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A Little Bit of Everything

iven the fact it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars for a new boat (not to mention docking, winter storage, maintenance) it’s should come as no surprise that lots of owners want a boat that can do it all. Monohull sailors, in particular, tend to love the idea of a performance-cruiser that will be as at home on a racecourse as it is anchored off some remote island. Along these same lines, if there’s one thing the boatbuilding industry is great at, it’s identifying what the market wants. It only

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