Shipwrecks

The Shipwreck museum in Bredasdorp tells the story of some of the hundreds of vessels which have been wrecked on this coast over the years including the Birkenhead which was the first time that the idea of 'women and children first' was applied. It was an interesting place to spend a couple of hours on a sunny day when it was too hot to be outside.

Returning to Struisbaai to settle into our beachfront house, we discovered that we had a 'shipwreck' almost directly in front of the house.

One of the big sports fishing boats – Marauder - which had been moored in the bay had broken its moorings and been washed up on the beach in the early hours of Sunday morning and we spent a few hours watching the efforts – so far unsuccessful – to refloat it.