Jason s TaleChapter 32 Home Again
It took us two days to get from the headland up to the mouth of the Wide River. Thunder caught up with us before we made it home. They’d been able to jack the yard around to where it could tack, barely. The ship drifted downwind almost as fast as it sailed upwind, but they could ‘reach’ across the wind and stay clear of the coast. Filo had also found a piece of blue cloth somewhere and he had it flying from the top of his mast. Sure, a purpose-made flag would be better, but I appreciated the...