SANDPIPER
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Chapter 33
I got my 6 boys to pack and then grabbed a commuter flight to London. Thinking about what I could do, I knew I needed some legal advise. I booked my six into the London Hilton and headed for the offices of my late Uncles Lawyer.
Nothing had changed. Still the very old looking lady on the reception desk, same old entry.
"Mr. Ed Somers to see Mr. Brown."
"One moment Mr. Somers, I will see if he is available."
She phoned up stairs to his office and then a moment later escorted me to the elevator. Hit the button for the top floor and left me. When I arrived Mr. Brown's secretary met me and escorted me into his office.
Again he almost ran around his massive desk to greet me.
"Welcome Mr. Somers. An unexpected pleasure. Sit down, sit down. Something to drink I think."
He handed me a glass almost half full of Amber liquid.
"Now, a pleasure visit or is there some problem?"
"Actually I do have a problem."
"Well tell me and I will help if I am able Mr. Somers."
I sat and gave him a shortened version of what had taken place since the last time I had seen him. Ending with the impounding of Sandpiper.
"You and Sandpiper have been busy."
"What the RN has told you is incorrect. There is no law on the books, that say Armed Yachts are not allowed in Territorial Waters. Your uncle came here many times on Sandpiper. He never stayed long, but I know he had no problem with customs while he was here."
"So what the fuck is with them impounding my Yacht?"
"We shall see. I need to make a few phone calls, before you call in the US Navy for help." He laughed.
I sat and sipped on the really good Scotch as he talked to several people.
About an hour later he hung up and sat back in his chair.
"It appears at the moment that the Senior Officer Southampton, has over stepped his orders. He was only ordered to supply dock space for Sandpiper. Did you tee him off some how Mr. Somers?"
"To be honest I don't think I have ever met him. I do not know many RN Officers and the only one I know well is my Captain. I wonder if it is he the Senior Officer is mad at."
"No, the Admiral at Government house said it was you Sir."
"I am sorry Mr. Brown I have no idea what he could be pissed about."
"Where did he have you dock?"
"At one of the Vosper-Thorneycroft wharfs. Sandpiper used to be a Vosper Patrol boat at one time."
"Yes, yes, I know. Now that is interesting that you are docked on Vosper property. Give me a minute. I'm going to twist the tail of your tiger and see how he reacts. Don't worry Mr. Somers, I love fucking, as you Americans say, with the powers to be." He chuckled.
He again picked up his telephone and made a direct call. I poured some more of his great scotch into both our glasses. After several minutes of conversation he hung up laughing.
"Your yacht is now under the protection of Vosper-Thorneycroft. Charlie Wilson told me to tell you not to worry. The RN can't touch her while she is at Vosper."
"Who is Charlie Wilson?"
"The CEO and Chairman of Vosper-Thorneycroft and my brother in law."
"Now come on Mr. Somers, lets get you into a hotel. I have set up a meeting for you tomorrow at Admiralty House, to talk to the CNO. He's another good friend."
We headed down to the main floor and into a side door. Inside was a large garage with the limo that had originally picked me up at the airport on my first visit here. His driver opened the door.
"Mr. Brown, I am already booked into the Hilton with 6 of my boys."
"Please call me Harry. Mr. Brown is too formal." "Then please call me Ed. I too feel surnames as too formal."
"The Hilton Sam." He told the driver.
I used his in car phone to call and tell the boys I was bringing company, so they would have to behave and make sure they were dressed.
"You need to tell them to dress?" Harry laughed.
"Well they usually hang around in shorts or swimming trunks'.
At least the suite I had got had three bedrooms. I was not sure of Harry's reaction if he knew I was fucking all six boys. The boys were very nice when I introduced them to Harry.
"How do you keep track of them? Must a real devil in a city like London."
"Well a stick helps sometimes." I laughed.
After a real nice dinner Harry invited me and the boys to his country home in Yorkshire. We agreed to drive out on the weekend. He said he would send a car. I also got him to agree to be my Lawyer in England and had my bank send him a retainer.
