Brian Withecombe > Quotes

“Courtenay and the others watched, the ship seemed to judder and then float on, nearing the shore as her sails, which were still set, were pushing her in that direction, then there was another judder and the foremast came down. She rode over that, then crashed to a stop on rocks below the water. Her main went by the board, then the mizen as she rode”
― Brian Withecombe, An Admiral of the Blue

“The two sloops were about one mile apart, so that they could sweep the maximum amount of the ocean possible in their search for the missing frigate. They”
― Brian Withecombe, THE SEAGULL AND LECORSAIR