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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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— Olivia Stay, Antibes and Tokyo Bay

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Latest Amels 80 Hull Arrives in Vlissingen for 2028 Delivery

11.09

The hull of Project Route 66, the latest Amels 80, has arrived at Damen Yachting’s Vlissingen facility following her successful launch in Galaţi, Romania.

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