Because Marcus and his uncle wanted to be on the water before eight o’clock, they quickly donned their life jackets and loaded the boat with their equipment and bait. Marcus’s uncle started up the big engine on the boat right away. Now the air smelled like a mixture of gas and oil as the big boat pulled away from its dock. Marcus’s uncle was careful to go slowly as the boat left the marina. There were “No Wake” signs everywhere, and Marcus knew that meant the boats couldn’t make any waves.