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    The lifejacket quandary

    May 26, 2022 3 minutes
    LIBBY PURVES

    outh-west Ireland is one of my favourite cruising grounds. As I write, I am on a low-season, landbound visit to this beautiful area. Down Pier Road I can see the harbour, with a fresh south-east wind curling and fretting the grey water. A single early yacht is rolling, fishing boats chopping at the waves. I have swum today, and shivered back into my clothes at speed like a weary stripper after

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