Chapter 13: Bearings for a New Course

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌⁠And now, my brave boys, comes the best of the fun,

It's hands about ship and reef topsails in one;

So it's lay aloft, topman, as the hellum goes down,

And clew down your topsails as the mainyard goes round.

 —La Pique.

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌⁠At the end of that week the Ethel and May had delivered at market her first fare of fish and her captains had divided her first shares. Mayo decided that the results were but of pro