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Quick Stability

MELBOURNE’S DEAN FRANCIS HAS JUST INVESTED IN A NEW 8.5M SEALEGS 8I. WHILE THE VESSEL’S SEAMLESS TRANSITIONING BETWEEN BEACH AND SEA WAS ITS MAJOR ATTRACTION, HE KNEW – AS A COMMITTED FAMILY BOATIE – HE’D HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT SEASICKNESS. ENTER A QUICK GYROSCOPIC STABILISER.

I’ve owned many boats before,” says Dean, “and while I don’t get seasick, my wife and children do. We do a lot of cruising, water-skiing and fishing – the Sealegs will be a real multipurpose

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