{"id":760,"date":"2010-09-22T15:12:41","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T19:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=760"},"modified":"2012-04-21T13:47:27","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T17:47:27","slug":"day-at-the-docks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=760","title":{"rendered":"Day at the Docks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\">One of my favorite festivals on the Outer Banks is <strong><em>Day at the Docks<\/em><\/strong>. Held in <em><strong>Hatteras Village<\/strong><\/em> every September, it originated as a way to jump start the economic and general interest in that town, after being devastated by <em><strong>Hurricane Isabel<\/strong><\/em>. I photographed it as a magazine assignment in 2005, and have attended ever since. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\">This year, it was held on a beautiful Saturday, September 18th, with lots of exhibits, demonstrations and activities, mostly related with working on the water. Events like the concrete marlin contest, mullet throwing, survival suit race, seafood chowder cook-off and kids fishing tournament are popular, as are the seafood cooking demonstrations by local chefs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/t-shirts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-761\" title=\"t-shirts\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/t-shirts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/t-shirts.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/t-shirts-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>You can make your own fish print t-shirt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/net-reel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-762\" title=\"net reel\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/net-reel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/net-reel.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/net-reel-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Mingle with fishermen and boat captains on the dock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/crab-races1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1498\" title=\"crab races\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/crab-races1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/crab-races1.jpg 326w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/crab-races1-260x400.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\">Watch the crab races.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/marlin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-764\" title=\"marlin\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/marlin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/marlin.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/marlin-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Contestants reel in\u00a0<em>concrete marlins<\/em> for prize money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/survival-suit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-772\" title=\"survival suit\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/survival-suit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/survival-suit.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/survival-suit-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>The survival suit race is quite the spectacle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/nicholas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-767\" title=\"nicholas\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/nicholas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/nicholas.jpg 332w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/nicholas-265x400.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a>Nicholas Midgett and his freshly caught pinfish. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Miss-Hatteras.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-765\" title=\"Miss Hatteras\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Miss-Hatteras.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Miss-Hatteras.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Miss-Hatteras-400x260.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>The headboat, <em><strong>Miss Hatteras<\/strong><\/em> sits at the dock for the blessing of the fleet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\"><strong><em>Day at the Docks<\/em><\/strong> has grown each year, and is a fun way to spend time with family, friends and community. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\">So if you&#8217;re in the area next September, I highly recommend checking out the waterfront at Hatteras Village. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\">http:\/\/www.dayatthedocks.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite festivals on the Outer Banks is Day at the Docks. Held in Hatteras Village every September, it originated as a way to jump start the economic and general interest in that town, after being devastated by Hurricane Isabel. I photographed it as a magazine assignment in 2005, and have attended ever [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,26,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commercial-fishing","category-outer-banks","category-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=760"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":771,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760\/revisions\/771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}