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Rugby body, no; sea legs, yes!

Plain sailing

A DURBAN teenager appreciates that taking on the might of the ocean won’t always be plain sailing, but revels in every opportunity to be out at sea, and his skippering reputation is rising at a rate of knots.

Shamir Rampersadh’s ability to skipper his crew through the mood of the ocean with aplomb, was again on display in two regattas he and his Durban University of

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