The storm that has buffeted the sail-training ship Marques for the last 14 hours appears to be subsiding. Suddenly , a heavy gust of wind pushes Marques down on her starboard side.
Water starts roaring through the open hatchway, down into the bowels of the ship.
In under a minute, all that remains of Marques , are the few cold, shocked survivors, struggling for the liferafts. And then, the red rockets arcing through the stormy, pre-dawn sky. There was nothing we could do. Marques was originally built in Valencia, Spain for the Canary Island fruit trade in 1917. Tall Ships in today's world are notoriously expensive to keep and over the years, besides serving as a sail-training ship for the British China Clipper Society, the barque earned her way with numerous TV and movie roles.