Hector said that pirates and other seafaring people generally lashed the rudder to something or other, and hauled in the main top-jib, during severe squalls, and thought we ought to try to do something of the kind; but I was for letting her have her head to the wind.
Hector me rapporta que les pirates et autres gens de mer attachaient le gouvernail et amenaient la grande vergue lorsque la tempete soufflait ; il estimait que nous devrions faire de meme. Moi, j’étais d’avis de laisser le bateau vent en poupe.