CHRISTIAN: Skipper Hayward! Mr. Hayward! - I'll take care of him. - Keep hold! Hoist away! Set courses, royals and gallants! FRYER: Royals and gallants! Starboard bridges, aweigh with the anchors. - Ship ready. - Give her lee helm. Lee helm, sir. - Steady. - Steady, sir. There she goes. Her anchor's up. Oh, Mary, it's such a little ship. My Tommy will bring her home. TOGETHER: Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! - We're under canvas again, Mr. Christian. - Yes, sir. - It's our third voyage together. - Not of my choosing. So the port admiral told me. Well, you're here. I requested you. I like having a gentleman as my subordinate, being a self-made man. I admire you for that, sir. And for very little else? Sailing orders? Tahiti direct by Cape Horn. Winds permitting. If we can't make westing, we shall have to go by Africa. Then we'll have to get supplies at Simon's Bay. We'll need them. This ship has less food than a prison hull. And I don't trust that clerk of yours. Who asked you to meddle with my clerk? Can't get much from a hungry man. I have to work these men we feed. Rascals and pirates. Did you see them growl at the flogging? I'll teach them what flogging's like. My advice, sir, if you'll take it, is not to be too harsh with them. We're sailing 10,000 miles together for the next two years. - It's like a powder magazine. - I don't want your advice. I've my own way with seamen. They respect one law, the law of fear. - My officers should remember that. - I can only tell you what I think! They come from jails and taverns, but they're English and they'll sail anywhere. I'm not interested in what you think. I expect you to carry out whatever orders I give, whenever I give them. I'll carry out your orders, Mr. Bligh. Then we understand each other? Perfectly. - Any orders for the deck? - No. - That all? - Yes. You may go. Thank you, sir. - She's flying, Mr. Christian. - Tahiti direct, sir. Tahiti direct, Mr. Christian. Pass it on: No change of sail without my orders. Put two men at the wheel. - We'll carry on or carry under. - Very good, sir. - Southeast by east. - Southeast by east, sir. No change in sails... ...except for captain's orders. - Good. Mr. Byam, you'll stand by for midshipman's school. Aye, aye, sir. BLIGH: You! Hold up, there! Never empty your buckets into the wind! Find the wind, you idiot! Find the wind and then choose your rail. Get below! We're off around the world, boys. Light hearts and tight britches. Off around the world. Oh, dry up, you cub. Is it human, or what do you think? I can't stand yowling water babies. [SINGING "ROCK-A-BYE BABY"] Blast you! I told you not to swing that lantern! You don't mean it makes you seasick? An old buccaneer like you? La-di-da. I'll knock more tar out of you than it'll take a month to mix. - Come on, blowhard. - Oh, stow it, will you? I can't make head or tail of this navigation. Don't worry. If you get tangled, I'll jump in and pull you out. You'd better not try and fool Mr. Christian. Mr. Christian holds no terrors for me. I can wade the seven seas and never wet my shirt. They have whales that can sink a ship, but I can sink the whale. Behold, the face that launched a thousand ships. Gentlemen. Today's navigating problem: Given the altitude of Polaris, could you find your latitude, Mr. Stewart? To lead up to it... ...ordinarily, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Uh, but this is not true of navigation. We must consider winds and currents... Yes. Suppose you considered the problem. STEWART: Yes, sir. - Perhaps Mr. Stewart means that it's... ...like that lantern, sir. We assume it should hang straight down, but because the ship is rolling... ...it swings to and fro. But by watching it closely... You disagree with Byam, Mr. Hayward? He knows the lantern makes me seasick. He's doing it to break up the lesson. - Stewart ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Хупер на английском - текст Пропавший без вести 2: Начало на английском - текст Десять негритят на английском - текст Морозко на английском - текст Язык нежности на английском |