it was 4 o'clock in the morning. we were sailing around Cape Hope on the south coast of Africa when the lookout boy screamed out: "ship coming towards us at full speed! " i came out of my cabin and went to see what was happening. As soon as I was on deck' I saw a huge ship coming up to the left side All the people on board were looking at the ship in surprise while it was coming closer I ran to the side to get a better look at this strange ship' but the ship was no longer there. it was then that Idealized what was happening. that was the famous ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman. It haunted these waters ever since Captain Van der Decken and his crew died a hundred years ago when the ship sank in a storm. I turned to look at the lookout boy but he was not on the mast. According to legend, whoever looked at the ship closely, disappeared.