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DUTCH CLASSIC

LOA: 66'5"

Beam: 19'7"

Displ.: 99,000 lbs.

Draft: 4'9"

Fuel: 1,400 gal.

Water: 50 gal.

Test Power: 3/1,000-hp Volvo Penta D13-IPS1350s

Base Price: $3.9 million

The trailblazing trio that is the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The Great Pyramids at Giza. A BLT sandwich. Amazing things do indeed come in threes.

In various incarnations, the number three was a reoccurring theme during my time with the Zeelander Z72. I recently joined U.S. factory rep John Slate and mate Finn Boynton with plans for the three of us to make the 64-mile trip to Nantucket from Newport. The third vessel of the Dutch-built fleet that includes the Z44 and Z55, the Z72 was bound for owners who summer on the island; naturally, this will be their third Zeelander.

As Boynton

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