Sometimes it is polite to stare…………

Super Yachts
Super Yacht Challenge, Antigua in January

……at Beautiful Yachts!

Click this link and get the down low for the regatta next year, it will be quite the event.

This is a shot of the beautiful, 180 footer, Marie.

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