The Boat
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| Originally published | May 13, 2008 |
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| Authors | Nam Le |
| Publishers | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Page count | 228 |
| Genres | Short Story |
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| ID | 2914024 |
About The Boat
The Boat is a collection of short stories by the Vietnamese-Australian writer Nam Le, published in 2008. It contains seven short stories taking place all over the world, from Colombia and the United States to Vietnam, Tehran, Australia and Hiroshima.
Two migrants die crossing Channel in small boat
... The Boat was spotted getting into difficulty, with several people in the water, less than a mile from the French coast early on Wednesday afternoon...
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... More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on 14 April 1912, causing The Boat to sink...
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... It said that might have contributed to the wrong assumption that people on board The Boat had been rescued by the Border Force...
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... A search was started but was later called off when no-one from The Boat was found to be missing...
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... According to the National Archives, there were 1,027 people on board The Boat, and more than 800 of them gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean...
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... Sharks, for example, are deterred thanks to a piercing audio signal being sent from The Boat...
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... Seven of the 35 people on board were rescued and several bodies quickly recovered, but others were swept away in the swollen river or trapped inside The Boat...
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... Park The Boat off Singapore, then paddle into Keppel Harbour in collapsible canoes under cover of darkness...
Storms uncover 200-year-old boat on Portrush beach
If you're enjoying a walk on The Beach it's More Than likely you'll come across an interesting object or two which have been washed up or abandoned.
But a 200-year-old boat is not necessarily what you might have in mind.
That was what two dog walkers stumbled across in Portrush, County Antrim .
Cousins Gordy Wilton and Tommy Clyde were out with their dogs on Tuesday when they saw what appeared to be The Outline of a boat embedded in The Sand .
Mr Wilton, who walks the popular beach regularly, said he could not believe his eyes.
It is believed recent storms dislodged sand which had been covering The Remains of the vessel.
The pair were walking their dogs Lady, JJ and Sasha, when they came across what they thought was some washed up debris on The Beach .
However, on closer inspection they soon realised that they were actually looking at something of greater historical significance.
" I couldn't believe it when I realised it was a boat, " Mr Wilton told Bbc News NI.
" I have been on that beach thousands of times, I have built sandcastles with my kids on it and never would have known that was buried underneath, " He Said .
Upon making The Discovery , Mr Wilton took to Social Media and was soon contacted by a team of archaeologists.
Colin Dunlop, who is part of the historic environment division with The Department for Communities (DfC) that helped survey The Site , said The Discovery " came as a surprise to us and the whole of Portrush".
Mr Dunlop said The Boat was a Drontheim Fishing Vessel that was widely used by fishermen across Ireland in the 19Th Century .
He Said it was very likely The Boat would have been built in Portrush and would have sailed along the North Coast .
" It would have been roughly about 11m (36 ft) in length and would have had sails and also oars for Getting It back into the harbour, " he told Bbc News NI.
" We also believe a large section of The Boat was completely Ripped Off it as it lay submerged in The Sand , possibly from a boat hitting it as it entered the water from the slip-way. "
Mr Dunlop said The Team looked at materials in and around the timbers of the vessel to help date it.
He explained that the vessel's location would likely still not have been known, had it not been for the recent high winds caused by, and.
Mr Dunlop said increased storm surges caused by Climate Change meant even more vessels, like this one, were starting to appear.
He Said any attempts to remove The Boat would result in " immediate decay" of material.
Mr Dunlop said that it had been preserved very well because of The Sea water and that any other attempt to preserve it would not work as well.
The Team will now work to have The Site listed as of " regional importance" to the area, and it will be protected from any future dredging work in the harbour.
It will also be added to the, which is a database used to record historical sites and material in Northern Ireland .
Source of news: bbc.com
