... boats that came to close, in bad weather and when the blanket of darkness covered us, that land was near. The adrenalin pumped through my whole body filling it with fear and excitement. A strange buzz of which I cannot really describe fully, as our boat became adrift and the salty spray splashed off the bow of the boat up on to our anxious faces. We all jumped enthusiastically in to the boat causing it to rock violently and sink a little with all of the extra weight. David block's face lit up as he grabbed an ore and lowered it in to the water on his father's orders. He whispered earnestly of how he was so excited as it was his first time, just like a child losing a tooth for the first time. The order came from the head of the Ketch to start to row, so with ...

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