phil comes on deck from below with his duffel bag. everyone feels bad but no one knows what to say. phil turns to get a second load.
the crew stand at their posts. the yards and foretop are trimmed with sailors, their faces taught and their bodies hard. no one looks back.
skipper manages to grab the ax mounted on the chart house and cuts the mainsheet with a single blow. but it's too late. the tall masts plunge into the ocean and the sails scoop tons of sea water, pinning the albatross on her side.
john slashes at the lines securing the starboard lifeboat with his knife and manages to free it before it is dragged to the bottom. he scrambles through the collapsed rigging tangled above him for the port lifeboat.
skipper struggles to reach john and the second life boat but sees that it is tangled in the rigging.