Chapter 9 : Safe harbor
Over the following week days blended together and both Dunkin and klair soon began to better there roles aboard the ghostly maiden. Dunkin spent most of his shifts aloft or at the main halyard. He learned to anticipate the orders before they were called by watching the sea and the sails. And he thought he was beginning to understand how one maneuvers the vessels sails properly, and when it is most advantageous to tak back across the wind.
One day when he was aloft he looked out over the horizon. To the south in the far distance he saw a growing cloud of deep grey. A thick fog gathered over the sea as they approached the ominous gloom “storm on the south horizon!” He called down to the deck below. He heard his call repeated until it got to mr. Thorn. “Strike all topsails” the quartermaster ordered and Dunkin and his crew mates
Spring into action heading the order as they echo mr. Thorns order.