The provided text consists of excerpts from the book "Scend of the Sea" by Geoffrey Jenkins, featuring copyright information, publication history, and a table of contents. The narrative centers on Captain Ian Fairlie, who commands the weather ship Walvis Bay and is haunted by the disappearances of his grandfather's ship, the SS Waratah (1909), and his father's airliner, the SAA Viscount Gemsbok (1967), both lost near East London. Ian's quest to understand the Waratah's fate leads him to defy naval orders during a massive storm, resulting in the damage of his ship and the death of his pilot brother, Alistair Fairlie, whose Buccaneer jet crashes near the same ominous location. A subsequent voyage with Tafline, a woman who shares his preoccupation with the mystery, allows them to discover the upside-down hulk of the Waratah, the wreckage of the Gemsbok, and Alistair's plane, all resting on an uncharted seamount which creates a deadly lee during storms, solving the sixty-year-old enigma.

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