The crew decided to sail for the gravy stain, in spite of the Ranger's sub-mission to search for their lost party. (Fletcher declares: "That is not what we were hired for, and they were told explicitly not to go looking for them.") They set sail without consulting the Rangers; the Rangers are informed, but not given a vote.

After about a day's travel, Ant spots Duncan's Dinghy on the horizon, flying their pirate colours. (Meaning that they intend to fight in the customary sporting fashion.) The…

Nathaniel Pierce of the TSS Indomitable boards the Unsinkable and demands to search the ship for contraband. Fletcher argues that we are operating on behalf of the Rangers, but they are in some distress under the ocean, and Fletcher would really prefer to be dealing with that thank you very much, and if they have to search they should get this over with.

They search the ship under the supervision of Ant and Helga, stabbing barrels of cheese whales, when one barrel wobbles and tips over and rolls…

Because the crew knows that people are watching and paying attention to where they are going, in the interest of keeping their destination a secret, they are going and doing ranger stuff first, then to the gravy stain.

Nicholas is writing in his bunk with a light spell, which looks like spinning star patterns. Ant goes to bother him and ask what he’s writing; when he finds out that she is 29 years old and not a kid, he tells her: He is writing smutty radio plays about the rangers; the erotic…

Agatha Smee appoints Fletcher as captain over the crew’s choice of captain by committee, of which she does not approve. When L A Smee died, she became the owner and now she needs to entrust the ship to someone who seems remotely qualified. She forbids the crew from going on any idiotic treasure hunts.

The crew immediately starts to expound on how they JUST got a treasure map from Smee in his will, and Fletcher agrees that they definitely must go for it.

The reading of the will:

• The ship goes…