I'll tell the full story, from the beginning, so there is no blank spots.
You already know why I wanted to set sail, so I won't cover that. However, right before we were about to set off, Laugher jumped on board to try and take finger prints. I thought he wanted to go with us so I started to drive off (as I controlled Smitty), but he didn't want to, we talked, and he ended up agreeing to it. Dan Dan the Weatherman didn't want to, so he stayed behind.
We started driving due west, and we ran into a storm. I almost got thrown overboard, but I managed to grab a hold of the railing, and they helped me back up. We got out of it, and noticed a boat. We started sailing to it, but then I saw the boat clearly, and knew that it was not a boat from our town. It was stationary, so Smitty called out to them, but no one responded. We also saw another boat further west, which was the fishing boat we were looking for. We decided that in order to save time, Cress and Laugher were going to investigate this boat, while Smitty and me went to the fishing boat. However, as Cress was innactive (EE wouldn't let us move him on the boat), and since Laugher didn't want to go alone, we all went. Cress was left in the dock of the boat, hidden from view.
We investigated the boat, and went below levels. There was an open door, so Smitty and Laugher went inside while I stayed outside to stand guard. I heard a commotion inside, and then a strange voice, someone else. I got from the voices that my friends were at gunpoint, and since I'm not a fighter I tried to hide in another room, hoping I could stay hidden and then help them sneakily. But the door creaked, someone hit me on the back of the head, and I was thrown into the room with them. Smitty got shot in the knee, and they threw us all in the cabin.
I only managed to get a single message out, which caused them to smash my radio (and as they didn't search anyone else for a radio, it made my message useless). They had us at gun point, willing to kill us, but we didn't know what they wanted. I know I'm a pretty smooth talker, and we couldn't fight our way out of it. I asked to talk to them alone because we were at a major disadvantage, and any conversation we had would need to be very careful. Smitty showed he wasn't too aft at that, considering they shot him for his comments, and I don't know how Laugher would be, plus it's better if only one person did it anyways. So I asked to talk to Derek alone.
They talked to me, and I asked what they wanted.
What they want is a coin, a coin that I found earlier in the game. I said I knew where it was, and so they let me and Laugher go so we could retrieve the coin. In return for the coin, they'll give us Smitty. They said that as long as we stayed out of their way and just gave them the coin, they wouldn't cause any problems, and they'd then leave.
The coin might be important enough, but it's not worth Smitty's life. I'm retrieving the coin now, and I'm going to give it to them so we get Smitty.