Question

B)“Take the wheel”, I shouted as I scrambled for the hatch. Larry

and Herb were pumping like madmen. Broken timbers hung at

crazy angles, the whole starboard side bulged inwards; clothes,

crockery, charts, tins and toys sloshed about in deep water. I half-

swam, half-crawled into the children’s cabin.

1. To whom did the narrator hand over the wheel to?

2. Who are Larry and Herb? What was their work on “Wave

Walkers”?

3. What were the conditions when the narrator scrambled for the

hatch?​​

Answer 1

Answer:

1). Mary

After being hit by the first mighty wave, the narrator handed over the wheel to Mary. He stretched canvas and fastened waterproof hatch covers across the gaping holes in the starboard side.

2). Larry Vigil was an American and Herb Seigler was a Swiss. They were both crewmen on the ship Wavewalker with the narrator and his family aboard. They helped him tackle the roughest water body 'The Indian Ocean'.

3).