I feared the St. Catherine would capsize if I turned sideways into the wind to make a turn to go back. |
I took the decision not to turn around to protect the lives of the 1,800 passengers on board the Saint Catherine. |
The weather was terrible, the waves were very high, it was so bad, you couldn't imagine. The wind speed was 45 knots (52 miles an hour). There could have been two disasters instead of one. |