I heard something - a high-pitched sound like an “Ah,” coming from somewhere. With all the wind, rain, hail and thunder, with the waves crashing over the deck, it was impossible to tell where it was coming from, or what it exactly was. If Mother Nature could be really mad, really pissed off, this would be her voice. Her anger so loud it drowned every other sound. What a way to get someone’s attention.

I looked up at the masts, thinking the high Ah was the lines whistling in the wi...