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Sirena 118 tour: Is this Turkey’s most radical 1,900-mile explorer yacht?

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Hugo Andreae takes you on a tour of the flagship of the Turkish shipyard's fleet: the Sirena 118. Designed by Sirena Yachts in Turkey The new Sirena 118 is the Turkish shipyard’s flagship vessel and…

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