Word: sailing
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...crests along the collision and collusion of tongues found aboard the Ibis, a 19th century schooner plying the Indian Ocean. Its crew speaks a babble of English, Portuguese, Hindustani, Malay, Tamil, Chinese - and yet, through "the alchemy of the open water," as Ghosh writes, they communicate sufficiently well to sail this great wooden hulk. Language animates the Ibis, as well it should: loaded with migrants, opium and the dreams of unwitting pioneers, it is intended to be the vessel for a whole trilogy of novels. Sea of Poppies is the impressive first installment...
...this wonderful old woman who comes down every year with all of her baked goods,” senior co-captain Megan Watson said. “It’s a really nice way to start off the season, and it’s even better when we sail well...
...worked to our advantage that it was not very windy,” Watson said. “The wind was also very shifty, so that’s very similar to what we sail on the Charles. They were ideal conditions...
...Watson and junior Liz Powers will sail next weekend in the New England Singlehanded Championships, a qualifier for singlehanded nationals...
...next question: how will the peace activists get out of Gaza? The Israelis will probably allow them to sail back to Cyprus, without much shore leave in the Palestinian territory. It will be an especially circuitous and watery route home for Halper, who usually lives in Jerusalem. "It's funny. From Gaza, I'm only an hour from home. I should be able to go home by bus, but instead I have to go back to Cyprus and then fly to Israel," says Halper. Still, the voyage home should be far less of an ordeal than it was running through...