As Hudson resumed his desperate criss-crossing of the little bay, every incident lessened the crew's respect for him. Once, after the Discovery lay for a week in rough weather, Hudson ordered the anchor raised before the sea had calmed. Just as it was being hauled inboard, a sea hit the ship. Michael Butt and Adame Moore were thrown off the capstan and badly injured. The anchor cable would have been lost overboard, but Philip Staffe was on hand to sever it with his axe.