 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure porwendo rwokuenda kuPlymouth, Renown anotumirwa kunoshanda kuSanto Domingo, kwaanozopandukira varanda, kuitira kubata navafambisi vengarava veSpain avo vanotyisidzira kutengeserana kweBritain muWest Indies. Vari munzira, mamiriro ezvinhu anowedzera kuipa. Sawyer anonyanya kunanga Midshipman Wellard. Hornblower anoiswa pa 36-hour watch apo anoedza kudzivirira Wellard. Gare gare, Sawyer anopa vashandi vacho rum rakawandisa, izvo zvinovasiya vachinonoka kupindura pavanongoerekana vaona zvikepe zviviri zveFrance zvinotyisidzira kukwenya Renown. Hornblower anokwanisa kuvatyisidzira nekuraira vashandi kuti vapise ngarava isiri kutakurwa, asi Sawyer anotsamwiswa zvakare nezvaanoona sechiito chisina mvumo. Wellard anorohwa kusvika asisina chaanoziva uye Sawyer anorayira Hornblower kuti atangezve kurinda kwake. 