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Hello everyone! Gladly posting video review of my Dufour Atoll 43. Here it is
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My steering mechanism is bent and needs to be repaired. Does anyone know how to remove it?
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Our club's racing season is winding down. The Race Committee has stopped manning the RC boat, so the
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Hi everyone. Finally got back into sailboat ownership. With this one being a 1982 C22! Super exci
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My WP30 is falling apart so I bought a WP32 on eBay. They look like the same device, what's the diff
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