In the Bay of Plenty a strong gale and mountainous seas were encountered.

We rode the same mountainous seas, under the same lowering sky.

Charleston was tossed like a helpless block of wood and buried repeatedly by the mountainous seas.

So since Monday we have been sailing through terrifying, mountainous open sea for 800 miles.

Then the "master realized that the fire was out, extinguished by the mountainous seas.

These people now had to endure mountainous seas and below-zero temperatures and they were 50 miles from land.

The torpedo tubes then had to be re-loaded, no easy task in the mountainous seas.

The crew of the freighter had plucked them from lifeboats in mountainous seas.

Over 13-14 August, 25 of the 306 yachts taking part were sunk or disabled due to high winds and "mountainous seas".