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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