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BENETEAU OCEANIS CLIPPER 42CC

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Duncan Kent has been testing boats for more than 25 years, and is a technical feature writer and editor for numerous nautical magazines and digital publications worldwide

It was an unusual step for France’s largest boatbuilder but it clearly thought it would cash in on the popularity of a quite sizeable chunk of the cruising yacht market that is usually filled by Scandinavian boats. Like Marmite, yachties tend to either love or hate centre-cockpit yachts. The former like the feeling of protection they appear to offer, being so far off the water. The latter dislike them for the very same reason – the greater rolling motion felt and the further distance to fall, plus they often leave less space to

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