trip in, stood on end and both of the sailers operating It were 
thrown out. We were afiaid It would capize but, It righted Itself 
sgf in end the sailors were able to hang onto the boat as the waves 
washed it ashore. We all dashed in to help steady the boat as It 
came in. One spill like this with equipment aboard and a lot equip* een 
ment would be lost in the sea forever or worse yet someone would 
get dashed the many coral heads all along the shore unlaunchlng the 
second trip only McFarlane end Wirt* were left behind* with Sibley 
off up the beach collecting a seal scull we had noted yesterday* 
and the to former were swep into the under toe by a large wave 
which jerked the boat out of our hands after the others had climbed 
Into it and while we were tring to steady it so that they could 
get it headed out into the sea. We had to swim about 20yrds so 
through the rough surf to get back to land dripping wet. On the 
third trip there was naturally no one left to steady the boat in the 
surf. We got it out to about 5' Morris got in and started the motor 
end the big wave swep us off our feet and up the beach toward an 
exposed section of coral reef. Morris gun and heeded out into the 
surf with great difficulty with a remaining four of us hanging on 
for dear life to the rope handles along the sides of the bo*t. 
After he had gotten through the worse of the breakers we managed to 
struggle into the boat these getting first helpping to pull in the 
others I had a much bigger saltwater coctailon that run than I care 
to try again. With the exception of only some of the gear in the 
waterproof bags which don’t work to well all of our equipment and 
personal were thoroughly soaked in these trips through perhaps 
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