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NEW LIFE FOR OLD BOATS

read with interest your article on recycling old fiberglass boats (“After the Storms,” March 2019). As a boatyard owner I have struggled with this. Fortunately, I recently discovered a group in Portland, Maine, that is doing exactly what you discuss in your article. Captain Jim’s

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