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    The Atalanta – privacy for arguments or intimacy

    Nov 01, 2019 3 minutes

    LETTER OF THE MONTH SUPPORTED BY OLD PULTENEY WHISKY

    I have just read, in succession, Classic Boat September, October and November issues.

    The complete restoration of our 63ft (19.2m) catamaran , kept in Greece, was finished in May, then in early June we celebrated this with a magnificent dreamlike sail in the Ionian. She was speeding along at 8-10 knots, as observed by [ contributor] Nic Compton, who we met en route out of Ithaca while he was sailing on a Danish fishing boat [the story of Nic’s voyage on the fishing boat soon.]

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