Two sailors grabbed the inert Punti and tossed him headfirst down the opening.
The sailor grabbed him on cue, pulling the sleeve up over Regis's elbow.
The sailors grabbed him, attacked him with stones, and kicked him.
He and another sailor grabbed for her, one of them clasping her upper arm.
Kanola lunged toward him, her nails aimed at his face, but three sailors grabbed her.
"I didn't walk very far before the sailor grabbed me," she said.
He stumbled as he landed but two sailors grabbed him before he fell.
But his hands closed around water only, and he was lucky a sailor grabbed his thick waist to keep him from falling over, too.
There was a flurry of activity as sailors on the landing boom grabbed lines and made ready.
The sailor then grabbed a handful of the collar and pulled the tall man so close they were nose to nose.