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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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SailGP CEO Russell Coutts expects Artemis to join the Australians and Spanish in Abu Dhabi Grand Final

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Insider Tip . . . SailGP CEO Russell Coutts expects to see Artemis going head-to-head with the Australians and Spanish in the Grand Final. This is despite U.S.

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