32.signal station SEM abeam on port side , we are entering the canal at transit speed of 8 knots

左舷正横信号站已过， 我们船正以过的8节速度驶。

It was only next day, when Wainwright Island loomed to windward, close abeam, that Wolf Larsen opened his mouth in prophecy. He had attacked Johnson, been attacked by Leach, and had just finished whipping the pair of them.

就在第二天海狼拉尔森开口发出了预言，那时莱特岛已经在顶风的方向依稀出现。 他已经攻击过约，受过里奇攻击，刚把两人都打败了。

" But it will serve only when we are sailing by the wind, " I explained. " When running more freely, with the wind astern abeam, or on the quarter, it will be necessary for me to steer" .

" 可是这办法只能在顺风时管用，" 我解释，" 要是驾驶得灵活一点，风从船后、船尾或是横向吹来，那就非得自己掌舵不可了。"