With the Danish huts having been demolished and its shallops and other gear stolen by the Dutch and English the previous season, the Basque ships waited for the Dutch to leave in August and used their station and gear instead.
Kako su danske kolibe bile srušene a njezini brodovi i ostala oprema ukradena od strane Nizozemaca i Engleza prethodne sezone, baskijski brodovi su čekali Nizozemce da napuste u kolovozu, te su koristili njihovu stanicu i opremu.