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Beneteau Sailboats: From Family Shop to Global Hit

By Eleanor Beardsley
Published May 28, 2008 at 3:00 AM PDT
This story was published more than 17 years ago.
A worker puts the finishing touches on a boat at the Beneteau factory on the French Atlantic coast.
Eleanor Beardsley for NPR
A worker puts the finishing touches on a boat at the Beneteau factory on the French Atlantic coast.

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Eleanor Beardsley
Eleanor Beardsley began reporting from France for NPR in 2004 as a freelance journalist, following all aspects of French society, politics, economics, culture and gastronomy. Since then, she has steadily worked her way to becoming an integral part of the NPR Europe reporting team.

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