Tuesday 12 August 2014

August 11 - 12, 2014 … part one Digby … keel stuck in mud at the dock


last night at low tide we watched this seagull catch and break open the crab, some times they drop them from the air to crack open the shell


the steps are just about a ladder at low tide


the harbour master gave us some steamed Periwinkles for a treat … first time eating these … good too


also he collected dulse and told us how to dry it in the sun 


last night some fishing boats went out … here is the full moon that is causing all the extreme high and low tides


we were up around 6:30 and took a walk along the docks at all the boats heeled over and stuck in the mud


a local boater said that this area never dries out ….. I hope there is no emergency because the fire department zodiac is stuck


Modaki was in deeper water, but we measured the depth and we are in 3 feet of water and draw 5 ft., so in the mud maybe 2 feet


even the power boats are grounded


another picture of the fuel dock …. we did empty our 2 jugs of diesel into Modaki's  tank and just had the jugs filled 


no one is going any where … the tide last night was 30 ft 


this Herring Gull caught an eel and then ….


the Black Back Gull stole it from him




even the boats on mooring balls were aground


it is hard to see …. but this is a school of squid, or pod of squid …


this eel better get back in his hole before the gulls see him
….. to be continued

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