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The SV Sea Bird or Seabird (later renamed Beach Bird) was a merchant brig under the command of John Huxham (or Husham or Durham). In 1750 or 1760 the ship grounded herself at Easton's Beach, Rhode Island.
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Dec 6, 2014 · In potentially one of the earliest reports of a ghost ship along the Atlantic Seaboard of North America, the merchant brig SV Sea Bird came aground at Easton’s Beach, Rhode Island in 1750, returning from Honduras.
The SV Sea Bird or Seabird (later renamed Beach Bird) was a merchant brig under the command of John Huxham (or Husham or Durham). In 1750 or 1760 the ship grounded herself at Easton's Beach, Rhode Island.
Sea Bird, owned by Isaac Steel, was a 300 ton merchant brig under the command of Captain John Durham* who was returning to Newport after voyaging to Honduras. On the morning Sea Bird was due home, she was spotted drifting ashore then gently grounded herself unharmed on Easton Beach, Rhode Island.
Professional boatbuilders that know their stuff wince at the boat - mostly sighting it's lack of safety and non-sea-worth and salt capable systems, and most notably it's displacement (weight) fore and aft. Meaning, that the boat might be so heavy as to be unsafe. Especially in the aft (rear) end.
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1975 – The SV Ocean Wave: Bas Jan Ader was lost at sea while attempting a single-handed west–east crossing of the Atlantic in a 13-foot-long (4.0 m) pocket cruiser, a modified Guppy 13 named Ocean Wave. The passage was part of an art performance titled "In Search of the Miraculous".