And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
And running under (the lee of) a certain island х neesion (G3519 )] - 'islet,'
Which is called Clauda - lying between 20 and 30 miles southwest of Crete. It is called Gozzo in the charts; but Mr. Brown found that on the spot it still retains its ancient name, Chlauda.
We had much work to come by the boat - `were with difficulty able to secure the boat.' But why so? If the ship was to live out the storm, they would first hoist the boat on board. It had, as usual, been towed behind; but now that the gale had sprung up, and a violent storm was raging, it could hardly fail, after more than twenty miles' dragging after the gale, to be filled with water and so would with difficulty be secured, even though under the lee of this islet the water would be comparatively smooth, and so most favourable for the operation.