12. But the port being unfavorably situated for spending the winter, the majority decided to set sail from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to spend the winter. It was a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest.
13. And a gentle south wind began to blow, and they thought they could attain their matarah (objective), so they weighed anchor and they were sailing past Crete, close by the shore.
14. After not much time a violent, typhoon force wind rushed down from Crete, the so called Euraquilo, the Northeaster.
15. And the oniyah, having been caught in it, and not being able to directly face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven.
16. By running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able only with difficulty to get the lifeboat secured.
17. After hoisting it up, they were using frapping cables, passing them underneath the oniyah; then, fearing lest on the shallows of Syrtis they might run aground, they lowered the sea anchor, and so they were being driven along.
18. And we were being violently tossed by the storm, so much so that the next day they were throwing the cargo overboard.