noon
she exclaimed , with a half-laugh , `` we can stick that up in half an hour . '' A single plank had started away from the stern-post ; that was all . Otherwise the schooner was as sound as the day she left San Francisco . Moran and Wilbur had the damage repaired by noon , nailing the plank into its place and caulking the seams with lamp-wick . Nor could their most careful search discover any further injury . `` We 're ready to go , '' said Moran , `` so soon as she 'll float . We can dig away around the bows here , make fast a line to that rock out yonder , and warp her off at next high tide .