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Maritime Skiff 18

A good boat is one that gets used, and the best boat gets used by the whole family. It doesn’t matter what kind of boat it is or what size; if it’s not at the dock, it’s doing what a boat should do–getting people out on the water.

Scott Arnette’s 18-foot Maritime Skiff is a case in point. Arnette and his wife, Trude, have owned the boat for more than a decade. In that time, they’ve enjoyed the waters around New Jersey’s Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers and watched their four kids (now between 25 and

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