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# We sailed along the lee of a small island
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"We sailed on the side of the island where the wind was not so strong"
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# a small island called Cauda
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This island was located on the south coast of Crete. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# lifeboat
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This was a smaller boat towed behind or secured onto a ship, used to take people and goods across water too shallow for the ship and also to escape from the ship if it sank. At this point the lifeboat was in the water being towed by the ship.
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