Chapter 17Auckland Harbour
Sandy was pleased as Ailsa helped her load the last of the heroin packs aboard the Starlighter, a fifty foot sailing yacht that was more engine than sail. Despite the suddenness of the assignment, she was glad to be active again. As Jack’s daughter she lived in luxury, yet had little money of her own; she was counting on this venture to make a difference. Her fortune would be made when they landed the cargo in Queensland as she had taken the precaution of secretly diverting a few packages to her own locker. She just had to handle the six day sail which she hoped wouldn’t be too arduous, and she was free to do as she wished. She was tired of the macho culture and parochial attitudes to women in Australia. Jack would never agree of course, so she needed her own we
