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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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ClubSwan 28 Delivers Spectacular Racing at the 172nd New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta

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The momentum of the ClubSwan 28 class continues to grow in North America, with another successful event completed at the prestigious 172nd New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta in Newport, Rhode Island.

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