Shout

Chris Snell

Description

The sea is not a playground. A huge wave lifted the stern of the coaster, propeller and rudder, out of the froth and oil just as Bill Hawken tried to swing the Tamar Class lifeboat into a better position... Set in Cornwall, the crew never know what dangers, or even stranger outcomes, a call for a lifeboat launch will bring. The complexities of family life, interaction with hostile holiday-home owners, criminal activity, peer group tensions coupled with the day-to-day business of harbour life and other events, make for an exciting living.

Sujets

• Thriller

Informations

• Publié par: Andrews UK
• Date de parution: 02 décembre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781785383410
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Contents

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THE SHOUT

Crîs Sne

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Pubîsed în 2015 by Andrews UK îmîed wwwandrewsukcom He rîg o Crîs Sne o be îdenîIed as e auor o îs work as been assered în accordance wî e Copyrîg, Desîgns and Paens Ac 1998 Copyrîg © 2015 Crîs Sne A rîgs reserved No par o îs pubîcaîon may be reproduced, sored în a rerîeva sysem, or ransmîed, în any orm or by any means wîou e prîor wrîen permîssîon o e pubîser, nor be oerwîse cîrcuaed în any orm o bîndîng or cover oer an a în wîc î îs pubîsed and wîou a sîmîar condîîon beîng împosed on e subsequen purcaser Any person wo does so may be îabe o crîmîna prosecuîon and cîvî caîms or damages A caracers appearîng în îs work are Icîîous Any resembance o rea persons, îvîng or dead, îs purey coîncîdena

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One uge wave îted e sern o e coaser, propeer and rudder, ou o e ro and oî jus as Bî awken rîed o swîng e Tamar Cass îeboa îno a beer posîîon He bronze screw mus ave been abou Ive ee în dîameer Wî no medîum bu aîr o resîs, e prop pîcked up speed Even above e scream o e wînd and e bombardmen o wave agaîns u, e noîse o unreguaed energy peneraed e darkened space o e Tamar’s weeouse ‘Crîs!’ Bî was a man rarey moved o proanîy, bu îs was e wors sea, as coxswaîn, e’d ever pu e crew îno Vîsîbîîy was pracîcay nî and navîgaîng e boa was a nîgmare e încreased rus însîncîvey, on dua roes, a e same îme seerîng e crat în a desperae broadsîde away rom e see paes o e grey paîned uk overîng above îm He boa’s mecanîc, Crîs Pascoe, seaed back rom îm, sîeny anked e desîgners or savîng îs back as îs caîr cusîoned e abrup cange în pîc and roaîon ï ook amos e u weny cenîmeres î was desîgned o rave, eavîng îs occupan ree o ocus on e boa managemen sysem capured on e screen acîng îm He bue Ibre gass u o e RNï Carrîck Maîd î anoer monsrous wave, sweepîng î sîde-on back îno e pa o e descendîng propeer ‘ook ou, se’s comîng down’ Pascoe dîdn’ need o voîce e obvîous, as e braced îmse agaîns e sea’s arness ïn e goom e crew caug a gîmpse o e rudder Lappîng He reason e coaser ad pu ou a mayday ca în e Irs pace Hey weren’ goîng o make î He eadîng edge o e Irs bade o î em scyed îno e sîde raî a e sern o e rescue crat Hey e a sudder and e ug o mea beîng rîpped rom deckîng as e raî wrapped îse around e propeer descendîng on em îke a uge kîcen bender He îeboa pîced upwards and veered away rom îs nemesîs, bu sayed uncaracerîsîcay bow îg, wî a dîsînc

îs o por He upward bîas wasn’ norma, bu e crew, conscîous o e cange, ad more pressîng responsîbîîîes o conend wî an any unease abou e aîude o e boa Wî e kînd o însînc deveoped over years o navîgaîng ese coasa waers, ey someow e e cange wasn’ reaenîng ïnuîîon ook preceden over anxîey în a careuy seeced and raîned crew Trus în e coxswaîn ad deveoped, aong wî respec, oerwîse oo many sous woud ave ended în dîsaser Heîr îmmedîae concern was Dog Too Rock Even în îs eavîng sea e boa ad pîcked up speed în response o Bî’s earîer and on e roe He rock was vîsîbe în e spray-aden goom, as e surge o wave breakîng agaîns îs seaward ace gave î a umînous, wîe apron o waer Housands o îny bubbes aced îke a skîr o mînue enses, coecîng and magnîyîng wa îe îg peneraed e scene Dog Too ad caîmed a number o îs over e cenurîes, bu îs îme e granîe azard woud no be saerîng any us He ee-sore was abou a undred meres or so rom e due beîng enaced beween rescue boa and coaser and Dog Too was e ony oucrop în e vîcînîy ey needed o worry abou Bî broug e crat around, îs îme aongsîde e sarboard Lank o e dîsressed vesse, a e same îme keepîng an eye on e demarcaîon beween e cîf op proIe and e ony-jus îger backdrop o sky Anoer uge wave îted em above e deckîng o e coaser and deposîed em obîquey across îs gunne He boa eeered no knowîng weer o sîde orward ono e deck or sîp back îno e sea He crew braced emseves or wa seemed eernîy as e rescue crat swayed and wîsed on îs kee As coaser and boa ogeer dropped îno a uge roug, a pecuîar u în e moîon et em în a kînd o îmbo Bî ad roed down e racîng screws as e rescue crat sared o ro on e gunne e coud see one o e coaser’s seamen above em a e end o e sîde deck ousîde e brîdge A couner- was rom e por sîde o e coaser î e bow o e îe boa and Lused î back owards e sea ïs kee poîned up a ory-

