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.
19. And on the Yom Shlishi, with their own hands, they threw out the tackle of the oniyah.