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I am standing in a shipyard that’s more than 700 years old, a vast and beautiful space measured in hectares, not square metres. I’m talking about the Arsenale di Venezia, now incongruously shared by Italy’s Marina Militare and the Venice Biennale art exhibition, a combination that juxtaposes a submarine from 1968 with a tree sculpture by Giuseppe Penone.

It would be worth the trip just for the backdrop, but on this particular day the Arsenale is also the setting for the Venice Boat Show. And I have the unmissable chance to test a brand new 43WallyTender X with Stefano de Vivo, Wally’s managing director, and Wally’s founder and president

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