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After 50 years (and 1,300 monohulls) Oyster Yachts is finally building a catamaran

11.04

In arguably the biggest new yacht news of the season Oyster Yachts stunned press gathered at Cannes by announcing its first sailing catamaran design, reports Toby Hodges Having built 1,300 monohulls…

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