Overview
THE COMING WAVE is the fourth volume of the Yacht Club Series, and is an entirely independent story. Though the incidents are located on Penobscot Bay and relate largely to boats and yachting, the characters have not before been presented; but some of them will again be introduced in the subsequent volumes of the series. There is some breezy sailing in the story, and Penobscot Bay would not be properly described without the dense fog, upon which the turn of events depends in one of the chapters; nor is such a hurricane as that with which the story begins an unknown occurrence in these waters. Whatever interest the volume may possess, however, does not wholly depend upon the experience in fog and gale of the hero and his friends, for the plot is as much of the land as of the sea.
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...the tide was up so far, or I should have known better than to land here. ""I would rather take my chance on the wreck, " continued Mr. Carboy, whostill held the painter of the boat. "I think it is moderating alittle. ""Not much; but do you think we can get off in the whale-boat?" asked Wallbridge. "We may but it is death to stay here ten minutes longer. ""That's true; for common tides rise to the foot of the rocks. We can'tstand up much longer. ""Now's our time!" exclaimed the mate. "The wind lulls a little. It can'tbe any worse on the wreck than it is here. "The hurricane had certainly subsided a little, and with a vigorouseffort the two stout men shoved the whale-boat down the steep declivityinto the deep water. Keeping her head to the sea, with the oars in theirhands they leaped into the boat as a receding billow carried her far outfrom the beach. "Now, give way!" cried the mate; and with lusty strokes they pulledagainst the advancing sea. The boat was light, and the two rowers were...
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