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Jack Setton: The visionary boatowner and his pioneering craft

11.10

Visionary serial boatowner Jack Setton, a demanding sailor and racing car enthusiast, passed away on 4 November, aged 77, leaving a long legacy of outside-the-box thinking in his wake In an industry…

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