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Squall-time in Skylax in the tropics

lmost like slow motion, the wave lazily dumped over the stern and into the cockpit, drenching us. ‘Probably time we let out a bit of genny,’ shouted R above the din of the wind as I scooped up the cockpit cushion floating around my knees. We grinned at each other – the wind speed was dropping back a little now from

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