Derelict Sailor on Pelican Beach   HD 1080p
Channel: Richard Walker
Date: 2022-10-13

On October 11, 2022, a derelict, homemade, sailing craft washed ashore on Pelican Beach, in Satellite Beach, Florida, on the Atlantic Coast. This was a week after hurricane Ian passed across Florida and blew north up the coast of the Southeast United States.

There were no signs of life onboard.  There was no indication of its origin or how many souls were onboard when it foundered.

Framed in angle iron and fitted with styrofoam, this boat had no keel or ballast, and the tiller on the rudder and the mast and boom were made out of household water pipe.  It did have a few inches of styrofoam to broaden the beam and act as short an outrigger. However, the port side disintegrated.

The rudder was still attached and the tiller dragged behind it in the water. The mast was bent to the deck and there was little of the sail left.