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Alan Weavers recalls experiencing a fouled prop, a lifeboat tow and saildrive failure aboard his Dufour

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Nick Burnham: Theoretically, in very extreme conditions you could position yourself stern-to a large breaking wave and then stop the boat, but why would you?

Tim Innes reflects on his first year with his all-new Windy SR40