Not a Chapter
I will have to digress a little (which here means "go back to the point at which the Baudelaires were washed overboard") to cover what happened to Violet.
Chapter 7
Violet was a strong swimmer. She didn't panic; she kept swimming around to try to find the boat. But in the dark and rain it was impossible. She tried to cry out for help but the wind just carried her voice away. It seemed like she swam for hours, but in fact it was only about twenty minutes later, when a life-preserving ring was tossed in front of her.
As Violet grabbed it, she noticed the elaborate knot that tied the rope to the life-preserver. She recognized it as a Devil's Tongue knot, invented by female Finnish pirates in the fifteenth century. Violet herself had used this extremely strong knot on several occasions, including the time she and her siblings climbed an ersatz elevator shaft with a rope made from neckties.
Violet was pulled up to the deck of a large wooden sailing ship. Women in outlandish pirate costumes surrounded her. They talked among themselves in a language she could not understand.
"Hello, or as we say, terve," said a tall woman with long blond hair. "My name is Pirate Jenni, and I am Captain of this ship. We were looking for you."
"What? Why would you be looking for me?" asked Violet.
"We have a prophecy about this day. Invaders from the outside world in a terrible ship of metal will come to our island to kill us and steal our fruit. Only with the help of a girl we draw from the water can we defeat them," said Jenni.
"I am Pirate Ulla, the first mate," said a second woman. "I have doubt about this so-called prophecy. What sign can you show us that you will be on our side? I think maybe we should throw you back."
Violet wanted to tie her hair back in order to think better, but both the ribbon and her hair were soaked. She pulled the ribbon from her pocket anyway and tied the ends into a perfect Devil's Tongue knot. The pirates cheered.
"That is good," said Jenni. "We accept you as honorary Female Finnish Pirate. These are my crew: Pirate Eeva, Pirate Ronja, Pirate Ulla, and Pirate Sisko."
"Then I am Pirate Violet," said Violet with a smile.
"Do you know how we can defeat the ship of metal?" asked Pirate Eeva.
"It might help if you had a metal ship of your own," said Violet. "I know where to get one. If you have a map I can show you the place -- Briny Beach."
"Wonderful," said Pirate Ronja. "The prophecy is coming true."
"That reminds me... There's something else we'll need," said Violet. "I'll get it while we're in that area."
The pirates set off at once for Briny Beach. They were such good sailors the storm was no hindrance, but in fact helped them to sail at top speed.
Not a Chapter
This is the end of the digression. The story resumes its normal time sequence starting in the next chapter, if you could ever call such a dreadful series of events "normal."