I have no nautical knowledge at all. Is the "struggle" he has initially realistic?
The tide pulling him out to sea and then throwing him onto the beach at the same time? Doesn't the tide either go out (pulling you out to sea) or come in (throwing you on the beach)?
And if he's being thrown on the beach, does turning the bow into the waves just allow him to float a bit further out to sea away from the beach so the engine can be started up?
The general gist of it is OK. Struggling in a choppy sea, trying to row. Then switching to the outboard engine. Maybe review the detail of it.
Consequently, when he arrives at the second town, you mention:
The tide was with me this time and I barely needed to row at all, the boat drifting slowly towards the shore on the small waves even when the oars were raised.
The tide was throwing him on the beach before, so it was with him as well then, no?
Or "with me" in the sence of helping out by gently carrying him to his destination rather being unhelpful and throwing him on the beach?
Man, you're going all MD on us in the scene with John in the back of that truck. I was wincing as I read it.
Good cliffhanger at the end there with
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The tide pulling him out to sea and then throwing him onto the beach at the same time? Doesn't the tide either go out (pulling you out to sea) or come in (throwing you on the beach)?
And if he's being thrown on the beach, does turning the bow into the waves just allow him to float a bit further out to sea away from the beach so the engine can be started up?
The general gist of it is OK. Struggling in a choppy sea, trying to row. Then switching to the outboard engine. Maybe review the detail of it.
Consequently, when he arrives at the second town, you mention:
The tide was with me this time and I barely needed to row at all, the boat drifting slowly towards the shore on the small waves even when the oars were raised.
The tide was throwing him on the beach before, so it was with him as well then, no?
Or "with me" in the sence of helping out by gently carrying him to his destination rather being unhelpful and throwing him on the beach?
Man, you're going all MD on us in the scene with John in the back of that truck. I was wincing as I read it.
Good cliffhanger at the end there with
Kurt apparently being a local!
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After a few seconds, however, I began to see of them
more of them
