The problem was that after successfully floating over one wave you find that there is another one behind it just as strong and ready to flood your boat.

VOA: special.2011.04.09

The image of a man on a boat, white mane tousled, smiling broadly as he sails into the wind, ready for what storms may come, carrying on toward some new and wondrous place just beyond the horizon."

VOA: special.2009.09.13

He'll get $10 per kilo. He'll buy more bait,clean the boat and get everything ready to go out again tomorrow.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Dale Connone was getting ready to disembark from the boat's side exit when the ferry crashed.

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For the worst case scenario, there is a modern boat trailing them, ready to pick them up if disaster strikes.

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After making eight runs without hitting an ice spot or heavy snow section, and two dig-outs from face plants, I am ready to return to our womb-like boat, where sheepskin booties await.

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