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peter-doubt t1_iv7cd5z wrote

At Digby, NS... I drove through once, and was awestruck!

The main road goes near a pier. Our timing was such that we saw a fishing boat strapped to the pier with ropes... Not merely tied with a mooring line, but fully restrained like a kidnap victim. This boat was perhaps 30 ft long...

The tide was out, and the tide at Digby is about 30 ft.. so the nearest water to theis boat was halfway across the mud flats, and 30 feet below. Only the pier and ropes kept that boat upright.

These people had quite a hike to reach the dolphins.

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jeffersonairmattress t1_iv97llt wrote

Lashed to the pilings. That’s why the traditional timber versions of these vessels are so regionally-specific, with a keel and ribs strong enough to support repeated drying, broad enough abaft the beam to to rest upright on grounding, hold her catch and be able to surf home in a following sea but still with enough deadrise to keep way and break sea to prevent her from pounding herself to bits.

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dsl101 t1_iv9fg1a wrote

All of the boat words. Nice.

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TheOGJerkanator t1_iv7rxn8 wrote

At least they didn't get stuck in the Faroe Islands...

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indian_chocolate t1_iv96yxr wrote

I used to volunteer for this response group in NS for about 7 years before I moved. Refloating animals was always amazing and so fulfilling… but when we did necropsies on deceased whales/dolphins, some of the things we would find inside them were pretty tragic.

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nosnowtho t1_iv81m79 wrote

What's NS?

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karenwolfhound t1_iv85ygk wrote

I think Nova Scotia.

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8Bells t1_iv8e8q8 wrote

Yep, this was on my news tonight!

The residents stacked the mud against the dolphins to keep them upright and they stayed with them until the tide came in and they could get underway.

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zeolus123 t1_iv9pkff wrote

It's my home province, but I'll be honest when I say I read the article as MS dolphins.

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Glad-Ad4243 t1_iv9uaz1 wrote

Crying here in NL reading this story 🥺❤️ So nice

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