Huckleberries Hears …

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… that Duane Hagadone is launching his ha-huge sailboat at the Yacht Club on Blackwell Island, even as we speak. A crane was necessary, of course. According to a Berry Picker, it’s as out of place on Lake Coeur d’Alene as his 30,000sf house is on Sun Desert, with a 30-foot extension on the back that raises questions re: whether it fits within state guidelines for vessel square footage. Sez my source: “It’s a mega-yacht that belongs in the Adriatic Sea not Lake Coeur d’Alene.”