They listened obediently, sipping their iced teas and trying not to fall asleep.

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When I swam ashore for a break after the first hour, the girls complimented me on my windsurfing form ("you looked like you were trying really hard not to fall off the side of a building") and introduced me to Aaron, the white-haired Sephardim who co-owned the windsurfing operation with his daughter.

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