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Paradise Lost?

was recently chatting with someone who participated in one of the Atlantic rallies in the 2000’s. The person in question asked the organiser, a noted old seadog sometimes prone towards being a touch querulous, ‘what are the best places to visit in the Caribbean by boat?’ to which he replied: ‘nowhere, it’s all ruined!’ Now, this is a pretty dark prognosis and definitely a bit unfair but every sweeping statement has a grain of truth and there are many corners of the Caribbean that are a touch overdeveloped. Until recently though, this was not

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