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    We’re Not Afraid to Die…if We

    Can All Be Together


    Gordon cook and Alan East

    Part 1
    Characters…
    01 Narrator

    02 Mary[wife]

    03 Jonathan[son]

    04 Suzanne[daughter]

    05 Crew men
    The narrator was a 37 year old businessmen.
    His dream was to travel around the world
    through sea along with his wife Mary, his
    daughter Suzanne and his son who was only
    six year old
    On July 1979 they tried to duplicate the
    round the world voyage made 20 year earlier
    in their professionally made ship-The
    WAVEWALKER
    The first part of their 1,05,000-kilometre-long
    journey went smoothly until they reached
    Cape Town. From there, they hired two
    crewmen – Larry Vigil and Herb Seigler to help
    them tackle the rough sea of the southern
    Indian Ocean.

    As they sailed out of Cape Town, they started


    to experience gales which blew continuously
    for the next few weeks.
    The Gales Didn’t worry them, But
    the size of the waves was alarming
    up to 15 meters as high as main
    mast .

    Glossary:
    Gales: Strong winds
    By December 25th, they were
    3500 kilometres east of Cape
    Town. Despite the rough
    weather, they celebrated
    Christmas with joy and pomp.
    The rough weather continued
    till the new year and resisted
    change further on.

    Glossary:
    Ominous : Signalling future disaster
    Honing – sharpen, improving
    Glossary:
    Aft: Behind
    Torrent: A violent stream of water
    Starboard: Right side of ship

    On the evening of 2nd January, there


    came an ominous silence – with no
    wind and a big roar, what sounded like
    thunder turned out to be a big wave
    that wreaked havoc on the ship.
    As the ship was about to
    capsize, another wave hurled
    her upright. The author asked
    his wife to handle the wheel
    while he went to fix the
    damaged starboard to prevent
    water from entering the ship.
    This problem was accompanied
    by other issues like blocked
    hand pumps and a short circuit Gaping : A wide Opening
    in the electric pump Debris: Scattered Pieces of rubbish
    or wreckage
    Wrenched: Twisted
    The crew men shows off the unparallel
    strength.
    They started pumping out water and settled
    to make necessary repairs to save the boat
    from shrinking.

    They managed to stretch canvas and


    secure water proof hatch cover
    across gaping holes.
    The narrator and his crew spent the
    whole night pumping, steering and
    working on the radio to issue
    Mayday calls. Suzanne’s injury on
    her head had worsened.

    Mayday Calls : Calls used as an


    international radio distress signal.

    Pinpricks: Very small dots .

    Dinghies: Small open sailing boats.

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