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MASTERCLASS

f there’s one trend that’s true across all areas of sailing, it’s that yachts are getting bigger. Advances in technology have made ever-larger yachts more affordable while sail handling systems have evolved to make them easier to handle. Whereas a 50-footer was once likely to be a ‘flagship’, now most manufacturers have at least one model over 50ft, often an entire range, many of them

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