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SUPERYACHTS have been the refuge of the super-rich during the Covid-19 pandemic.
While ordinary workers across the world suffered the economic effects of multiple lockdowns and others, particularly in healthcare, were saving lives or even risking their own, the wealthy have taken to sea in order to escape lockdowns and travel restrictions.
Much of the travel and leisure industry has been severely curtailed by governments closing their borders or imposing quarantines on arrivals.
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