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# they had hoisted the lifeboat up
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"they had lifted up the lifeboat" or "they had pulled the lifeboat aboard the ship"
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# they used its ropes to bind the hull of the ship
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The "hull" is the body of the ship. They tied ropes around it so that the ship would not come apart during the storm.
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# sandbars of Syrtis
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Sandbars are very shallow areas in the sea where ships can get stuck in the sand. Syrtis is located on the coast of Libya, northern Africa. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# they lowered the sea anchor
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They put the ship's anchor in the water so that the wind could not blow the ship along as fast as it could with the anchor up.
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# anchor
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An anchor is a heavy object attached to a rope that is secured to a ship. It is tossed into the water and sinks to the bottom of the sea so the ship will not drift about. See how you translated this in [Acts 27:13](../27/13.md).
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# were driven along
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "had to go in whatever direction the wind blew us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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