They were so desperate to try to, kind of, float the boats into the remaining pools of water, but they finally had to give up because the piers and the moorings simply couldn't keep up with the retreating shoreline.
Estaban tan desesperados de tratar de que los botes flotaran en lo que quedaba de agua... pero finalmente tuvieron que rendirse porque los muelles y amarres simplemente no podían mantenerse al día con el litoral que se retiraba.