Despite atrocious weather, we had a wonderful holiday complete with a Christmas tree. New Year’s Day saw no improvement in the weather, but we reasoned that it had to change soon. And it did change — for the worse. At dawn on January 2, the waves were gigantic. We were sailing with only a small storm jib and were still making eight knots. a.Who did ‘we’ refer to? b.How did the weather change? c.What happened on January 2? d.What do you mean by knot? e.How did they sail ?
Answers
Despite atrocious weather, we had a wonderful holiday complete with a Christmas
tree.” What does it speak of the narrator and his family? (1)
Concept Introduction:-
A non-metrical written as well as spoken language is known as prose.
Explanation:-
Who did ‘we’ refer to?
Ans: We referred to the narrator and his wife.
How did the weather change?
Ans: They encounter strong and alarming waves during the second day of the roughest sea which is the Southern Indian Ocean.
What happened on January
?
Ans: On January , the big waves hit them, they tried to slow the ship down by dropping storm jib and hitting a heavy morning rope in a loop across a stern but it doesn’t help much, they carry their life-raft drill, attach lifelines, done life jackets.
What do you mean by knot?
Ans: The meaning of “knot” is a fastening made by looping a piece of string, rope, or something similar on itself and tightening it.
How did they sail?
Ans: The condition was extremely helpless and very pathetic. Water was gushing in from everywhere. Debris was floating across the cabins. The electric pump was also not working as it had short-circuited. They had to keep pumping and steering all night long. On January , they breathed a sigh of relief after having survived
hours of continuous pumping. However, their relief seemed to be quite short-lived because by evening that day the sea again witnessed bad weather.
Final Answer:-
The narrator and his wife set their voyage with their children and at the end they reached the shore.