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The Drummer's Beat
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Gabriel jumped onto his boat, The Drummer's Beat. He'd called in at the quaint shops on Harbour Lane the deli to be exact, and put the food for lunch in the fridge in the galley and went up on deck to start the engine. Messing about on boats had been his passion when he was teenager, and the harbour had always been his second home. He was always chatting up the boat owners, cadging lifts and gaining experience in handling boats like this one. Once the band had made money, this was the first thing he'd bought. He had even lived on it for a while.
He sat at the controls and guided his boat from t
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