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In the Bag

hether you’re chartering in paradise or upgrading in your home waters, a boat you’re not used to comes with a steep learning curve, especially if you’re captaining a cat for the first time. The reality is that they can be as playful as a kitten with yarn, particularly with a bit of breeze in the anchorage. There are a few basic tenets of seamanship unique to catamarans that come into play when anchoring or picking up

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