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Lake Life: Summer 2012

First Down? Blow Me Down! Many of the ships of the Vol Navy spend most of the year moored dozens of miles away from Neyland Stadium. A few boaters rarely leave their marinas except on game-day weekends.

Photo by David Luttrell

First Down? Blow Me Down! Many of the ships of the Vol Navy spend most of the year moored dozens of miles away from Neyland Stadium. A few boaters rarely leave their marinas except on game-day weekends.

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