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LIFE ON THE OPEN ROAD
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
|September 2023
Andrew Wilson-Bett explains why trailer boating is the best fun you can have
The boats my father and I have owned since the late 1960s have been quite varied but they have all had one thing in common: a trailer. Trailering would happen twice a year for me and my dad: once up to Porthmadog in the spring and then back home again at the end of the season. While I certainly loved it, my own boats have travelled much further afield.
This story is from the September 2023 edition of Motor Boat & Yachting UK.
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