Possible Clues:

• Sounds as if you'd never get to sea like this
• Not able to see how needle may be defective
• English certainly catching the French unsighted?
• There's no C in this, by the sound of it
• Lacking pupils and all that goes with them
• Like Samson in Gaza
• In Gaza, saw nothing
• Lacking sight organs
• Having no sight organs
• Lacking vision organs