Storm Force Ten Storm Force Ten Storm Force Ten is an album by British folk rock band Steeleye Span, the band's 10th effort, released in 1977. Until their 2013 album "Wintersmith", released 36 years after "Storm Force Ten", this album was the band's last production to reach the charts, topping out at 191 on Billboard's Pop charts. After "Rocket Cottage", Bob Johnson and Peter Knight left the band. As there was still a contractual obligation, they invited Martin Carthy back again. Back in 1971 when Martin Carthy had joined he had recommended John Kirkpatrick but they decided on fiddler Peter Knight instead. This
Spindrift Spindrift Spindrift (more rarely spoondrift) usually refers to spray, particularly to the spray blown from cresting waves during a gale. This spray, which "drifts" in the direction of the gale, is one of the characteristics of a wind speed of 8 Beaufort and higher at sea. In Great Britain "spindrift" is the telltale sign used by mariners to define a Force 8 (Beaufort Scale) wind (not higher) when observed at sea. See this example of information provided by Lymington Harbour authority, Hampshire, England, UK, explaining the whole scale, the associated wind speeds, and its telltale signs. Text from the site