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X-Yachts X4.3

n an alternative universe, I might be writing about how I test sailed the new X4.3 performance cruiser in a super-scary thunder squall, and the boat handled great. For it is true that when I sallied forth on to Chesapeake Bay with X-Yachts dealer Bob Rodgers aboard his new X4.3 (his, as in personally owned by him), and we spied said squall bearing down, we did consider for a moment that we might raise sail and carry on anyway. But then we noticed that the

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