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From CAD to Catamaran: Sail Life Crafts New Hatches for Spiffy
Mads and Ava of Sail Life are back, tackling another crucial repair on their 44 ft hurricane-damaged DIY catamaran, Spiffy. The immediate problem? Leaky, temporary plywood hatch covers that allowed a "massive amount of water" into the port forward cabin. This...
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