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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?

Ali Wood gets some top tips from sailmakers on choosing and caring for your yacht’s most valuable assets

The entry-level Grand Banks flybridge may look quite traditional but its high-tech hull design and construction means it behaves very differently, as we found out on its first UK test

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