new-wrecked

Updated: June 26, 2025

"Why, what does happen, my lad, when a ship does that? Bumps, and a sale arterwards of new-wrecked timber on the beach. But here we are all right, and instead of being ashamed of ourselves we can look the mounseers full in the face and tell 'em that if they can manage a better bit of seamanship than the skipper, they had better go and show us how."

George Manville Fenn - The Ocean Cat's Paw: The Story of a Strange Cruise