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ALTERNATIVES TO CONSIDER

PARKER 325

n some respects the Parker 325 is the closest alternative from a different yard to the Southerly 32 (and the same applies to the Parker 335, which is essentially the 325 with some minor tweaks). The Parker is near enough the same length as the Southerly, also designed and built in England, and she has a keel that retracts to leave extremely shallow draught. In this case it’s only just over 2ft (0.63m), which is less than the Southerly even though the vertically-lifting stainless steel keel shaft has a lead wing on the bottom that inevitably sits a

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