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True classic rebuilt in Japan

A rare example of an intact 1920s gentleman’s classic yacht has undergone a three-year complete restoration in Japan. The completion of the work was to have coincided with the now postponed Tokyo Olympics.

is a 96ft (29m) gaff-rigged ketch, designed by Charles E Nicholson. has been based in Miura, Japan, since the 1970s where she has been used only very occasionally by her owners, a Japanese family company called Riviera Holdings.

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