My meeting the following day did nothing to help figure out why, Rear Admiral Simon Weatherman did not like me or Sandpiper. I figured I was going to have to talk to him eventually. The weekend proved to be one of the best times we had. Harry had several horses and the boys were taught to ride, English style, the Estate he lived on also had a pool, which kept my guys busy as well. Harry's wife was a very gracious hostess and loved having the boys there. All of Harry's children were grown up and gone from the nest. Although we had separate bedrooms, Gary and Jer found their way to my bed.
On Sunday afternoon, I took all six boys for a long walk on his estate. We stopped on a hill overlooking the estate House.
"This is so beautiful here Ed." Singh said.
"So how was your conquest last night Singh? You have been very quiet about it today."
"It was okay, I guess. He is from Bangalore. It was nice to meet someone from my country."
"Did you like him Singh or is there a problem? All you boys know if you have a problem I will always listen to you."
"It's not that I did not like him it was kind of different. I am not sure how to explain it."
"All of you know how much I love you. You Singh, Siam, Sal and Simon, each now even have my last name and all heirs to me. I also know that now or sometime in the future you each are going to find that one special someone you love above everything else. I have found that person or in my case persons I love above everything else in the world. I still love you four with everything inside me, but Gary and Jer hold a very special place in my heart."
"It was really weird. When I shook his hand it was like the lights went off, almost like a spark or something passed between us. I had to let go of his hand it was so strange. We never even had sex last night, just talked. I almost thought I had died when we kissed. I never wanted it to end."
"Well you just never know Love. Maybe he is the one."
"But I am just no sure what I feel Ed. It's so hard. I love you and I love all my, my brothers, I guess, maybe too much sometimes, but I can't help it Ed." "Well I guess we are all sort of incestuous brothers." Siam giggled.
"And Ed is our incestuous father." Sal laughed.
"It's not funny. I love you all and I just don't know what to do." Singh was almost in tears.
Almost as if they had telepathy, all five boys were around Singh holding him. I looked toward the Estate House and saw a golf cart headed our way. One of the people in the Golf cart was obviously our host. The other I was not sure.
Harry pulled up well short of us and walked over. As I went to stand up he waved me back down. He walked up and sat down.
"I see you picked the best view on the property."
"Ed, I have a problem and I needed to talk to right away." As the boys started to move away he waved them back down.
"What kind of problem? I hope it wasn't something we did."
"Well I guess it is sort of your fault, but not exactly. You see one of my employees has come to me asked to be relieved of his duties here. Normally I would just say okay, but in this case this young man is very special to me and my wife. You see I and my wife sponsored the young man when a lawyer friend of mine asked me too. Now it seems he has fallen in love and wants to follow his new found love."
I was beginning to suspect who the young man was in the golf cart, but didn't say anything.
"I may be almost seventy along with my wife, but neither of us are blind or old fashioned. We know what the relationship is between you and your boys. I can neither condemn or praise your choices. I knew your Uncle was Gay from a long way back and I know you and all that are on Sandpiper are Gay. To me it matters not. However, I also knew the young man we sponsored was gay too and that brings me to my present dilemma."
"Jami, come over here Son."
I watched the young Indian boy walk over from the cart. I figured he was about 2 inches taller than Singh and probably a lot heavier. Not fat heavy, but muscular heavy. He wore English style shorts and a polo shirt. I could definitely see what Singh saw in him. He was very handsome young man.
"Jami, this Ed Somers, the owner of Sandpiper. I think you know everyone else."
I stood up and put out my hand. He had a firm and confident shake.
"Very nice to meet you Jami. I think you have swept my Singh off his feet. Before you answer, it is fine with me. I may love him with everything in me, but his happiness is and will always be my first concern."
He didn't have his eyes on me, they were on Singh. I could see everything in the eyes of Singh I needed to know. No doubt it had been love at first site.
"Boy you sure know how to pick them Singh." Simon said.
Before either boy could move, Sal walked up to Jami and kissed him on the cheek.
"Welcome to the family Jami."
After that all the boys did the same thing. Jami was almost crying by the time they were done. Only Singh and Jami were left looking at each other.
"Jesus Singh aren't you going to kiss him?" Gary asked.
