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LUNA takes flight, at the launch hoist in Anacortes
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first time LUNA has been in the air
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Marty Loken's 13-foot 1888-design canoe yawl NORD VINDEN
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NORD VINDEN touches down
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Keith Nasman's ZEPHYR takes flight
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over and down goes ZEPHYR
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flying Scamp
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Keith in ZEPHYR, on the way to Saddlebag Island
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Heading to Saddlebag Island
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Chris in LUNA, at Saddlebag Island
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Keith in ZEPHYR, at Saddlebag Island
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James McMullen in ROWAN, at Saddlebag Island
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James McMullen deploying ROWAN's anchor, at Saddlebag Island
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LUNA and ZEPHYR, at Saddlebag Island
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boats on the beach at Saddlebag Island
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boats on the beach at Saddlebag Island
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Scot Domergue's SEALARK, just launched
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Scot designed and built SEALARK to compete in the R2AK Race to Alaska
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tranquility on the north cove of Saddlebag Island
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cove of Saddlebag, with a mess of small boats
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Saddlebag Island beach scene
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Eric Hvalsoe's HV16 in the foreground
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Heading off to circle Guemes Island, the wind starts to fill in as we approach the cliffs of the eastern shore
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looking back, with Saddlebag Island on the far left, Hat Island behind, and Huckleberry in the middle
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cliffsides, Guemes Island
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Beating south down Bellingham Channel, the ebbing current pushed us to speeds unknown to LUNA, we hit 8.3 knots on the GPS at one moment off Cypress Head!