Practical Boat Owner

‘We bought our last boat first’

FROM: Virginia Beach, USA

SAILING: Circe, a 48ft Hallberg-Rassy

This is my first sailing boat, other than a little catamaran I sailed around the bay in, and a few small fishing boats. You could say we bought our last boat first!

That said, I’ve sailed a lot. I grew up in Panama, sailing a 72ft schooner

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