The next moment terrible things began to happen. When you are sailing with the wind, you never really know how hard the wind is blowing. It's very different whenturn against it. As the Goblin turned into the wind, the waves threw the little ship on to her sids. Susun lost the rope for the mainsail but Hohn managed to catch it and fix the sail. He pulled the tiller round and the Goblin turned straight into the wind and the waves.