Royal Charter (ship) by some passengers, though not confirmed, that the master, Captain Thomas Taylor, was advised to put into Holyhead harbour for shelter. He decided to continue on to Liverpool however. Off Point Lynas the "Royal Charter" tried to pick up the Liverpool pilot, but the wind had now risen to Storm force 10 on the Beaufort scale and the rapidly rising sea made this impossible. During the night of 25/26 October the wind rose to Hurricane force 12 on the Beaufort Scale in what became known as the "Royal Charter gale". As the wind rose its direction changed from E to
Ropin' the Wind RIAA in 1998. In the UK it reached the Top 50 pop albums list and went to No. 1 for several months on the country charts. It has gone to sell 17 million copies worldwide. The track "Shameless" is a cover of a Billy Joel song, previously recorded on his 1989 album "Storm Front". According to music review website Allmusic, "Ropin' the Wind" is the first country album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Brooks commented on the album saying: ""Ropin' the Wind" was what we called the son of "Fences". "Ropin' the Wind" was made in