In a flash they were in each others arms. Both crying now.
All boys gathered around them, clapping them on the back.
Harry and I stood back and watched.
"Well I guess that answers that question. I suppose I am going to have to find another very good stable hand." Harry sighed.
Very soon I had both my boys close to me. I just hugged them.
"Come on guys lets let those two have some time." I turned and walked away with Gary and Jer on my arm. Harry followed and climbed into the Golf cart.
"See you for dinner. I'll tell the wife we have lost our son, well actually I guess we have gained one more."
After dinner as we were packing to leave, Singh and Jami came to see me.
"Ed, is it alright if I stay here a few days?"
"Singh my love. Take as much time as you need. I think we are going to be here awhile until I get things sorted out with Sandpiper."
They both gave me a kiss and left.
After a very relaxing weekend we all headed back to London. I took my five shopping before heading back to Sandpiper. I was surprised that a large limo was waiting when I landed. It had been supplied by Vosper. Well no Navy Shore Patrol around Sandpiper, but I did notice some armed security officers near by.
Jake brought me up to date and told me the plans for our new yacht had arrived by courier. The RN were still watching Sandpiper, but from outside Vosper property. I told Jake we would probably have another crew member and explained about Singh and Jami. He was very happy for both.
About mid-afternoon Charlie Wilson and two other men asked to come aboard. I greeted him and he introduced the other two as chief engineer for Vosper and chief Architect. He asked if they might look over Sandpiper. I readily agreed. He sat and talked while the two men did an extensive examination.
Charlie and I talked of Sandpiper and our travels to date. He had already read all the reports and news stories of our exploits and or endeavors. He was very impressed. I asked if he was willing to look over some plans for Sandpiper II. He said he would love to but he would rather have his engineer and architect look them over.
When the other two had finished their examination of Sandpiper, we were all sitting in the lounge sipping cold beer.
"Damn Sir you have a very fine Yacht. I would just love to see her at speed and see exactly how good your gun system is."
"Jake, what's the weather for tomorrow?"
"Three to four foot swell, light winds, sunny."
"How does tomorrow morning sound as long as we can leave without the RN stopping us."
"Don't worry about the RN, they have been chastised." Charlie laughed.
The Architect was very impressed with the plans for Sandpiper II and asked if he might take them with him to study and look over. I told go ahead.
They all left for the day and promised to be back at 0900 the following day for a run up to the RN ranges up the coast.
Most of the crew had been doing normal maintenance all day and I released them all to go ashore and enjoy. I told them we would be here for several days so enjoy. Jake and Randy along with all my boys were the only ones needed the following day.
"So Jake, what did they think of their ex-patrol boat?"
"Christ Ed, they were like kids in a candy store. Very, very impressed with everything."
I think they are going to be more impressed tomorrow."
"Want to give them a real show tomorrow Ed?"
"Yes. Everything, right up to maximum speed and full gun trials, including the sixties and improved missiles."
"Going to be fun, running circles around the RN. I know at least two of their Destroyers are on the range the next few days."
Going to add salt to the wounded lion Jake?"
"Why the fuck not? That asshole had no right to impound Sandpiper. I'd like to ram a 76 right up his ass."
Sex that night was just a daisy chain of sucking. Five loving boys doing what they liked best, just being in bed with me.
The morning and the day was looking to be warm. All the crew opted for Sandpiper shorts and t-shirts. I noticed everyone was on board. Even those that had left, had come back to show everyone what we could do. I was sitting on the flying bridge when six men from Vosper came on board. The engineer had brought a couple of hands to monitor Sandpiper as we put her through her paces. When every one was aboard.
Jake had, had a long meeting with everyone. He really wanted to impress both Vosper-Thorny Croft and the RN.
"Ready Ed."
"Make it so Captain." I said
"Aye, aye Sir." He laughed.
"Ready main engine, cast off fore and aft. All hands rig for high speed."
