Plum Island Shipwreck

December 14, 2002. Drenched is the best description for me after this video. And, a ruined waterlogged camera that will only work for a little longer and take only a few more videos.

It's December, cold, and stormy. The night before I'd been at the winter celebrations in Newburyport, Massachuestts. Every year the first two Fridays of December, Newburyport stays open. The stores have festive wassail, cider, munchies, chocolate thingies, popcorn, chips and dip out for tasting (don't eat before you go). People walking down the street singing Christmas Carols. It is festive. I go there every year.

At one store I heard someone talking about a shipwreck on Plum Island. Plum Island is an actual island connected to Newbury/Newburyport by a bridge.

"Where's the shipwreck?"

I'm given very vague directions. Somewhere on the beach. As it turns out my directions are a couple of miles off, but at least they gave me the correct directions down the beach so I will be walking in the right direction for those miles. Even if it is in a storm.

What do I do the next day? It has gotten colder and stormier. Do I stay in a warm home? Nope. I hop in my car, drive to Plum Island, and with excellent directions ("Oh, it's somewhere on the beach) walk the miles down the beach to the shipwreck and start videoing. Tide coming in. Every wave that bursts over the shipwreck sends spray that lands on me. Tide still coming in and I'll have to back up. It's cold. It's mighty windy. It's cold. I'm being battered by the ocean. An ocean that would easily pull the shipwreck back into it if it weren't anchored to the beach.

Finally, it is lonely and desolate. The shipwreck, the wind, the ocean, the lonely beach. The waves pounding. The lowing sky. A very timeless feeling. Those waves have been crashing on this beach for eons. This time there's something in their way. Most often they just crash. There's been other storms, other ships that have wrecked. No loss of life in this one, though. But, is it ever cold. Eventually, it'll be bright, the shipwreck will be gone (had to be cut apart), the sand will be smoothed out, and there will be no sign there ever was a shipwreck here.

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[SinghBros24]

why ru standing there and just watching why don u try to help or call the cops? and whats the point of the vid

[yvettegr]

@SinghBros24 Why would I call the cops. The police, coast guard, the entire town knew about the shipwreck. But, because of the storm and the size of the shipwreck there wasn't much they could do about it. Eventually, I believe, they had to cut it up to get rid of it.

I'm standing there watching because I made a special trip to see it. I had heard about the shipwreck and wanted to photograph it and video it.

[yvettegr]

@yvettegr The point of the vid? How many shipwrecks do you see in a lifetime? I've only seen one. I'm a photographer. Of course I'm going to photograph it and take video of it. Why wouldn't I?

Have you no artistic soul? Can't you see the beauty, power, terror, of those waves crashing over that shipwrecked vessel. I feel sorry for you if you don't understand what was happening on that beach.

[artman601]

I have pictures, don't know how to make a video of them, just tried to upload them as pictures, no dice. The tug was salvaged almost immediately because of the possible pollution from fuel ect. the barge was there for most of the winter I believe. The photos were taken on Jan 24, 2003

[yvettegr]

@artman601 PM me and I'll send you my email address. You can email me jpegs of the pictures, I'll make a quick video for you to upload on your channel.

[yvettegr]

@artman601 You can also use onetruemedia (put a dot come after that) to do it yourself online. And if you have powerpoint you can save powerpoint presentations in .mov format to upload to youtube.

[lloydhofer]

It's a good thing that a few people like you and me have a left mind also. I enjoy a good adventure that more timid souls would pass on. I'm no fool, I believe in safety first but life is all a matter of weighing the risk in what you do.

[TheFoobers]

This is freaky, everything is erie! picture swimming in this

[iRHAPEzombiies]

I bet there's humans walking around on that boat with 4 nipples and 8 arms...

[CodeCazual]

@artman601 u can use in windows movie maker

[spamstoper3]

cool

[yvettegr]

@artman601 You should make a video with them. I'd love to see them. I had been told they were moving the barge a few days after I was there. So, I never went back. I should have checked further and followed its progress.