Wellard looks at Merriman with no small bit of concern. "How so, sir? I- I do know that he lost his ships in the hurricane we were in. He was trying to catch the Pearl."

He sights, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "He had nearly gotten us a time before, off of Tripoli, and that's when we figured out how to use the Astrolabe to get from place to place. Then after everything, when we were heading back to the Isla de Muerta, that's when the hurricane hit, and we had seen his ships before."