I was working in Holland and I got picked up there and we went down to France. We got stuck in the Bay of Biscay in a huge Force Nine, which was quite frightening. We decided to turn back to Brest and the harbour pilot came aboard and supervised the removal of our ship over the side of the harbour but, in so doing, misjudged the wind and smashed us right into the side of a Greek refrigeration ship. There was a huge gash in its side and chickens falling everywhere.