In this alternative TradeWinds — this Other TradeWinds, if you will; sharing our name, but not our reputation as the world’s most authoritative shipping publication — instead of gazing uncomprehendingly at words on a screen, we would be swaying in a hammock in the sun, dacquari in hand. Then perhaps we’d slip into the warm water for a spot of snorkelling, emerging to a meal prepared by our personal chef.

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