MIKE SPRINGER/Staff photo Buddy Jacobs, left, of Gloucester has a conversation with kayaker Alexander Zhelkovsky of Peabody while he waited to unload a day's catch of clams Monday at Conomo Point boat landing in Essex.
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Eleven-year-old Gavin Natti of Gloucester paddles out on a board while taking a cool swim at Lane's Cove in Gloucester. [[MER1808071344342821]]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Gloucester-Daily-Times/August-2018/i-CmV5tB6/0/eb00c33d/Ti/180807_GT_MSP_SWIMMING_2070515-Ti.jpg)