Practical Boat Owner

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uring the Spring of 2013 I hauled my Cheoy Lee trawler yacht ashore at the Haven Marina in Lowestoft for a bi-annual scrub, anode check and to polish the epoxy copper antifouling. She had been afloat for a couple of years and, due to pressure from work, had hardly been moved from her moorings. I was surprised to see such

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