The Friends of the Great Spanish Navigators and Explorers affiliation, which organizes the journey, has defined that, even with out official and written affirmation of the exact place of the sinking, the captain of the sailboat, José Solá, with the assistance of a diver, has lowered to the wreck to verify the identification of the ship.
The sailboat, 21 meters lengthy, could be very near the pillar of the jetty that had shriveled as a result of drag of the hurricane wind, at a depth of 27-30 meters, within the anticipated location of the Apra bay, says the affiliation.
“Entire ship looted: electronics, drawers, a lot of the clothes”
The captain of the ship affirms that “the spectacle is devastating”: “The two damaged masts, two big gaps on the starboard facet, the hardtop columns (inflexible roof) bent, the methacrylates of a lot of the hatches disappeared. And every little thing the looted boat: the electronics, the drawers, a big a part of the garments”.
The organizers of the expedition, which started in the summertime of 2019 in Seville, stress that “nonetheless below the shock of the devastating discovery” they wish to share info “that provides ache to the tough expertise we live.”
The crew members of the ship are in good well being as a result of when the hurricane was introduced they moored the ship and took refuge on the home of some pals on the island of Guam, positioned within the Pacific.
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