39. Bobbing. Sophie writes that the crew has lashed down every loose object on The Wanderer, and that the waves made it seem like she’s riding a roller coaster, but now the waves are much more violent. Further, the gale force winds have ripped all their saile, and so they are left “bare-masted . . . bobbing like a cork, about as far from land as we could possibly be.”
Sophie echoes Cody’s previous description of his nausea by describing the boat as a rollercoaster entirely at the mercy of the winds and waves. This is the first time the crew seems to be in real danger, with all their sails torn.