Sandpiper slowly eased out of the dock and headed for the harbor entrance. Jake kept the speed under 5 knots. As we exited he plotted his course to the range and entered it in the auto pilot. He set the speed at ninety knots. As soon as he punched in the auto pilot Sandpiper took over. The rumble on the deck could be felt as the big diesel went from idle to almost full power. No one heard the foils going down. Charlie was shocked as he watched the speed indicator climb from five knots to 15, then 30, then 50 and still increasing.
"Christ, she's fast."
Up on foils, Sandpiper was now in her element. Speed quickly built up to 90 knots over the water. Yet Sandpiper was rock steady.
The rumble of the main engine died away as Sandpiper got to her set speed.
"God Sir, now I see what you like about her." Charlie said.
"You haven't seen anything yet Sir." Jake said.
The range was about ninety miles up the coast.
"One hour to range Sir." Jake said to me.
"Who's on the range today Charlie?"
"A couple of new Destroyers doing gunnery trials."
I have three ships here Ed. Two on a course of 180 at 15 knots and one on 000 at 6 knots."
"That would be the Devonshire and Broadsword on 180 and a tug towing the target on 000." Charlie said.
"May I Captain." He indicated the ship to ship phone.
"Yes Sir."
"Devonshire, this is Vosper. We are making a short gun trial on your range. Stand down please."
"Roger Vosper. All guns stood down."
"Range control, Sandpiper will attack target in 15 minutes."
"Vosper guns free."
"I hope they have more targets to tow, this one is going to be gone Sir."
"Really, well I guess I shall see." He looked skeptical.
Jake handed me an ear piece and boom mike.
"Take the Conn Ed."
"Aye, aye Captain." I laughed.
As soon as I sat down, I heard in my ear.
"Course 170, speed ninety."
I flipped off the auto pilot and turned to 170. Speed was already at ninety knots. I looked ahead, nothing was visible.
Jake hit a switch on his consol. A bell went off and then he said.
"All hands man your battle stations." He hit a switch on the consol and I watched as the fore deck rolled back and the 76 mm gun slowly raised into the sunshine.
I heard, `Engine room ready, then port 60 ready, starboard 60 ready, missiles ready.' In my ear.
"All weapons manned and ready Sir." I said.
"Target is a pirate ship at 180, 12,000 yards, we will engage to Starboard and swing around and finish him from port." Jake said.
I could just make out the Target when Jake fired the 76. From then on the 76, fired about one round every ten seconds. As we got closer I saw all the rounds hitting on or about the target. We ran into almost less than a thousand yards.
"Sixties fire, missile put one on his stack." Jake said.
"Hard to port." Sandpiper did not heal to port, but rolled like an airplane. I saw that we would pass between the stern of Devonshire and the bow of Broadsword.
"Midships." Jake said.
We passed so close to Devonshire's stern we could count the rivets.
It was not lost on either the Devonshire or Charlie, that if we had been attacking Devonshire, she would now be a wreck.
"Bring us around to Starboard Ed, so we are under 500 meters from the target."
As soon as we were in range, `drop to thirty knots.' Jake said.
In a very short time the target started sinking as Sandpiper put almost every round on target. Damn I was proud of my crew.
"Stand down, set speed 45 knots. Well done boys. That showed the Navy." Jake said.
I handed control back to Jake and headed for the lounge and a drink. The boys were cleaning the M-60's on the aft deck as Charlie and his engineer joined me.
Both were pretty quiet. I think they both were just a little in awe of Sandpiper.
"So what do both of you think of Sandpiper now?"
"Ed, I am going to be very honest. I think the RN may have been right in impounding your yacht. She is a danger to anyone who comes across her. You could have taken on both those Destroyers and won. That is going to scare the living daylights out of the Navy. This is one bad ass ship."
"Charlie I am not interested in taking on any Navy. Hell I would be happy if I had just not helped the Cyclone. But I did. Hey I want just to be left in peace to sail and enjoy."
"With the backing of the most powerful Navy in the World." He laughed.
"Charlie listen. I did not chose that backing nor particularly want it. I guess comes with that damn battle star. All I want to do is explore the world and enjoy myself. My Uncle built Sandpiper to do just that. That is all I plan to do. Originally Sandpiper had a twin 40mm on the bow, because my Uncle had been attacked by pirates once. I didn't particularly care one way or the other. Now I have probably the fastest yacht in the world, big deal. It means nothing to me unless I can just do as I want."
