Anchors Aweigh Traditional Cache

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Knagur Green: Due to no response from the CO after the request to maintain or replace the cache, I am archiving it to, stop it showing on the listings and/or to create place for the geocaching community.

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Hidden : 1/8/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This anchor has a lot history behind it. Now placed in the gardens in front of the town hall of the Bushmans River village. It came from the "VOLO" a 500 ton Norwegian barque sailing ship built for my great great grandfather Knud Knudsen in Arendal, Norway in the 1880’s and was wrecked on the beach near Bushman’s River Mouth on the morning of 6th March 1896.

The Volo was at sea for four months from the port of Goteborg, Sweden with a cargo of Baltic Pine timber. The crew had not seen land since leaving the English Channel on the voyage towards Lourenco Marques now Maputo. The master of the vessel, Captain Olsen, had made a “dead reckoning” that they were 200 miles south of land on the 5th March, 1896.

The fateful day was miserable with a strong easterly wind, known for mist and rough seas, proximal to the coast. The alert was called out by the look-out while the Volo was on a port tack: “Rocks on the port bow. Hard to starboard”. The ship struck the rocks and was holed but carried over the reef and beached in the surf to the east of Kwaaihoek between Diaz Cross and the Bushman’s River Mouth.Charles Butt, a local farmer and seafaring man was the first to sight the Volo from his house on the old Kenton-on Sea Hotel site. He could see the tops of the three masts above the mist. He summoned his crew and launched his fishing boat from the mouth of the Bushman’s River but it was quickly overturned by the rough seas. He then traversed the beach in a westerly direction for approximately a kilometer towards Kwaaihoek. He found the Volo stranded with the sea breaking over the ship and the crew in the rigging. He made several attempts to secure a line from the strickend vessel to the shore. On the third attempt, after two hours in the chilly water, he managed to persuade the crew to cast a line from the bowsprit with which he struggled to shore. This was no mean feat for a man already in his 60’s. The rope in place and a small crowd on the beach all 12 crewmen were landed safely on shore. At the time of the wreck my great great grandfathers two sons were onboard. One being my great grandfather remained in South Africa.

The remains of the wreck can be still be found along the beach between the Bushmans River and Kwaaihoek.

The cache is only small enough to hold a logsheet in it. Bring your own pen.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

N pbzcnff jbhyq or rssrpgrq ol vg.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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