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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 22:14:43 JST goatsarah
   For someone who lives in the Algarve and routinely goes out without sunscreen (I know, I know), it's astonishing how much sunburn I got from 2 hours on the solent on a mostly overcast day yesterday. I guess the sea really bounces that UV around.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 22:43:51 JST goatsarah

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     • PheebeUK
     @Pheebe Yeah. Was busy jet washing the boat while that was going on.
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     PheebeUK (pheebe@tech.lgbt)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 22:43:52 JST PheebeUK

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     @goatsarah sounds like you might have avoided the bustle of the Round the Island race?

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     Probably Paul (barrenplanet@calckey.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 22:54:43 JST Probably Paul

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     @goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org I don't even bother with sunscreen because I tan so quickly, but the ex was your typical Anglo-Saxon lobster in the sun! I forget the brand, but there is a particular high-SPF cream she swore by that binds to the skin, so even going swimming won't wash it off.
     
     Quite expensive stuff, as I remember, but worth it because you don't have to keep reapplying it. She spent a month in Goa during a heatwave, and returned looking like she'd spent a weekend in Cornwall. 😆

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 23:06:49 JST goatsarah

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     • Alexandra Lanes
     @ajlanes I don't think you quite appreciate the abuse sailcloth has to endure when you are heaving to to reef in a force 8.
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     Alexandra Lanes (ajlanes@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 23:06:50 JST Alexandra Lanes

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     @goatsarah Makes me wonder how effective solar panels built into sailcloth could be.