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Case study: Freya, Maxi 1100 Tony Rice, owner

I purchased Freya in 2018 and had the hull polished using the usual cutting paste, but it deteriorated over the year with white oxidised areas reappearing. Over the next two years I repeated the process prior to launching for the season, but

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