Shipwreck

The crew are woken by Radford throwing life jackets at them. Radford then delights in making a greasy breakfast of scrambled eggs, which Lyssa throws up. He follows up with a lunch of fried liver and onions, challenging the crew to keep it down, which none of them can. The seas are rough, and the crew’s hands are raw from constantly working the sails.

The rough seas continue, so the captain orders lowering the sails and using the engine. He reassures the worried crew that “this is an ordinary day at the office for The Phoenix” (42). The captain kindly gives the crew toast and ginger ale to help their seasickness. Ian goes down to his bunk and finds seawater sloshing around. Terrified, he screams that they are sinking. The captain quicky finds that someone forgot to close the toilet valve. Luke remembers throwing up in the toilet and volunteers to clean up.

J.J. wakes up before the others and hears the captain telling Radford to let the crew sleep in. Both men chuckle when the captain says that he and Radford can manage the sails alone. Curious, J.J. creeps up the companionway and sees the captain and Radford standing in the cockpit by the instrument panel as motors raise the sails.