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BEAUTY AND BALANCE

Italy’s Azimut Yachts has spent the past few years revamping and supersizing its Magellano line, which now tops out at 97 feet. But it’s the Azimut Magellano 60, which is the newest and smallest vessel in the range, that brought me to a yacht-filled marina on the Ligurian coast.

Named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the Magellanos once started at an economical 43 feet. Today’s dual-mode, semi-displacement hulls keep

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