I felt like the first 5 hours were mostly about how to buy a ship and the logistics behind it. In terms of a standard plot where there’s some type of conflict, what was it here? It seemed like just normal day to day living without any discernible conflict. I mean, they had to try to find money to buy a ship. But that doesn’t really seem like a conflict to me. I’m continuing with the series and almost done with book 2, which is much better in the conflict/plot department. I enjoy the narrator, though I’m not always able to pickup on a difference in sound between Pipp and Ishmael.