elias glanced at a brass timepiece hanging on the wall ; it read 12.05 p.m. * captain dan cut the boats engines just outside the police harbour entrance and the boat glided silently into one of the vacant wooden moorings , finally coming to a complete halt with the brass wall mounted timepiece now displaying 12.35 p.m. after the boat was tied to the mooring , the captain and his two officers escorted elias and the crew off the boat and into the main police office building .