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[Naturegirl1999]

Why's the Toad here?

I think it has something to do with 0cra_tr0per.

>look at map (we know the way but let's try just to know if we do have a map)
>set course for island
>estimate time of arrival
>use sunscreen
>look at engine
>look at phone
>look at wallet

+1

+1

[Ostathel]

>look at map (we know the way but let's try just to know if we do have a map)

   There is a map in the berth.
   You open the hatch and climb down into the berth.
   You grab the nautical charts stowed above the navigation table and lay them out with paperweights.
   The charts indicate no obstructions between the marina and the island.
   Also, the island marina is on the near side of the island, so you don't have to circle the island.

>set course for island

   Given your position outside the marina, it is simple to plot a course to the island.  Only one course leg is required.
   Using a protractor and a ruler with the chart, you come up with a bearing.
   You now have a bearing, and given wind speed and direction, you compute a heading to get to the island.

>estimate time of arrival

   At hull speed, it should take about 1.5 hours to get just outside the island marina.
   You roll up the nautical charts and put them away.
   You climb out of the berth and close the hatch.
   You steer the boat towards your new heading.

>use sunscreen

   You put on some sunscreen.

>look at engine

   It is an old low-power outboard motor with a forward/reverse lever.
   It has a throttle, and it has a mechanism to hold a constant throttle so you don't have to hold onto it all the time.
   It is steerable, and it has a mechanism to hold it straight so you don't have to hold onto it all the time.
   There is no fuel guage.
   There is a filler for fuel and an oil dipstick.
   It has electric start and, you recall, a really old battery.
   The cover is screwed on with screws.

>look at phone

   No reception so far from shore.  No new messages or anything.

>look at wallet

   Stashed in the wallet are a couple hundred dollars and miscellaneous plastic cards.



deck
You are in open water.
Heading:   on course
Course:      set
It is now 0728h.

[King Zultan]

Maintain course and sail to the island.

[Naturegirl1999]

Maintain course and sail to the island.

+1

[Parsely]

Maintain course and sail to the island.

+1

Turn off phone.
Check engine fuel and oil levels.
Visually inspect battery.

If the engine died suddenly then we probably ran out of gas. If the battery is old we might not be able to get it started again

[Naturegirl1999]

Maintain course and sail to the island.

+1

Turn off phone.
Check engine fuel and oil levels.
Visually inspect battery.

If the engine died suddenly then we probably ran out of gas. If the battery is old we might not be able to get it started again

+1

[Ostathel]

Maintain course and sail to the island.

   The boat moves straight ahead at a steady pace.  You tie off the wheel so as to move around the boat freely.

Turn off phone.

   Good idea.  It will just run down its battery fruitlessly trying to reach a cell tower.

Check engine fuel and oil levels.

If the engine died suddenly then we probably ran out of gas. If the battery is old we might not be able to get it started again

   It's hard to see inside the fuel filler neck.  You are right to suspect that its probably out of gas.
   The oil dipstick looks a little low, but not urgently low.

Visually inspect battery.

   Inspecting the battery requires removing the engine cover.  There is no screwdriver in your inventory.

[Parsely]

Tank up w/gas.
Try the knife or a plastic card as a screwdriver.

[Naturegirl1999]

Tank up w/gas.
Try the knife or a plastic card as a screwdriver.

+1

[Ostathel]

Tank up w/gas.

   You have no fuel in your inventory.

Try the knife or a plastic card as a screwdriver.

   Even after several attempts, the screws refuse to yeild to a knife or a plastic card.

[Naturegirl1999]

Continue course for the island

[Parsely]

>open storage locker
>take engine fuel
>use fuel on engine
>put engine fuel in storage locker
>close storage locker

[Naturegirl1999]

>open storage locker
>take engine fuel
>use fuel on engine
>put engine fuel in storage locker
>close storage locker

We still lack a screwdriver

[King Zultan]

>open storage locker
>take engine fuel
>use fuel on engine
>put engine fuel in storage locker
>close storage locker

+1

We still lack a screwdriver

Putting gas in it is the fastest thing to check, to find out why it doesn't work.

Also if the batteries dead than it wont matter if we have a screwdriver.

[Naturegirl1999]

>open storage locker
>take engine fuel
>use fuel on engine
>put engine fuel in storage locker
>close storage locker

+1

We still lack a screwdriver

Putting gas in it is the fastest thing to check, to find out why it doesn't work.

Also if the batteries dead than it wont matter if we have a screwdriver.

+1 I was thinking of the engine