16. After running under the shelter of a little island called Cauda, we were barely able to get control of the skiff.
17. After hoisting it up, they used ropes and tackle and girded the ship. Then, fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the drift-anchor, and in this way they were driven along.
18. Because we were being severely battered by the storm, they began to jettison the cargo the next day.
19. On the third day, they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands.
20. For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope that we would be saved was disappearing.
21. Since many were going without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “You men should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete and sustain this damage and loss.