Charles Spurgeon Commentary Acts 27:16-19

"And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat: and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven. And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the [the freight] overboard; and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship." — Acts 27:16-19 (ASV)

And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; and the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

They used all the means in their power, and evidently Paul and his companions took their full share of the work that had to be done: we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.