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SADLER STARLIGHT 35

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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

Stephen Jones drew up the first of Sadler International’s Starlights, the 38 in 1988, which soon after became the 39. He followed this in 1991 with the equally popular Starlight 35. The company was rescued from the recession in 1993 by Rival Bowman Yachts, which continued to build the range, launching an improved MkII model with a slightly larger rig. Sadly, it too went under in 1998 and the moulds were sold to

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