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Rendering a Smart Verdict

Every sea trial is a way to gather evidence. Feeling how the trawler you’re thinking about buying travels through the water and behaves at different speeds is an essential part of your evaluation.

In a different world, you might spend all day, or even a long weekend, covering dozens of miles to learn as much as possible. In reality, the sea trial is part of a

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