Since rescuing two kids and their monkey from a drifting rubber raft, everything that could go wrong did go wrong. However, Heather’s crew is pretty good at problem solving.

A leeboard was improvised, and worked pretty well until the monkey dropped anchor.

Luckily, tying up the loose ends wasn’t too challenging.

Unfortunately, the chapter concludes with an episode I don’t have. And Murphy’s Law dictates that the original artwork isn’t among the 75 examples found in Collection 56 at the Grand Rapids Public Library, either. (All told, there are 174 episodes of UP ANCHOR!).

Nonetheless, it shows the family sailing into Boothbay Harbor, Maine, aboard the cutter they were delivering.

This ending was inspired by Collins and his family reaching Boothbay Harbor, Maine, aboard their schooner Heather in the summer of 1965. After a year of sailing, Boothbay Harbor was the furthest point east that they reached—over 1,000 miles from Lake Macatawa.

After wintering in Maine, Heather would start her return trip to west Michigan in the spring. By August she would be home.

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