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Our crew on the Miss Marla, a 29ft Century center console with twin 225hp outboards. Wicked fast! I'm at the bow. Our mission was to secure the northeast end of the Seddon Channel in Tampa during the 2010 Dragonboat Test races. Our orders were to prevent any boats from coming into the race area.

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Wide shot with the Miss Marla on the left, a dragonboat in the center and a Tampa police boat on the right.

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The Miss Marla. a dragponboat and Tampa police boat.

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Our on-station location near the Tampa Convention Center.

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The bridge we monitored to prevent boats from coming into the race area.

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1023001404a.jpg 2010-10-23

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1023001404b.jpg 2010-10-23

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Regular Coast Guard patrol boat with M60 machine gun on the bow. They were not part of the race support group. They were in the area waiting to escort the Carnival cruise ship "Inspiration" out to the Gulf of Mexico.

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1023001502a.jpg 2010-10-23

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Carnival cruise ship "Inspiration". It is taking on passengers and will be leaving the dock about an hour after this photo was taken.

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Part of our crew.

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1023001516.jpg 2010-10-23

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1023001516a.jpg 2010-10-23

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Your's truly.

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1023001517.jpg 2010-10-23

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Cricket before she leaves for graduation.

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CLR_pre-graduation_closeup.jpg 2009-06-03

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Grad_ceremony.jpg 2009-06-03

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The_Fans.jpg 2009-06-03

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End_of_Graduation.jpg 2009-06-03

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CLR_and_Lea.jpg 2009-06-03

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TLC.jpg 2009-06-03

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post_graduation.jpg 2009-06-03