Note 4 at Acts 27:16: Clauda was a small island lying about fifty miles off the southern coast of Crete (see note 10 at Acts 27:7, p. ???). The ship Paul was sailing on to Rome got caught is a storm and sailed south of this island. It was as Paul's ship came under the lee of Clauda that the crew was able to haul in their life boat (see note 5 at this verse).

Note 5 at Acts 27:16: The boat that is being spoken of is considered by most scholars as being a small life boat which ships like these towed behind them in the wake of the ship. When they sailed under the lee of the island of Clauda (see note 4 at this verse), they were granted enough relief from the storm to haul the life boat on board.