<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b3/Alyssa.jpg)</div><strong>Alyssa</strong>(http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=91076)<br/><hr/>Alyssa maintained course with the little wind that there was so they could keep the fastest pace possible to get out of the storm the fastest.  It was also risky though since the other ship probably would assume they were doing that so if they were still chasing them, they'd probably come out of the storm close to the Esmeralda.  Once they were out of the storm, they'd be able to use the stars visible at twilight to recalculate the proper course.