision let them see even though the storm made it seem like it was the midnight of a new moon.

The sailboat dipped and the main mast slapped against a wave top. Terry and Char hung on, thinking they were going to roll, but the boat popped upright. Terry adjusted their heading, seeking the swells more fore and aft, and less side to side.

Even with his best efforts, twice more the boat nearly laid over. Terry’s heart was terminally in his throat as he fought the storm, the burden of losing the fight crushing him into the deck. He braced his legs and fought on.

It wasn’t in his nature to give up. “Hang on!” he bellowed into the wind, unsure if Char could hear him, even though she was only forty feet away. He could see her outlined in the brief flashes of distant lightning.

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