Wrecks, Saturday 1st February 2020
Today I took a short break from the office to patrol the beach with Ranger-Scott, as usual Cefn Sidan was just magical with big skies, a receeding tide and rough sea it was a pleasure to be out, there were a few hardy souls on the beach but with 8 miles of open space we could have been just anywhere. With the Air Weapons Range closed for the weekend we managed to get to Tywyn Point and a look at perhaps the best known wreck on the beach, the SV PAUL although I doubt many day visitors make it that far! SV Paul (Wikipedia) "In 1925 the PAUL crossed the Atlantic from Cadiz to St. John, Newfoundland and loaded 2,000 tons of timber at Halifax for Dublin. On 30 October she ran into severe gales, losing many sails and her anchors; eventually grounding on the Cefn Sidan sands as without any auxiliary motive power she was unable to make an escape. On this occasion she had a crew of twelve, with a cook, the master and a teenage stewardess Another reference cites her ground