Reach for the Taut Rope
Martin, Delbert![Reach for the Taut Rope](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/380/38071421/CHSBZCOP0338071421.jpg)
Skipp heard the squeak and strain of the taut rope as it pulled on the pier holding the forty-foot schooner wobbling in the Santa Cruz Harbor. He had just finished sanding a ten-foot section of wooden rail, and he was dipping the hog's hair brush into the varnish when he heard the sound of a young woman's voice calling his name.He had dreamed about meeting a beautiful woman in such a place. "So you live on a boat, " she said. "Oh, we have got ...