Probably, I should change the title to simply "The Rescue" and preserve some element of surprise.

Further notes: the Joseph Luther was a 3-masted schooner, Captain Franscis in command with a crew of six, bound in ballast up the coast from Bath some 40 miles to a Damariscotta River landing where she planned to load up with blocks of ice for a run down to the Caribbean. The mouth of the Kennebec River can be treacherous, especially when an in-coming gale meets the out-going tide running down river.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble, safe ashore