two in the
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I forget if it was in a couple of short tacks , or in three , that we fetched Picklecombe Point on the western side . Then we put about on a long tack that carried us well outside the breakwater and came in for Cawsand Bay and safety . On this last fetch Link kicked me up and gave me the wheel again , while he went forward to hunt up the spare anchor . `` We brought up , well in shelter , at something before two in the morning , not a hand lost . Before anyone was allowed to turn in , Link had every sail stowed and covered -- ` for the honour of the blasted ship , ' as he put it . `` The skipper and his precious lot came aboard next day not long before noon , and after a wholesome scare . It seems they were late , and all pretty so-so by the time they reached the Barbican Steps ; and , let be that there was no boat for them , the watermen one and all declined to take them off in any such weather .