It was to no purpose for them or us, after we were in the boat, to think of reaching their own ship; so all agreed to let her drive, and only to pull her in towards shore as much as we could; and our master promised them, that if the boat was staved upon shore, he would make it good to their master: so partly rowing and partly driving, our boat went away to the northward, sloping towards the shore almost as far as Winterton Ness.
Elhatároztuk tehát, hogy a szél és hullámok vezérletére bízzuk magunkat, s csak amennyire lehet, közelebb evezünk a parthoz. Kapitányunk megígérte a megmentésünkre siető tengerészeknek, hogy ha épen partot érünk, lerója háláját az ő parancsnokuk előtt.