A short man in a sportcoat so wild it made Buddy Holly's look tame strode into its beam, his hands raised as if to stifle a huge comber of applause.

Roaring by the Ulysses, a huge comber would suddenly whip round and crash on deck, smashing a boat to smithereens.

The captain was drowned as a huge comber washed the deck.

He didn't even have time to get the bow turned into the huge comber bearing down on them, but he did manage to avoid meeting the four-and five-meter waves broadside.

Mark tried desperately to meet it, but it came with a smooth surge of power as irresistible as a huge comber rushing towards the beach.