the chances of that were very slim but we had to hope for the best , and so carol altered course slightly and increased the lady ss speed by five knots , and for the next twenty two hours life on board became almost unbearable , but by the end of that time the lady s had slipped around in front of the tonkun ( so as to miss her debris field , hitting a floating forty foot container could seriously damage , or even sink us ) and we were now just entering the perfectly formed eye .