There are many ways to take lobster traps ashore at the end of the season. The crew of the Fishing Vessel Cassie Marie seemed to like to make a game of it on Saturday (October 24). They seemed to be playing a fishermen’s version of Blind Man’s Buff.

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They loaded the traps in the front of their outboard motored utility boat until the driver was, in effect, blindfolded by them. The boat was pointed toward the shore and driven until it beached itself with a crunch. (We think we saw the driver peek and swerve several times.)

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The traps were stacked on the beach until there were enough of them to make a trailer load to carry them off to storage:

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By the way, the origins of the game Blind Man’s Buff (often called Bluff) date back to ancient Greece, according to historians. Versions of it were popular in Henry VIII’s court, Colonial America, and, especially, in Victorian England. (Brooklin, Maine)

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