Deep Blue Marine (DPBE)

[Capt Billy]

When I google Gudgeon and Pintle I found several pieces that resemble this one the fishermen brought by my house. What I found was mostly this type would be from mid-1800’s, and likely from a Clipper-ship. Then easy enough to google what were clipper ships doing in this area. Clipper ships were used to make quick sail routes to and from California from the New England states. Their out-bound route they sailed as far off the coast they could to get the best winds. Their return trip they sailed up the east coast of South America and the Caribbean chain to the Gulf Stream and back to New England. Of course they could have had many different cargo’s. However in this era they transported the mined gold coming from the California gold rush. That’s nice because the local story about this wreck is a small square gold bar with writing on it had been recovered from here.
I have done a few dives here lately and the wreck is spread across a large area. This was not a simple grounding. It appears to me this ship was wrecked during a violent storm.
Another wreck logged into this Gringo’s log book.