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Barry Houghton

Yacht: Globas

Length: 42.8m

Year: 2018

Location: Falmouth, UK

What’s the boat doing in Falmouth?

She’s at Pendennis waiting to be hauled out and anti-fouled, after crossing from Antigua. Just before lockdown in Europe, we managed to get one of the last flights to Antigua and spent five weeks on board the boat. We weren’t actually allowed to leave Antiguan waters, but that was fine as we spent most of it anchored off North Beach on Great Bird Island

How did Globas perform?

Admirably! She has massive freezers, so we had plenty of supplies – but there was no shortage in Antigua, anyway. We used all

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