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DIY cockpit tent

In response to Ann Berry’s article ‘DIY Sprayhood and Bimini’ PBO August 2019: We too made our own cockpit canopy tent having bought a heavy industrial sewing machine and taught ourselves to use it! I am so proud of it that I wanted to show you!

We bought our dream yacht in Barcelona and sailed

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