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on the water
This is an old one- from last June- written as I remember it. I wasn’t going to post it, but then I changed my mind, so here it is, long after the event. The facts may have shifted a bit in their transport to the page, for which I apologize. Also, I changed a few of the names. We were shooting a dolphin tour on a white catamaran off the coast of Hilton Head Island, the last shoot of a day that began at dawn. Just Chris, me, a camera, and a white binder filled with travel channel documents. We shot footage of everyone climbing aboard the boat, shot the tour guide’s introduction. Then we settled in to wait. “When you did Semester At Sea, did the boat look like this?” I asked. “Naw, it was a giant cruise ship.” “Wait,” I said. “I always imagined a great big sailboat. And you had to raise the sails and swab the deck and stuff.” He laughed. “There was a crew. We didn’t have to do anything.” “Oh.” I looked up. Giant white sails pulled up the breeze. P
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