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the inclination to build a boat of his own he need not despair. There are always in the market a number of serviceable boats. A shrewd buyer, if he keeps his weather eye open, may pick up a rare bargain. It is his own fault if he gets the worse of the transaction. Given a good designer and a good builder in the first place, he may safely conclude that the craft he has his eye on was not a "gingerbread" boat when she was launched.
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"DRAGON III."
Unless the purchaser is well versed in boats I should by all means advise him
