Fishing-Boat-Engine-Explodes

Retired fisherman talks about being at sea when his boat's engine blows up. . . Once I was here, down here -- and the last line of crab-pots ... we had just [shot it ??], we cast the ropes ... and ... I started the engine, I worked the engine hard, and suddenly ... there's an explosion, and the engine is, is in bits in the boat (Is it?) ... and ... we were lucky, there was [some]one just ... around here (pointing to map) ... and ... he saw that we were in trouble then, and he came, and us, towed us to town. . J'étais ichin aen caop, ichin bas -- et la droïne trousse ... nou la [file ??] justément, nou z-envyi les câblles ... et ... j'mi l'engin, forchi l'engin ... et tout aen caop ... vlà énne explosiaon, et vlà, vlà l'engin en morciaos dans l'baté (Eche?) ... et ... nou z-écaenchi, y en avait ieune justément ... par ichin ... et ... i vi qu'nou tait en déroute daon, et i vin, et nou, i nou towi à la ville. . . #Dgernesiais #Guernesiais #Giernesiais #Djernesiais #GuernseyLanguage # Guernsey #Language #recordings #audio #sound #GuernseyFrench #Giernesiei #Gierrnesiei #GuernseyPatois #patois #NormanFrench #Normand #Languedoil #FrenchDialect #fishing #engine #simplepasttense #imperfecttense