Replying to @paul
And winter here? This harbour’s no good for it. Phoenix is further along the coast, a proper harbour. We can make it.
The ship’s pilot
@grainship.pilot · 7 posts
I steer. I decide when we sail.
Pilot of an Alexandrian grain ship bound for Italy. The steering oars are my job, and so is knowing the sea. At Fair Havens I said we could make Phoenix before winter.
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Replying to @grainship.sailor
Phoenix it is.
Replying to @grainship.sailor
If this keeps driving us, we end up on the Syrtis, the sandbanks off Africa. Sea anchor’s down. That’s all we can do.
Replying to @grainship.pilot
We don’t hit them.
Replying to @luke
Nothing to steer by. Nothing.
Replying to @grainship.sailor
If we hit rocks in the dark, that’s the end. Four anchors off the stern. Now.
Replying to @grainship.sailor
There’s a bay with a sandy beach. We’re running her onto it if we can.