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Orca encounter

shall never forget the day we were visited by orca as we sailed up the west coast of Africa during the British Steel Challenge. We were hard on the wind and with the side decks just awash it felt like we were standing on the water. A couple of orca had bounded in and were swimming alongside us not more than 30 feet away. As they surfaced we were amazed at how sleek and clean they

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