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Run Silent, Run Deep

One glance at the Adler Suprema 76, and most boaters will peg her as a diesel-guzzling ocean smasher designed for short sprints between Dom Perignon stops on the Riviera.

They’d be wrong. Oh. So. Wrong.

This yacht has a transoceanic range of 3,400 nautical miles at 8 knots. Owners can run everything—including the air conditioning, galley appliances and televisions—for 24 silent hours on batteries alone. The boat can

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