Ships ahoy! This boatyard worker will be splicing more than a mainsail if he carries on working like this
Sent in by Graham Backhurst from GSL who was sent the picture by a colleague sailing in Cascias near Lisbon.


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Sent in by Graham Backhurst from GSL who was sent the picture by a colleague sailing in Cascias near Lisbon.
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