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17th Annual North River Tugboat Challenge

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Rick SpilmanMay 2, 2010

If Gloucester has a schooner race, then New York really should have a tugboat race. And it does. Here is a short video I shot of the 17th Annual North River Tugboat Challenge last Sunday.

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