| 1. | It landed on the top of the mast. | Ejok i bōran kiju eo. | bar |
| 2. | “Tack windward a bit,” the Boatswain yelled down from the mast. P496 | “Bwābwe tak jidik,” Bojin eo elaṃōj laḷ tak jān kiju eo. | bwābwe |
| 3. | When he reached the cross-stick at the top of the mast, he suddenly started kicking, then he jumped up to the top and landed on it and sat down. P1192 | Ke ekar tōpar kūrọọjti eo, ebuñjenōṃ ḷak bwijbwij, ekā lōñ ḷọk im jok ioon im jijet. | bwijbwij |
| 4. | When I woke up the next day, I went up and saw the Boatswain up on top of the mast. P863 | Rujlọkin raan eo juon, iḷak baj wanlōñ ḷọk jān lowa ikar lo Bojin eo ej de i raan kaju eo. | de |
| 5. | The bird is at the end of the mast. | Bao in eṇ ej pād jabōn tata kiju eṇ. | jabōn |
| 6. | So the Boatswain pulled up the mast and loosened the tether on the sail and we set sail. P1299 | Bojin eo ejujen tōbtōb ḷọk ippān kaju eo im jeḷat toon jerak eo im jino jerak. | jaḷjaḷ |
| 7. | Look at the bird on the top of the mast. | Lale bao eṇ ej pād jeban kiju eṇ. | jeban |
| 8. | “There are no more coral heads so it will be smooth sailing from here on out,” the Boatswain said as he came down from the top of the mast where he had been watching for coral heads up ahead. P504 | “Ejjeḷọk wōd ak metaltōl wōt jān ijin im etal,” Bojin eo eba im to laḷ tak jān raan kiju eo ke ekar jure ṃaan wa eo ie. | jejor |
| 9. | “Try climbing up on top of the mast, Mr. Boatswain, and if you can see anything up ahead,” Father told him. P1190 | “Kajjioñ ṃōk wanlōñ ḷe, Bojin, im lale ta kwōlo i ṃaan,” Jema ekar ba ñane | kajjioñ |
| 10. | When I woke up the next day, I went up and saw the Boatswain up on top of the mast. P863 | Rujlọkin raan eo juon, iḷak baj wanlōñ ḷọk jān lowa ikar lo Bojin eo ej de i raan kaju eo. | kiju |
| 11. | “Laaand hooo!” the Boatswain yelled from atop the mast. P1195 | Ḷāāānnooo!” ekkeilọk Bojin eo jān raan kaju eo. | kōkeilọk |
| 12. | Tie it on to the top of the mast. | Kakkejele ṇa ijabōn kiju ṇe | kōkejel |
| 13. | When he reached the cross-stick at the top of the mast he suddenly started kicking then he jumped up to the top and landed on it and sat down. P1192 | Ke ekar tōpar kūrọọjti eo, ebuñjenōṃ ḷak bwijbwij, ekā lōñ ḷọk im jok ioon im jijet. | kūrọọjti |
| 14. | Father took over the tiller, and the Boatswain, using a climbing method in which only the feet and hands touch the tree, climbed up the base of the mast. P1191 | Jema ewelọk ilo jila eo ak Bojin eḷọrronpā lōñ ḷọk idāpin kaju eo lōñ ḷọk | ḷọrronpā |
| 15. | Straighten the mast or the canoe will capsize. | Kajiṃwe kiju ṇe bwe enaaj merā wa ṇe | merā |
| 16. | There was a ghostly whistle and the gaff and the mast groaned as the boat swayed back and forth from side to side in the waves. P664 | Ekaabwinmakeke an wejeḷ im ainikien ñōñōrñōrin (eññōrñōrin) rojak eo ippān kiju eo, ilo an ṇo ko kōllāleiki im kōjjeplikliki wa eo ion lọmeto. | ñōñōrñōr |
| 17. | He stayed up on the mast a while longer and then came down. P878 | Ebar pād jidik i raan kaju eo innem to. | raan |
| 18. | “Go get the gas can over there next to the mast,” Father yelled to the Boatswain. P569 | “Etal im bōktok tāāñin kiaj eo idipin kiju eṇ,” Jema ekar laṃōj ḷọk ñan Bojin eo. | tāāñ |
| 19. | Then he asked the Boatswain if the gas container was the one next to the mast. P408 | Ej ṃōjin ak ekajjitōk ippān kar tāāñin kiaaj eo eñeo i turin kiju eo ke. | tāāñ |
| 20. | “We can look until our eyeballs fall off before we see land,” the Boatswain said when he got down from the mast.” P919 | “Enaaj to timmejid ak jeban ellolo āne,” Bojin eo ekar ba ke ej ṃōj an to jān kaju eo. | timmej |
| 21. | The light stretched all the way from the top of the mast down into the water. P1149 | Meram eo ie ettōr jān raan kaju eo ñan ioon dān. | tōtōr |
| 22. | He covered its top with boards, built a house on it, put up a mast and attached a sail so that it could sail on the ocean around the island. P7 | Ekar pinej ioon eake rā, kalōk juon eṃ ṇa ioon, kajuur juon kaju im kōḷaak wūjḷāin bwe en maroñ jerakrōk ilowaan ṃaḷoin aelōñ eṇ. | wōjḷā |