Chapter 59. BLACK ZODIAC pages 259 - 263
"Brown rented a remarkably ugly and uncomfortable black boat called a Zodiac".[...]
"Cities, in Milgrim's experience, had a way of revealing themselves in the faces of their inhabitants, and particularly on their way to work in the morning. There was a sort of basic fuckedness index to be read, then, in faces that hadn't yet encountered the reality of whatever they were on their way to do."
Chapter 59. BLACK ZODIAC
Milgrim notices that Brown, back in his nylon vest, is uncharacteristically chipper [whistling?] as they undock the Black Zodiac [that "reminded him of a creepy folding rubber bathtub"] from the marina and head towards "some kind of floating Cubist sculpture in muted Kandinsky tones." After killing the engine near the M/V Jamaica Star, Brown lights a cigar and remarks, "Look at that son of a bitch," as Milgrim looks on amazed at Brown's "immense and inexplicable satisfaction." [481 characters]
The "M/V Jamaica Star" container ship, is described in one of the extracts which William Gibson published on his blog on 9th September 2006.