odd degrees He boa’s radîo operaor ooked însîncîvey back roug e rear door o e grey urbuence ey were abou o punge back îno ‘Boody e, we’ve go er screw embedded în our sern’ ‘e, no wonder se’s rîdîn’ bow îg,’ e mecanîc soued above e screec o e kee as î scraped across e arger sîp’s edge By îs îme ey were abou ree meres above e waer He orce o re-enry coud bas e rear door înwards and ey knew î He coaser roed on îs sarboard sîde, puîng e rescue crat neary orîzona By îs îme ey were pracîcay eve wî e sea as eîr u dîsengaged oay and re-Loaed, a ree agen eads and souders sumped în reîe Arresed breaîng gave way o wecome voumes o res oxygen ‘Ha was a prey cose one, neares we’ve been ye,’ Dave obb swîveed în îs sea as e voîced e ougs o a o em ‘ook, ï’m goîng o sand of or a spe,’ Bî awken dîdn’ need o agonîse over e decîsîon, î was an obvîous coîce o ake ‘Se’s pas e rock and wîou a prop îs curren and wînd wî ake er ou pas Deedmans ead o open waer We can aford o waî a wîe or îs sea o drop now, en move în o grab e crew Any au wî a? Famou Coasguard repor e wînd soud be easîng up soon’ He vouneers knew ere was îe cance o puîng any one of e sîp e way îngs were goîng, added o wîc a repea o e prevîous epîsode rîsked everybody’s îves, on boa and sîp A eas îme was on eîr sîde Hey sî ad more an ree quarers o eîr our and a a ousand îres o ue et and rîdîng seveny or eîgy meres back rom e coaser posed no danger ‘ï’ ceck ou e sern damage, see î we’re geîng waer îno e reuge area,’ Crîs Pascoe caed across o awken, ‘a OK?’ ‘Go aead ï’m remîndîng you o aac e saey cabe, you need î îs îme, bu ceck e reuge area Irs beore goîng o e back ï e deck îsn’ puncured by e bade and beow îs no akîng any waer don’ rîsk goîng ou ere or now Oerwîse, use some

o a sop-oam suf on e undersîde o sea any gap beween bade and deck, î î’s more serîous’ ‘OK Bî’ Pascoe unbucked îs arness, removed îs îejacke and sîpped ou o e caîr e grabbed a a and od as e boa ook anoer broadsîde Waîîng or e nex Leeîng u în e moîon o e boa, e made î o e reuge ac and wen down e sor saîrway o e ower reaces o e u Everyîng was securey ancored one way or anoer, bu e gave îe aenîon o equîpmen a e knew woud remaîn ed by îes esed by seas worse an îs e ook a orc rom îs crade above one o e seas Geîng roug e sma doorway în e rear o e comparmen was a bî o a caenge He cumsy boos and îmmersîon suî resrîced movemen, a îejacke woud ave been an even greaer îndrance, a îe reaenîng danger î or some reason î became înLaed beow deck Fasîng e orc îno a cavîy jus abou bîg enoug o ake a coupe o peope, e coud make ou no peneraîon o e deckîng above, nor any waer sosîng around îs ee SaîsIed e urned and made îs way back o e cockpî ‘No oe Cox and rom wa ï can make ou, wîou goîng ere, e prop îs ocked aîr and square îno e rear raîîng Pared rom er sat a e key way’ ‘OK We’ve ad conIrmaîon a ug îs on îs way rom Famou Hey’ve esabîsed savage rîgs wî e maser We’re o say în pace and gîve waever assîsance we can wen ey ge ere ETA weny o weny Ive mînues Tîde’s on e urn, so won’ drît ar ï’ be îg în ess an an our’ Crîs Pascoe pu on îs îejacke and bucked îmse back în pace as e crew seed îno e more comorabe regîme o a passîve sand-of Abe o reax some, e crew specuaed abou e seaworîness o e dîsabed vesse Abou e îssuîng o orged Board o Trade cerîIcaes and e ragedîes î caused wen dodgy owners rîsked a or e sake o proI Hîs mîg no ave been e case a îs îme Bu e combînaîon o a mauncîonîng rudder

