KoKoLeoKo is floundering badly, the wind has backed to the Northeast and increased to 15 to 20 knots. The shallow bay water is now a short steep chop, battering us like a cat batting a ball. The crew abandons ship. Memories quickly fade as reality takes over. The full set of strained sails threaten to flatten KoKoLeoKo to the water.
Waves crash over the boat like a cascading water fall.
Got to get control of the boat, got to get control of myself. The crew watches from a distance as the jib is let go. Crawling forward, got to douse the violently flapping jib. The bow is bucking like a loco bronco. Riding the beast to hell, one hand for me and one for the boat as the demon tears at my sprit, like so many years ago.