They lower the sail and let the ship drift, because they are afraid that otherwise the wind might blow it right down to the coast of Northern Africa, where it might become stranded on fearsome sandbanks.
Vha tsisa bulannga ḽa u fhungudza luvhilo lwa tshikepe vha tshi litsha tsha tshimbidzwa nga muya, nga u ofha uri vha nga phirimela kha khungumuṱavha ya Libia.