About midnight
As for Iris 's wild foreboding that the ship was intended to be lost , Philip did not give it other than a passing thought . Coke was navigating the _ Andromeda _ with exceeding care and no little skill . He was a first-rate practical sailor , and it was an education to the younger man to watch his handling of the vessel throughout the worst part of the blow . About midnight the weather moderated . It improved steadily until a troubled dawn heralded some fitful gleams of the sun . By that time the magnificent Peak of Fernando Noronha was plainly visible . Coke came to the bridge and set a new course , almost due west .