<em>~ Maddi and the girls, friends, survivors.... a team ~ </em><br/><br/>Maddi stayed with Lizzie as they made their way down the beach, she was still concerned about her, but she seemed OK and as she trudged after Kira steadily and her eyes seemed clear and alert Maddi's fears quietened.  The yacht was further away than it looked and she scanned the beach, looking at the lay of the reef and how it formed a fairly even arc around them.  But at one point further down it definitely curved inwards and was much broader.<br/><br/>When they reached Kira Maddi pointed out the point that would be easiest to swim to, and also be a good place to stack things up if they had to as the waves weren't reaching the calmer side there at all. It didn't take long to walk round to the easiest place and then swim across but as they reached the reef and clambered up it Maddi grabbed Kira before she could go dashing off again.  She had to shout so the two girls could hear her as although the wind had died a little the waves were still running very high and pounding the reef, covering them with spray even where they stood.<br/><br/>"Look the tide's gone down, but the sea is running so high – look...." she said pointing to the Misty Blue, "The yacht has slipped down quite a lot already, the stern is being hammered by the waves, so I'll open the forrard hatch so we can get in that way – and we have to be really quick." Even above the raging, pounding sea they could hear the squealing grind of the ship on the rocks and see how it shuddered and quivered.  She was sure she didn't need to tell them just how risky this was, that they could end up trapped inside and sinking fast – when the yacht finally went it could go real quick.<br/><br/>The ship was tilted right down so trying to move in the cabin was a nightmare.  Maddi slipped on her rucksack and emptied the contents of the two can cupboards into her sleeping bag.  She looked longingly at the wine but knew it would  be mad to try and carry anything glass, but she did snag the metal hip flask of medicinal brandy and the unopened six pack of water bottles at the back. The container of washing up liquid and the cloths and tea towels in the cupboard next to her was added at the last minute as an afterthought.  As the other two started to climb up the ladder to the hatch she opened up the side cubby and took out the collapsible water carrier and the emergency fuel can which she managed to take out with her too.<br/><br/>After they all got their things along the reef a little ways she dumped all of hers and hugged the girls tight,  her heart still pounding, from that last crunching jerk of the boat.  They didn't need to say it, they knew, and she looked at them one last time before battling back onto the boat, weighing up in her mind the things that would be worth risking this for.<br/><br/>She stood for a  moment looking at the swirling water in the cockpit and then gritted her teeth and braced herself to meet the waves as she let herself slide right into it, her hands gripping the line that still whipped around from the rail.  She cursed and and squeezed her eyes tight shut as the footlocker she wanted first wouldn't open, but then it finally gave and she nearly tipped over.  chocking on a lungful of salt water she opened the next one and then took the two things she'd wanted, the rope bag and the emergency light box and bit by bit got herself back up again by hauling her self along the side a bit at a time.<br/><br/>When she finally got to the bows she found  Kira waiting arms up stretched for the things and for a moment she couldn't breathe as the lump in her throat from her friend braving the waves once more touched her so deeply.<br/><br/>For a few precious seconds she watched Kira start to battle her way back to Lizzie and the pile of things she was protecting, before the boat lurched down once more and Maddi shook herself back into action.  There was no way she could make it back down into that  maelstrom again, not only was it already deeper but she was too tired, she'd never make it back up, it had been touch and go last time so the flares and collapsible bucket would stay with the ship.  There was one task though she had to try, the wind was still dying so there was a chance she could pull it off.<br/><br/>She went to the sail locker and wound out out the jib, rolling it into itself and then using it as a center to then wrap the spare mainsail around that until the bundle was so huge she could only just roll it to the side and push it over.  She jumped down after it and then started the laborious job of rolling the unwieldy mass  towards the girls.