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    Beverly Amaral

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    Creating that bronze look

    From aluminum ports to weathered bronze: a clever fraud Issue 30 : May/Jun 2003 Although we love our boat, we’ve never had any particular affection for her fixed aluminum ports. Plans to retrofi...

    Beverly Amaral
    September 17, 2026
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