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Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PHOTO: Season sets sail with Shipwrights’ Regatta off Port Townsend

A schooner drops its spinnaker after rounding a mark during the 28th annual Shipwrights’ Regatta on Port Townsend Bay on Saturday.

The schooner is behind the two-man boat on the port side that rounded the mark first.

The annual race that officially opens the start of sailing season attracted about 23 entrants.

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