I like the idea of capturing skunks etc for ammo, Max. Anyway, about the boat.........what if the boat is haunted by the spirit of the previous owner or something? You always hear about the captain has to go down with the ship. Maybe when the owner of the boat dies, his spirit follows the boat and guides the next owner. Maybe the boat is more important than we think. We know Grub Hunter is chasing Stranger for some reason. Maybe Gruby wants the boat.
-oddguy
EDIT: We learned that Steef is the name of the species.......not the main characters name. The christams card told us that his name is Stranger.