What did narrator do to check the flow of water in chapter we are not afraid to die if we are together?
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This chapter is all about narrator’s journey from Plymouth, England whereby he decides to break the record of Captain James Cook which was made 200 years ago. He with his wife, Mary & with their two children namely Suzzane and Jonathan, decide to duplicate the voyage. For this, they get a professionally built boat named Wave walker which is a beautiful specimen, a 23 meter long and 30 ton wooden hulled beauty. It is tested in all the roughest weathers to check its durability and performance.
They hire two crewmen as well American Larry Vigil and Swiss Herb Seigler to tackle one of the world’s roughest seas, i.e. the Southern Indian Ocean. The first leg of their journey goes very smoothly wherein they don’t come across any problems but soon, they start encountering problems which add to their woes.
At first, they start encountering gigantic waves and even get hit by one of them. Consequently, narrator’s head gets smashed into the wheel, ribs and teeth get broken, mouth fills with blood and he feels as if his end were near. He sees his wife, Mary, and asks her to manage the wheel. Besides, he sees his boat capsizing bit by bit but somehow he manages to reach the boom of his boat where his children were. On the other hand, he finds American Larry Vigil & Swiss Herb Seigler pumping the water out like madmen and trying their level best to overcome their problems. Things are out of control but he doesn’t give up and moves to the cabin where his children are.
Soon he reaches his children’s cabin and inquires if they both were fine. His children do not complain and encourage their father to move on and save the sinking boat. He finds some screws, a hammer and a canvas and try to cover up those holes whereby the water is flowing. Their problems increase when their hand pumps start to block up with the debris floating around the cabins and the electric pump short-circuited. But, they find another electric pump which helps them to throw the water out. They keep on pumping for 36 hours and finally manage to reach the few centimeters of water.