"Ed, you need to understand the other side of the coin too. If Sandpiper fell into the wrong hands it might be very difficult to stop her. No Navy I think would like to go up against her one on one."
"Ah but Charlie you don't know all her secrets."
"I'm not sure what you mean Sir."
I turned to one of the engineers.
"Did you see Randy punching a key pad down in the engine room?"
"Yes, he did, just before he started up the engine."
"That key pad code, unlocks the controls for the engine and fuel system. There is another code that has to be entered on the bridge. So you see you can hijack my yacht, but you cant go anywhere with her."
This time when we tied up a RN Staff car was parked by our berth.
"I see the navy already got the word." Charlie laughed. I dressed a little more formal and went down to meet the man who had impounded my yacht. Not wanting any animosity between me and the Royal Navy or any other Navy for that matter, as soon as I was close to him I stuck out my hand.
"So good to finally meet you in person Admiral. What do you think of my Yacht Sandpiper?"
He was so taken aback at my obvious openness, it took a moment for him to speak.
"A damned fine looking boat Sir and if from the reports I have received a very capable one too. Look Mr. Somers, I need to apologize. I let my personal feelings interfere with my professional duty."
"Apology accepted Admiral."
He led me to his car and we were whisked to his office. He offered me a drink as I sat down. After both of us were seated.
"Mr. Somers, my son was one of the men arrested at Georgetown University. He was there finishing his studies in American Corporate Law. He was also an Attaché at the British Embassy in Washington. He had diplomatic immunity. They declared him persona no gratis. The Embassy shipped him home. When I found out it was a crew member from Sandpiper that had caused his disgrace I went ballistic. When I found out you were here I went overboard. For that Sir I sincerely apologize."
"Admiral, I already accepted your apology. But I will say this Sir. My father always taught me that when I or he ever found out something was wrong then to right that wrong no matter the cost. A young man I met in the Caribbean, was wronged. He was forced to submit and then was forced out of a very promising law career. I could not let it pass. As you probably know, I have some very high powered friends. I asked him to right the wrong. I am not sorry your son was caught. I am sorry you were slighted too."
"Christ, the bastard deserves all he got. I am just sorry Sandpiper got the bad name from me Sir."
I stood up.
"To the Royal Navy Sir." I lifted my glass.
"To Sandpiper too." We clinked glasses and drank.
"Now Sir the next problem I have. The after action reports from Devonshire and Broadsword are here. You actually scared the living daylights out of two of my best Captains. They have told me they would have been hard pressed to stop you. My tug Captain is also screaming."
"Admiral, I will apologize for my Captain. He was a little more than pissed when you impounded Sandpiper. He decided to give Vosper a show. I am truly sorry I worried your Captains."
"Don't apologize for that. Those Captains obviously needed shaking up. You can talk to them later when they arrive back in port."
After more small talk he had me driven back to Sandpiper. Damn she looked real good sitting among the grey hulls lined up inside the Vosper Yard. I was pretty sure considering all the work being done that Vosper would not build Sandpiper II. I figured they had all the work they could handle. That proved to be a correct assumption.
They did ask to have a look at the foils out of the water and two days later Jake put Sandpiper into one of their small graving docks. After a two day inspection they said they were impressed. I informed them of who built the foils and they figured they might try and talk to the patent holder to see if they could try some experimentation. Not my business.
"I began to plan my next trip. After I figured another run to Morocco and Spain I would head down the west coast of Africa. Jake said he would make sure we had the charts and information before we left. Singh and Jami returned to Sandpiper and I signed Jami on as an assistant chef. Well Sandpiper was again up one crew member, not that it mattered. They claimed the last Stateroom with the other boys split evenly between mine and theirs. Bed would be more crowed but more fun too.
Surprising to me, Vosper recommended the same ship yard that had rebuilt Sandpiper as the one to build the new one. The Sydney Boat and Ship Chandlers of Sydney Australia. I could live with that.
Almost exactly 30 days after arriving in England we prepared to leave.
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