Deep Bay
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Wed 30 Mar 2011 21:06
17:07.5N
61:54.0W
Wednesday 30th March
2011
No mad rush to
leave, so we had a leisurely breakfast and then started to pick our way back
through the reefs. It was good sailing weather and we enjoyed a pleasant
sail back round past Dickenson Bay, past St John's, the main town, and into Deep
Bay. In the middle of this bay lies the wreck of the Andes, which
in 1905 was refused entry to St John's because its cargo of pitch was smoking
and regarded as hazardous. The crew anchored her in Deep Bay instead and
when they opened the hatches to deal with the problem, the air caused the pitch
to burst into flames and the vessel sank. The Andes sits upright
on the bottom,encrusted in sponges and coral and with one of her broken
masts just visible above the surface of the water, making her easy to
avoid.
The mast of the
Andes breaking the surface to left of
middle.
We had several
visits from a turtle, and Steve had every intention of snorkelling on the
wreck. However, his rib driver fell asleep after lunch and slept the
afternoon away, so he will do it tomorrow.