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Many Happy Returns

ark Hall felt incredibly lucky when he bought the American Tug 435 . He and his wife, Patricia Angell, were shopping for a new boat during the pandemic. When they came across the 2020 build in 2021, it had only six hours on the engine. “The guy had it

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