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“People who do not know that a sailboat is a living creature will never understand anything about boats and the sea.”  — Bernard Moitessier, The Long Way Every now and then, readers send us photos of unconventional, custom-built  vessels. These boats don’t just break the mold, they redefine it altogether. Sometimes, home builds can cross a…