Members of the Stonington High School crew team pause while holding up the front end of a boat while their teammates at the back of the boat pivot around the corner to place it on a dock at Mystic Seaport Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. The team had to carry their boats from their boat shed down the street to the seaport's parking lot where they put on the rigging and then carried them again to the dock to be strapped down to protect them from wind. All the work was in preparation for their first practice on the water for the season Wednesday. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Nate Bury, front, reacts as he can no longer hold onto the boat as he becomes lower than his fellow Stonington High School crew team members as they carry a boat down a ramp to a dock at Mystic Seaport on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. The team had to carry their boats from their boat shed down the street to the seaport's parking lot where they put on the rigging before carrying them again to the dock to be strapped down to protect them from wind. All the work was in preparation for their first practice on the water for the season Wednesday. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Tyler Stafford and his fellow members of the Stonington High School crew team carry a boat to a dock at Mystic Seaport Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 in preparation for their first practice on the water for the season Wednesday. The team had to carry their boats from their boat shed down the street to the seaport's parking lot where they put the on the rigging and then had to carry them again to the dock to be strapped down to protect them from wind. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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