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TRAVEL
It's All Smooth Sailing
--By John Sparks
It's a seductive fantasy as winter darkness falls across the northern world: you're at the helm of a sleek 15-meter yacht as it cuts through warm crystalline seas, a steady trade wind filling the sails. In the breeze, the clinking halyards whisper: "You can buy this boat, have somebody else maintain it and get a guaranteed double-digit return on your investment."
If that sounds too good to be true, you may want to look into the latest twist on the time-share condo: boat charters. A growing number of companies are using a combined appeal to hedonism and fiscal prudence to entice would-be ...
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