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    FINDING HER CALLING

    Jun 18, 2019 3 minutes
    story DAG PIKE

    The 65-foot trawler San Gottardo was born a half-century ago in the Dutch fishing village of Harlingen, where five brothers built her and named her, well, Vijf Gebroeders (“the five brothers”). They planned to make their fortunes fishing the North Sea.

    Dutch fishermen are a hardy breed, often facing challenging conditions in their grueling line of work. It took just two years before larger ships, with more sophisticated gear, made smaller ships like the obsolete. Unable to keep

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