Love the imagery---reminds me of the last scenes from Moby Dick where Ahab was lashed to the great white whale as it barreled through the sea.
Chillingly apt.
"And there shall come a day when ye shall smell land, but there will be no land.
And on that day Ahab shall go down to his grave.
But, he shall rise within the hour, and beckon.
And all save one, must follow."