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Lädt ... The sea was in their blood : the disappearance of the Miss Ally's five-man crewvon Quentin Casey
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Not the first time a vessel has left harbour not to return. Accidents at sea have happened ever since man has been able to travel on the oceans. This story is similar to The Perfect Storm, but of course individual. This tells the story of the Miss Ally, a Cape Island—style fishing boat from Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia, that sank in a major February storm. The five men on board were never found, and we have no way of knowing for sure what prompted them to stay out in the forecast storm while all the other fishing boats went in. Through this book, the reader gets to know each of the five men throughout their short lives (the oldest on board was in his early 30s) and the impact of the incident on the community. It is also a window into the Nova Scotia fishing community in general, how the traditions are kept alive, and how history tends to repeat itself when it comes to fishing vessels being lost at sea. I was glad that the book gave a lot of space to the families but did not automatically side with them against the government when it came to the search-and-rescue efforts. The author presented the circumstances that the various rescue agencies were dealing with at the time: assessing odds of survival, juggling eight other rescue cases that night, deploying the right resources at the right time, and making the decision to reduce the search. It is true that the government could have done a lot more to explain their decisions to the families in a way that would make them understandable, especially given the history of fishermen’s dealings with government (e.g., the crazy-confusing quota system for the fisheries), but that doesn’t automatically make them the bad guy. Or at least not a monolithic bad guy. You can be mad at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ fisheries management program and still appreciate the work of the Coast Guard. This is recommended if you’re interested in the present state of the Canadian fishing community or fisheries in general. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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It was a frigid night in February 2013 when the five young fishermen vanished. The crew of the Miss Ally-a 12-metre Cape Islander from Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia-was fishing for halibut far off the Nova Scotia coast when their boat's spotlight malfunctioned. A vicious winter storm was approaching from her south, and all other boats at the fishing grounds were steaming for shore. Unable to locate his longlining gear, the Miss Ally's young captain decided to stay an extra day to retrieve the gear and, hopefully, a big catch. Their retreat delayed, the Miss Ally crew ended up pounded by hurricane-force winds and waves well over 10 metres high. Late on February 17, the boat foundered. The five young men aboard-Katlin Nickerson, Billy Jack Hatfield, Joel Hopkins, Cole Nickerson, and Tyson Townsend-were never found. The Sea Was in Their Blood explores two key questions: who were the men aboard the Miss Ally, and why were they battered and sunk by a storm forecasted days in advance? Through interviews with the crew's families and friends, rescue personnel, and members of the tight-knit fishing communities of Woods Harbour and Cape Sable Island, award-winning journalist Quentin Casey pieces together the tragic sinking-including important case details not previously reported-and weaves in the backstories of the Miss Ally's crew and the lingering effects of their disappearance. A portion of the royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to various charitable causes associated with the Miss Ally. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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