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    Feb 13, 2020 5 minutes
    Interview Grace Trofa

    Gary Widdowson

    Yacht: Norfolk Star

    Length: 37m

    Year: 1996/2020

    Location: La Ciotat

    Had you owned many boats before Norfolk Star?

    I have had motor yachts since 1978, when I purchased an 11-metre Princess 37 with my father. We went through the Princess range over 25 years, Cright ibbean up to 25 Sea metres, as our boating moved from Brighton Marina in the UK to Spain and then the South of France. In 2006 I commissioned a 37-metre Benetti, which we cruised all over the Med and Caribbean.

    I always wanted a tough, steel-hulled explorer-type yacht and in 2015 found a 37-metre Benetti Sail Division motor yacht, which we sent to La Ciotat for a multimillion-euro refit. All of the boats have been named after my wife, Beverley, which

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