Word: seafest
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...Success in modern Europe, however, often comes at a price of diluting local tradition. Where once the launch of a new fishing vessel would have drawn hundreds of locals in their Sunday best to the quayside, the big draws at this year's Seafest were not fishing vessels but Viking warrior re-enactments, candy stores, carnival rides and a palmist called Amalia Lavengra. The largest boat in the harbor was not some weathered trawler, but the Donara II, a 34-foot yacht owned by Andy Stewart, Commodore of the Arbroath Sailing and Boating Club. "It's mixed emotions," says Alex...
Arbroath's annual Seafest is supposed to celebrate its maritime economy. But thanks to North Sea fishing quotas, the town of 20,000 on Scotland's rugged east coast has very little maritime industry left to celebrate. Arbroath's once-bustling port saw the final boat of its erstwhile fleet of 37 fishing vessels sold earlier this year, and the headquarters of the Arbroath Fishermen's Association will shortly be turned into apartments. Still, some 30,000 people turn out for the festival each year, drawn in search of the sense of community and pride the fishermen - local heroes - once...
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