11. However, the centurion paid greater attention to the pilot and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.
12. And as the harbor was not well situated and so unsuitable to winter in, the majority favored the plan of putting to sea again from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenice, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and winter there.
13. So when the south wind blew softly, supposing they were gaining their object, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, hugging the coast.
14. But soon afterward a violent wind [of the character of a typhoon], called a northeaster, came bursting down from the island.
15. And when the ship was caught and was unable to head against the wind, we gave up and, letting her drift, were borne along.
16. We ran under the shelter of a small island called Cauda, where we managed with [much] difficulty to draw the [ship's small] boat on deck and secure it.
17. After hoisting it on board, they used supports with ropes to undergird and brace the ship; then afraid that they would be driven into the Syrtis [quicksands off the north coast of Africa], they lowered the gear (sails and ropes) and so were driven along.