So ideally I prefer a normal, healthy washout, but that does not seem to be in the cards with the Fed controlling the tide, the wind, and the seas.

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The tough race sees boats battling against the prevailing wind and encountering huge seas, which this year caused two dismastings and one boat, Cheminees Poujoulat-Armor Lux, to lose its keel.

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There were moments, as there were throughout the history of the church, when the seas were rough and the wind blew against us and it seemed the Lord was sleeping.

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The Seabourn Odyssey won for best cabins, Regent Seven Seas' Seven Seas Navigator took best shore excursions and Windstar's Wind Surf won for best for embarkation.

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This would link offshore wind farms in the Atlantic ocean and the Irish, North and Baltic seas with customers throughout northern Europe.

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They will need calm seas to launch and recover the sub - but while in the harbour, a strong wind has blown in, white caps topping the waves.

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