I've been really busy!
But, keeping up every once in a while.
Malachi made a reference to finding the captain's paperwork regarding what cargo the ship has, who it's been sold to, and who has paid for their merchandise (if any). I assume any such paperwork would be in his quarters--that his quarters would double as his office--but I don't know if that's the case.
I'm asking because, if so, Malachi would follow Colmarr and Magyar to the Captain's quarters to find any such paperwork, and, if not, he'd go to where the captain kept such paperwork.
Though, I don't know much, out of character, about how the trading process works. If there were another way of finding such information (in particular, if such paperwork is nowhere to be found), I personally wouldn't know of it. Perhaps a Profession (Sailor) +4 would assist me in this regard?