The ship's plan

The Anima

She is the ship in the book. Walk her decks: every room keeps its own instruments. One is still sealed, and will open in its own time.

Cutaway plan of the ship Anima with numbered rooms 1 2 3 4 1 Helm & Barometer2 Binnacle3 Ship's Bell4 Signal Locker 5Night Watch 6Forecastle 77 Captain's Logbook 88 Chart Room 99 Tom's Cabin 1010 Galley 1111 Bosun's Locker 12The Hold 13Harbour Office
OpenSealed · under refit

The Anima was ready — lines checked, cargo secured, her charts laid out below in the quiet of the navigation room. She had not moved. She would not move until the Captain said so, and the Captain would not say so until the wind was right and the route was clear and every question had been answered that could be answered before the harbour fell behind.

From Anima  ·  Chapter 1, The Crowd

Every room aboard keeps its own instruments, for money, time, the body and the sea. They are stored at CalcSnap, which is kept by the same hand. Click a room on the plan, or choose one below.

On deck

1The Helm & BarometerWhere the sky turns first. Holding course when the glass falls.Open · enter → 2The BinnacleThe brass compass housing beside the helm. Knowing what a thing is worth.Open · enter → 3The Ship's BellIt strikes the half hours and changes the watch. The keeping of time.Open · enter → 4The Signal LockerFlags, codes, and messages that only some can read.Open · enter → 5The Night WatchThe long hours under the lantern, when riddles keep a sailor awake.Open · enter →
6The ForecastleThe crew's quarters at the bow, where the songs are kept.Sealed · under refit

Below deck

7The Captain's LogbookAn honest entry, every day. Words, drafts, and the long work of writing.Open · enter → 8The Chart RoomWhere the course is checked against the numbers. Growth, time and value.Open · enter → 9Tom's CabinA narrow bunk below deck. The body, the heart, and rest.Open · enter → 10The GalleyA ship sails on her stores. Provisions, calories, water and the body.Open · enter → 11The Bosun's LockerRope, tape and scale. Every measure the ship depends on.Open · enter → 12The HoldWhat the ship carries. Some cargo is only understood at the end of the voyage.Open · enter →

Ashore

13The Harbour OfficeThe harbour master's ledgers. Houses, loans, and the sums of life on land.Open · enter →
Anima — The Most Important Investment, 2nd edition
Her voyage

Anima
The Most Important Investment

The rooms are here. The voyage is in the book: a young apprentice, a captain who speaks rarely, and a question the whole ship carries to the last page.

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