O.T. Wonder whats left of it now..

http://vaclavovic.info/foto/_galleries/Fuerteventura-2005/hq/7.jpg

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Round Rope's way they'd have had that weighed in ages ago.

 

It was a full ship...

http://www.flare.net/users/e9ee52a/American38.1.jpg

 

Who'd of thought it?

 

Classic cut & shut job....

 

Nothing a couple of bungees, some duck tape and a mig welder couldn't sort
out.

 

No. Who'd 'have' thought it.

See me after.

 

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:00:31 +0000,

Other half has been used to create the wire for Ann Widdecombe's bra.

 

What happened to the aft?

 

Who's was it?

 

Some bloke or other I imagine.

 

She tried to reverse in to a spot in Agadir harbour and over shot a touch.

 

How do you know it wasn't owned by a woman then ?

 

It may well have been a women who was driving it. Wasn't parked very
well, was it?

 

That's the American Star, languishing off the West coast of Fuerteventura,
in the Canary Islands. I rode out to it (well, to the beach next to it, for
the pedantic) on an off-road biking day I did out there, earlier this year.
It's looking a lot more sorry for itself now - the remaining funnel shown in
that picture has collapsed, and it's lying at a much steeper angle.

Here's a more up-to-date picture: http://www.backtrax1.com/P1020755.JPG

And a bit of history: http://www.maritimematters.com/american-star-vin.html

 

Yeah, it's a bit fucked now.
Apparently it's a bit of a hike to get out there to see it, not easy.

 

It's about a 15-20 minute drive from the nearest 'proper' road, along a
dusty, potholded gravel track. Great fun on the Huskies we were riding, but
a lot of people were trying to make the trip in their hire cars, and getting
into all sorts of trouble. Amazingly, despite the steep, poorly-surfaced
hill leading down to the beach, there were half a dozen caravans parked-up
down there. No idea how they're considering getting them back up - if they
are at all.

Actually going out to the wreck is a no-no - several people a year get
dragged-off by the currents while trying to swim out to it.

 

Yeah, there has been a good few folk died on that wreck.
There was talk of them blowing it up a few years ago, think the sea is
gonna take it now though.

 

*Have*, you tit!