This Crew Sails Around Seattle on a Sauna They Built in a Brewery

Best of all, it’s totally legal.
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A vertical watercraft has lately become a fixture of Seattle’s weekend waterfront. Part ship, part sweat lodge, the registered, fully motorized vessel is a floating sauna, offering passengers a unique chance to take a 200-degree shvitz or an invigorating cold plunge right in the shadow of the city skyline.

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Luke Hopping
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