Cape Cod Shipwreck-January 2008

Sebastian Junger, author of “The Perfect Storm” and a Truro homeowner, told a radio interviewer that he came across a piece of a ship’s hull near Ballston Beach in Truro last Friday. But when a park ranger went out to examine the wreck, there was nothing to be found.

The author described the wreck as having a “bulbous kind of look … like Columbus’ ships had. It’s just like really old looking” and said that pieces of it had been washing ashore for months.

In January of 2008 a 19th century schooner turned coal barge washed up on Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, but it is unclear whether Junger’s find is part of the same shipwreck

According to Junger, the most recent piece of ship was discovered just south of the Ballston Beach entrance. He described it as “several planks fastened to a hull with wooden pegs and brass nails several inches long.”

Although Junger claimed to have anchored the hull to the shore, it could have broken away in the recent stormy weather, because as of this morning there was still no wreck to be found near Ballston Beach in Truro. So the mystery dubbed the “celebrity shipwreck mystery” remains, well, a mystery.

[source: Cape Cod Times, Wednesday, June 24, 2009]

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Shipwreck on Cape Cod

Truro Vineyards

Tomorrow, May 3, 2009, the town of Truro begins to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the date the town was founded. In recognition of this momentous occasion, Truro Vineyards will release two commemorative wines in May: “Truro 1709″ Merlot and Pinot Grigio. Both wine labels will have a depiction of the Highland Lighthouse painted by local artist Robert Cardinal. A portion of the proceeds of the sale of the wines will be donated to local charities.Visitors will be able to taste the new vintages, along with the vineyards’ first-ever estate-bottled chardonnay, in their spectacular new tasting pavilion. Twice-daily tours are conducted Memorial Day thru Columbus Day.

As further tribute to Truro’s tricentennial, the winery will host its first-ever Taste of Truro culinary event Saturday, June 13 from 3-8 PM on their expansive grounds. Scores of Cape Cod’s restaurants and artisans will be on hand for the event, as well as live music and dancing. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information about Truro Vineyards go to www.trurovineyardsofcapecod.com; and for details on all the events planned for Truro’s tricentennial celebration visit their website at www.truro300.org.

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Truro on Cape Cod Marks 300th Anniversary

Three Sisters Lighthouses

This morning, thanks to an article in the Cape Cod Times, I learned the significance, and recent history of, the Three Sisters Lighthouses in Eastham. The lighthouses earned the Nauset station the reputation as the only one in the country with three towers. The towers seemed doomed to extinction after the turn of the century, when erosion threatened to tumble them into the sea. The central tower was relocated in 1911, and the other two were sold and moved, becoming additions to summer cottages. The third tower eventually followed that same fate. Over the years the National Park Service acquired them and moved them all back to their current site, a quarter of a mile from their original home. Many of our guests are curious lighthouse seekers, so we provide them with a map to the remaining lighthouses on Cape Cod, and advise them which ones are open to the public for touring. Our favorite is Highland Light in Truro where we met a fascinating docent, well-versed in the minutiae of lighthouse lore. See our full post about Cape Cod Lighthouses. And check out our new Cape Cod Lighthouse map.

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Cape Cod’s Three Sisters Lighthouses