17. After hoisting it up, they made use of supports to undergird the ship. And because they were afraid lest they run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and thus were driven along.
18. And because we were violently battered by the storm, on the next day they began jettisoning the cargo,
19. and on the third day they threw overboard the gear of the ship with their own hands.
20. But when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and with not a little bad weather confronting us, finally all hope was abandoned that we would be saved.