The French Armada
Robbie Buckingham
Each answer is associated with a picture as follows:
Swan boats - BUCCINATOR
Ark - MENAGERIE
Raft - HUCKLEBERRY
Canoe - WINNIPESAUKEE
Argo - PERICLYMENUS
Cruise ship - NORWEGIAN
Battleship - PENNSYLVANIA
Yacht - AMERICASCUP
Duck boat - AMPHIBIOUS
Santa Maria - SANTAMARIA
Each bigram in the grid occurs in exactly one answer word. Filling in
each bigram with the color of the associated boat shows eight nautical
flags, which spell
OC
EA
NE
HQ
So the answer is to go to the Ocean Engineering headquarters, which is
where the final runaround begins.