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I crewed for ten years and delivered other people's yachts across the Mediterranean before I wrote a word about them. I have been seasick in front of guests I was meant to impress. I have watched a yard in Viareggio spend nine months on a hull nobody will ever see. Nami (波) means wave, and this is a magazine about boats — I intend to go on calling them boats.

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BARCHE USATE Vendono 3 barche dall’open senza patente al cruiser da refittare

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Siete alla ricerca di una nuova barca o siete stufi della vostra e avete voglia di cambiamento? La cosa giusta da fare è consultare e aggiornare la nostra bacheca degli annunci , perché potreste…

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