Sell 2 Sand for 1 GuineaAlas, poor Yarnu. I don't think sending a vessel to look for a ship on the bottom of the sea is worth the money. If there's any hope of the Yarnu being recovered, then one of the other ships travelling west would run into it. What we could do is offer a reward to a ship that rescues the Yarnu, to incentivise captains to tow her home if they do run into her, even if it puts their own ship at risk of delays. I'd be willing to promise half a guinea into a reward pool of that nature.
Anyway, even though there are now four ships plying the westward route, I'm not going to wait for McBeardly to return before investing in another ship- who knows when (or if) he will return. If, by some miracle, the Yarnu does return, it could always be sent south instead if the copper route looks to be overexploited (or east, if McBeardly has returned by then).
To Queen Phillipa the Fourth,
We, the undersigned, hereby agree to buy a ship, the 'Far Strider', to sail the trade route between the Motherland and Westonia. Investments will be as follows:
- 3 Guineas from Noname incorporated
- 2 Guineas from Yearvent Shipping
The profits will be divided between investors according to investment.
Signed:
Funds & Resources:
2 Guineas (of which 2 earmarked for Far Strider expedition)
3 Favour
Shares:
2/10 Shares in YARNU Expedition (probably sunk)
2/10 Shares in Repeat Visit
Donations:
1 Guinea donated to the Crown.
1 Guinea donated to McBeardly for his Eastern Horizon voyage.