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Sunseeker Ocean 182

The English are a hardy sort, and they have to be to enjoy boating on the English Channel. That can be one seriously nasty piece of water—I know, I’ve sailed there. The Channel has also kept a long list of generals from invading across it, from Medina-Sidoña to Napoleon onward. But here’s my take on this new Sunseeker: if Mr. Bonaparte had a fleet of Sunseeker Ocean 182s, they would be speaking French in London today.

I don’t normally start with a sea trial but, in the case of my outing on this U.K. builder’s latest model, the

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