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“I always wanted a spaceship, ” says Dave Hagewood, owner of Galaxy, a recently refitted 56-metre Benetti superyacht. “My dad was in the space programme – he worked on the Saturn V rocket – and I always dreamed of experiencing the freedom of space travel. The more time I spent on boats, the more I felt like this was closest thing to having that feeling on Earth.”
For first-time owner Hagewood, a lifelong pursuit of freedom has been the key driver behind many of his decisions. “When I was younger, I manifested a future where I could have the freedom to do what I wanted and go where I wanted, but I also knew that I needed to be very successful and have the funding to be able to five that lifestyle, ” he says.
Hagewood, who grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, dedicated the first half of his life to business and carved out a successfill career in the video
