The sinking of the Merrimac, on land…
It is believed that the skipper of the Merrimac mistakenly plotted a transatlantic course using a hurricane plotting sheet instead of a regular chart. The sheet unfortunately omitted Sable Island, a sand bar off Southwest Nova Scotia. This error led to the boat running aground. Within days the beach had swallowed the yacht…
So yeah, this is what a yacht that sunk in sand looks like…
