Windswept: The Story of Wind and Weather by Marq de Villiers

Author:Marq de Villiers
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, General, Weather, Winds, Meteorology & Climatology
ISBN: 9780771026454
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 2007-04-17T09:54:28+00:00

Dec. 26. Afternoon. Steve and Mary arrived at noon. They left Buzzard's Bay two days ago. Their weather service hadn't warned them. Their boat was damaged and they were exhausted, safe only due to years of experience.

Dec. 27. Noon. At 3 am this morning the dockmaster awakened me to help dock a 65-foot sailing vessel. Its French crew looked haggard, exhausted, grim-faced. The main sail was shreds hanging in their rigging, the ship very battered. One of their crew was taken off by ambulance with a fractured neck. Hanging over the stem rail was the empty safety harness of a companion who had been lost overboard in a knockdown.

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