IN July 1976, Gordon cook and his wife Mary, son Jonathan, 6, daughter Suzanne,7, and I set sail from Plymouth, England, to duplicate the round the-world voyage made 200 years earlier by Captain James Cook.
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Reaching Cape town
I'm Larry Virgil
And I'm Herb Seigler
Welcome to my ship, Wavewalker
The journey began with ease as we sailed down the west coast of Africa to Cape Town.
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Signs of approaching danger
We must remain vigilant. The weather could get worse.
Just keep a look on the weather.
Despite the terrible weather, we still had a wonderful holiday with a Christmas tree. Despite the lack of improvement in the weather on New Year's Day, we predicted that it would change soon. And it did change — for the worse.
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January 2nd
At dawn on January 2, the waves were gigantic.As the ship rose to the top of each wave one could see endless enormous seas rolling towards them, and the screaming of the wind and spray was painful to the ears.
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Becoming a nightmare
Oh my god! Somebody help us. .
We need to make through this.
A massive explosion shook the deck.The whole ship was smashed from different parts, but it stayed intact. Gordon and Suzanne were badly injured. This continued for next 48 hours and by that time they were loosing all the hope, but endured everything for each other. UNTIL..
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A glimmer of hope
We are safe now.
Gordon rushed onto the deck and glared relieved at the stark outline of Ile Amsterdam. The island was the most beautiful in the world - it was just a bleak piece of volcanic rock with no vegetation!