The Andrea Gail is still in the storm and the conditions are getting increasingly worse as the boat sails along its path back towards Gloucester. Although the communication between the Andrea Gail and everyone else has been terminated because it lost all of its electronics, its experiences can be related to those of the Eishin Maru. The Eishin Maru was a boat that was following a path close to that of the Andrea Gail and since it still had its electronics, communication was possible. The conditions on this ship were treacherous and the crew was facing an almost inevitable peril at the hands of Hurricane Grace. These conditions included shattered windows, a steering system that no longer worked, and rough seas that jeopardized the safety of everyone on the ship. This gloomy fate was thought to be parallel to the fate of the Andrea Gail, although its exact conditions were not known. Lastly, the author ended off the chapter by stating that the seas they were sailing is known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" because over 5,000 men have died there.
In this chapter, the Andrea Gail's loss of communication is stressed because another ship's conditions had to be used in order to describe the conditions aboard the Andrea Gail. With the use of the Eishin Maru, conditions were described and the demeanor of all the crew members was shown. Lastly, when the sea near Sable Island was referred to as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic", it alluded to the death of all of the crew members of the Andrea Gail.
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