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The Mega-Rich’s New Lockdown Must-Have: Superyachts

CABIN FEVER

The summer of COVID has seen the busiest August for brokerage yacht sales in five years, with 32 superyachts changing hands on the secondhand market last month alone.

Tom Sykes
Tom Sykes 

European Editor at Large

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Tom Sykes

Tom Sykes

European Editor at Large

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