noon
`` Well , now for a sailing cruise ! '' exclaimed Frank , one morning , and Andy announced that his theory had been tried and found wanting . The brothers wanted to take Paul , but he was not well enough , so , having taken along a supply of provisions , if they should be becalmed and kept out all night , as was sometimes the case , they set sail , beating up along the coast . There was a fair wind , that freshened at noon , but which died out toward evening , and finally there settled over the ocean a dead calm . `` It 's us out for all night , unless you can whistle up a wind , '' said Frank grimly . `` We 'll both try , '' proposed Andy , and they whistled all the tunes they knew , but without avail . Then , having lighted their lamps , and cooked a supper on the oil stove in the small galley , they prepared to spend the night at sea .