and sat seared beween bearîng and prop, bore e cassîc sîgns o an unseawory sîp asey regîsered as seawory ‘ï reckon e sat mus ave been în advanced sae o aîgue or î jus o ose a prop îke a Seen î beore în dry dock Oxîde încusîon în e sat surace and e îng jus goes rom ere You can see î în e racure Surace smoo a e source o e break, serîes o crescen arcs as e break wîdens, en crysaîne racure wen se Inay goes,’ Jean-Pîerre Pasca spoke wî no race o e one a îrrîaes wen someone îs exercîsîng superîor knowedge, or radîng în sopîsry or e sake o împressîng e was jus saîng acs as e perceîved em îs Engîs was prey nîg perec From a Breon vîage near Bres, e ad marrîed a gîr e’d me as a boy wen îs parens reguary ook par în wînnîng vîsîs o eîr os vîage A graduae în sîp desîgn rom e Ecoe Naîonae Supérîeure, Bres, e’d managed o ge work as a ecurer în e acuy o sîp desîgn, a e Unîversîy o Famou and ad proved îmse a ‘sae paîr o ands’ on a number o aîry ca-ous Dave obb swîveed în îs caîr, ‘He ug’s jus sowîng up, on and of e radar Reckon î’s abou a a mîe away’ ‘OK Te îm we’ve spoed îm We’ ead round o e bow o e coaser Radîo îs maser Ask î e’s în conac wî e ug and e îm îs screw îs embedded în our sern Te Famou Coasguard we’re movîng în agaîn o ceck or any major supersrucure damage Mîg as we e em, oo, a we’ve go e coaser’s screw suck în our sern’ Bî awken dîd a quîck scan o e varîous uncîons on e screen and peered roug e wîndow îno a sîgy ess mounaînous sea ï was geîng îger Wînd was droppîng A good Ity meres rom e sîp’s sarboard sîde, e posîîoned e îeboa mîd-on a rîg anges e coud jus make ou e deck area as î îed owards e boa Repeîîve wave sequences, îke a penduum wî a perîod o abou Ive seconds, gave îm abou a wo-second wîndow o înspecîon eac îme Here were no oose, rogue srucures, a e coud see, ready o reease urer compîcaîons îno îs parîcuar versîon o e e reversed

back a ew meres, eaded or e bow and raversed e por sîde SaîsIed ere was noîng ese wor noîng e peered în e dîrecîon e ug soud be arrîvîng rom and posîîoned e rescue crat we o e sern o e dîsabed vesse Back o back and separaed by a undred meres o eavîng waer, e peered aead, wacîng or e ug’s îgs, andîng conro o Andy Cornwe, e reîe emsman pîcked or îs sou ï gave îm a break and aowed îm o ocus beer wîou e dîsracîon o avîng conînuay o reposîîon e boa Comîng ou o a roug e caug a gîmpse o a îg beore e sîxeen mere u sîd back down îno e nex guey o waer ‘Go er în vîew Radîo er Se probaby pîcked us up on er radar near enoug wen we spoed er Te er we’ sand cose unî sea permîs a crewman o cac a îne rom er ï reckon we’re goîng o waî an our beore eîer sîp wî rîsk puîng a man ou on deck’ ‘Rîg cox’ He crew en unkered down, waîîng or e seas o abae and or e wecome Irs îg o brîng some respîe rom e eye-sraînîng darkness Some îe wîe aer a new voîce roused e crew rom waever eac was înkîng ï was one o e Coasguard duy oicers ‘Bî, wa’s e score? Cudrose are sî on sandby Do you reckon you’re goîng o need eîr Sea Kîng?’ ‘Don’ know Way îngs are, we can aford o waî Coaser’s no sîppîng waer, so no îmmedîae danger and we’re we cear o Dog Too Rock Seas prey bad sî, bu no îke wen we arrîved Te ‘em o od’ ‘OK Keep us în e pîcure’ Bî swîveed round în îs caîr ‘ï reckon Robîn,’ e reerred o e ug skîpper, ‘wî gîve us a sou any îme now, abou goîng în îg enoug o see a îne beîng ossed’ Sure enoug, wîîn e nex ew mînues e ug’s maser radîoed e rescue crat ‘ï’m goîng o rîsk ossîng a ‘sreamer’ o e sîp Same drî? He maser speaks good Engîs Over’