Spring Lake Sailor

Shipwreck Spring Lake Sailor
Side-scan sonar image
Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge
Depth:
75 ft

A large sailing ship, just north of the Sea Girt Reef in 73 feet. Very low-lying. Wreckage consists of three sets of wood walls with some decking. Deep holes for lobsters. Very hard to find and hook. A nice spot for six lobster divers or a small cadre of artifact hunters. Probably over 100 years old. Some brass odds and ends over the years have been found, with some bottles and china, but I suspect she was largely stripped and sank.

-- Capt Steve Nagiewicz

aka: NW Sailor, AWOIS 7778

AWOIS 7778

LAT: 40.147547 / LON: -73.930514 / HIGH

Wreck - Submerged, dangerous to surface navigation

58 Feet and tenths

333SS/89 - OPR-C147-HE-89;

CONTACT NO. 16;

50M SIDE SCAN SONAR COVERAGE OVER CONTACT PROVIDED BY WHITING IN H10290/88;

DIVER INVESTIGATION LOCATED A BADLY DETERIORATED WOODEN WRECK WHICH WAS SUNK INTO A FLAT SANDY BOTTOM;

HIGHEST OBJECT WAS A LARGE CORAL-COVERED ROCK OR PIECE OF WRECKAGE;

DIVERS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT NATURE OF THIS CORAL-COVERED OBJECT;

POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF WRECKAGE COULD NOT BE MADE;

LAT 40-08-51.166N, LONG 73-55-49.845W;

LORAN C RATES: 9960-W 15503.1, 9960-X 26907.3, 9960-Y 43517.6, 9960-Z 59778.2;

EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED CHARTED A DANGEROUS WRECK COVERED 58 FT. MLLW AT SURVEY POSITION.

(ENTERED MSM 5/90)


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steam-powered winch
A steam-powered winch on a schooner barge. Note the various drums for drawing up anchor chain, towing hawsers, etc, and the anchor chains themselves going down through the deck into the chain locker below.

Prior to steam power, the only force available on a sailing ship to perform all the necessary work was the men on board. For some tasks, such as raising the anchor, it might be necessary to yoke the entire crew to a multi-deck manual capstan. On the largest vessels, even with every available man, this might take several hours to complete. With the advent of steam power, a "donkey engine" and a single engineer could do the work of many men, in less time, and these were soon installed in almost all vessels.