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THE ITALIAN WAY

ack in 1970 I was serving as a very young skipper aboard a tidy wooden ketch with a home port on the French Riviera. On one occasion, my wife and I sailed the boat to Porto Santo Stefano on the Italian mainland to meet guests. After arriving early, we took a stroll in the evening, looking for some dinner. We passed the Cantiere Navale dell’ Argentario and, being

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