{"id":2956,"date":"2015-02-12T22:33:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T03:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=2956"},"modified":"2015-02-13T01:27:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T06:27:51","slug":"2956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=2956","title":{"rendered":"One sail or ten."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"rockyshore\"<\/a> \"tensail\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This morning I went on a little excursion, all to own.\u00a0 One on the stops…. was to a place up the coast called The Wreck of the Ten Sail.\u00a0 It was beautiful and quiet, and as I looked out at the water, I could only imagine what might have happened that day…. when those great ships went down.\u00a0 The ocean on this day is calm, and still… as oceans go.\u00a0 I am the only one out here, as far as my eye can see.\u00a0 I like to be this way sometimes.<\/p>\n

But out to sea.\u00a0 I do know what happened.\u00a0 Wreck of the Ten Sail is a historic shipwreck event.\u00a0 It happened a long time ago here….\u00a0 off the East End of Grand Cayman Island.\u00a0 In fact, it was about this time of year….. on February 8, 1794.<\/p>\n

Ten ships that were part of a convoy on its way from Jamaica to the United States and Britain.\u00a0 The big-man on campus was Captain John Lawford, of the British Royal Navy.\u00a0\u00a0 You see, the Brit Navy had just captured a big French frigate.\u00a0 They took charge of that French ship and named here the HMS Convert.\u00a0 So Lawford was supposed to lead a convoy, with that new ship…. and go from Jamaica to Britain.<\/p>\n

After sailing for nearly 24 hours, Lawford believed they had already passed Grand Cayman Island. So… sleepy John went to bed.\u00a0 BUT…. before nighty-ight, he gave the direction to change course to the north.\u00a0 But you know how impatient people can be at the back of traffic.\u00a0 So six or seven merchantmen ships… that were way in back ….. moved ahead of the leading ship and without notice of the Convert’s watch.\u00a0\u00a0 And low and behold…. into the reef they crashed.\u00a0 It became sort of a pile up.<\/p>\n

And…. wouldn’t you know…???\u00a0 It was a very\u00a0 stormy night.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Once the ships crashed…..a bunch of local residents braved the stormy waters.\u00a0 They made their way out to the reef.\u00a0 I imagine by small boat.<\/p>\n

So… those whacky locals\u00a0 rescued the ships’ crew and passengers.\u00a0 Of all of those, on all of the ships…. only eight from the convoy did not survive.\u00a0\u00a0 That’s some snappy-jack-good saving, I’ll tell you.<\/p>\n

Of course, all the crew was very angry and upset when they had hit the coral barrier.\u00a0 I guess you could say they had Reefer Madness.<\/p>\n

And that’s pretty much the deal.\u00a0 You can see the sight from shore… of some shipwreck out there.<\/p>\n

At any rate, as I sat there this morning, I could almost imagine the all of it.\u00a0 So many years ago.<\/p>\n

Yep.\u00a0 That’s how it all went down. Way back in 1794.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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