Question 1.
What was the narrator’s purpose of making the voyage from Plymouth, in 1976?
Question 2.
What preparations did the author and his wife make for their round-the-world sea voyage?
Question 3.
Describe the narrator’s boat in the chapter ‘We’re Not Afraid to Die …If We Can All Be Together’.
Question 4.
Who were Larry and Herb?
Question 5.
Describe the weather conditions on January 2.
Question 6.
Describe the weather and sea conditions leading to the wave hit to ‘Wavewalker’. What was the effect of the wave hit?
Question 7.
Describe the disaster of the large wave which destructed the narrator’s boat.
Question 8.
How did the disaster strike ‘Wavewalker’?
Question 9.
How did the narrator suffer due to the wave hit?
Question 10.
What measures were taken to save the ship from sinking?
Answers
Answer 1:
The narrator’s purpose of making the voyage in 1976 was to duplicate the round the world voyage undertaken 200 years earlier by Captain James Cook. This idea had inspired their thoughts for 16 years and they spent their leisure time practicing their seafaring skills in British waters.
Answer 2:
Honed their seafaring skills.
Answer 3:
A revolutionary, pedal driven watercraft built for fun, speed and stability , It could cruise all kinds of water passengers could travel in dry comfort at a pace few can match , It’s the closest thing to walking on water.
Answer 4:
Larry Vigil, an American and Herb S. , a Swiss seaman, were taken on board ‘ Wave walker’ as crew members to help in the voyage through the Southern Indian Ocean.
Answer 5:
In January 2, the weather was disastrous. The winds were screaming and sending up giant sprays of water. When the wind dropped, the sky darkened and the waves towered up high like enormous clouds.
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