Eight small boats exploring stretches of the Hudson opening to canoeists in the central Adirondacks all made it through seven moderate rapids interspersed with long flat-water stretches on a 7.3-mile trip through deep forests of evergreens and hardwoods.

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The flat-bottom boat balanced precariously just barely above water level, a skilled rower standing and pushing gondola-style from the back.

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The flat, black-looking skin of the whale peaked above the water for just a few seconds before submerging again.

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At 138 feet she's a navy-blue missile with a nearly flat deck, huge winches and an almost impossibly sharp bow that overhangs the water like a scimitar.

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