Acts 27:28-30

28So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms.
About 120 feet; a fathom (Greek orguia) was about 6 feet or 2 meters
A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.
About 90 feet (see previous note)
29And fearing that we might crun on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come. 30And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, and had lowered dthe ship’s boat into the sea under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow,
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