to protect the ship when rough weather began.

1.	to protect the ship when rough weather began.
Answer» Gordon Cook set sail in 1976. He had built for himself a huge boat and called it ‘Wavewalker’. The journey was to be 2,55,000 km. On second of January 1977, while they were in the southern Indian Ocean, about 3500 km from Cape Town, the weather suddenly became terrible. The sea became stormy. The ship was caught in the stormy sea. It rose to the top of each wave. The captain had taken various steps to protect themselves from the fury of the storm. First of all he had dropped down the jib (small sail) to slow down the speed. He secured everything tightly with ropes. He attached lifelines to the life-rafts. Then he made everyone to put on their oilskins and life jackets. These precautionary measures later proved to be insufficient.

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Gordon Cook set sail in 1976. He had built for himself a huge boat and called it ‘Wavewalker’. The journey was to be 2,55,000 km. On second of January 1977, while they were in the southern Indian Ocean, about 3500 km from Cape Town, the weather suddenly became terrible. The sea became stormy. The ship was caught in the stormy sea.

It rose to the top of each wave. The captain had taken various steps to protect themselves from the fury of the storm. First of all he had dropped down the jib (small sail) to slow down the speed. He secured everything tightly with ropes. He attached lifelines to the life-rafts. Then he made everyone to put on their oilskins and life jackets. These precautionary measures later proved to be insufficient.

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