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Larry DePute sits back as his wife rows their new hand-made Chester yawl Thursday down Mendenhall River.

Photo: Payoff for a winter of work 040805 local 8 JuneauEmpire Larry DePute sits back as his wife rows their new hand-made Chester yawl Thursday down Mendenhall River.

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Larry DePute sits back as his wife rows their new hand-made Chester yawl Thursday down Mendenhall River. DePute and their neighbor, Doug Jones, each spent the winter building one of these boats. They said the stitch-and-glue mahogany boats took about 140 hours of work.

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