One of them was the Teignmouth Electron, the racing vessel of Donald Crowhurst. In 1969 there were some 5 derelict boats reported, one still cruising under its own power. unless they are boarded and towed to port. They eventually end up following the North Atlantic Drift and end up southwest of the Azores before continuing. Modern derelicts have, of course, followed the same pattern. This was not common knowledge on land, and in 1855 there is no proof yet that the pattern Sigsbee uncovered was highlighted even among nautical authorities. It seems unlikely that the position where it was found in the currents is a coincidence with the location where many derelicts were found at sea, swept in the currents around the Sargasso Sea to end up south of the Azores. But it remains probable that what is spoken of this deserted ship in the legend is quite true. Considering how many derelicts there were, there has no doubt been enormous error in the retelling of this particular legend. I have not yet found proof of this old legend (she was supposedly sailed to the Albert Docks in Britain), and Lloyd’s of London has no record of it. She was found deserted in the currents surrounding the eastern part of the Sargasso Sea (hundreds of miles southwest of the Azores) in 1855, with chairs kicked over and a stale meal on the mess table. When boarded again, the ship was once again deserted. Two days later the schooner was sighted sailing erratically. In 1881 the packet supposedly found a derelict schooner north of the Sargasso Sea and, placing a prize crew aboard, the two vessels sailed in tandem for port. One such famous mystery is that of the Ellen Austin.
The old legends of the Sargasso Sea and its surrounding swift currents are given more form by the rediscovery of Sigbees’ work. They did not vanish in vain if we only accept their utter and sudden disappearances lead us to discover greater forces yet undiscovered in our planet. Note also how the map implies the seaweed is coming out of the Gulf with the Gulf Stream currents, a passé theory: the sargassum is actually now believed to be adapted and native to this strange sea, with very little of its cousins coasting in from the surrounding currents. The “Seaweed Sea” has a centuries old rep.
Most older maps delineate the location of the Sargasso Sea with seaweed. Its currents are largely immobile yet it is surrounded by some of the strongest currents in the It is in complete contrast to the ocean around it. The Sargasso Sea occupies that part of the Atlantic between 20o to 35o North Latitude and 30o to 70o West Longitude. The bottom is, in fact, miles below on the Nares Abyssal Plain. Thinking land was nearby, he fathomed the sea, only to find no bottom. This is a very tangible mystery, tied to thousands ofĬatching sight of these huge mats of seaweed have always told the seafarer that they have entered the perimeter of this peculiar sea. I have documented enormous tonnages of missing ships and aircraft, and even uncovered very unusual circumstances. However, it is simply not my view or approach. There are those within the occult who so choose to consider the Triangle that. But it is important to note that the Bermuda Triangle and Sargasso Sea are not paranormal places. It is not important to be sidetracked here. There are a number of pages on this website that detail my journey of investigation. This fact removes the Triangle from the world of myth and brings it back into the world of mysteries. Quite the contrary! The heart of the Bermuda Triangle is covered by the strangest and most notorious sea on the planet- the Sargasso Sea so named because there is a kind of seaweed which lazily floats over its entire expanse called sargassum.
You might think that the barren waters of the Triangle are just boring sea, vast, tempestuous, and seldom viewed by man, being nothing more than a deep blue with whitecaps and foam. It is a fact that there are more disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle than anywhere else in the world.įrom San Juan, Puerto Rico, it is about 1,200 miles back up to Bermuda, closing off the triangle. From this would be born the name “Bermuda Triangle.” And like the legends of the Sargasso Sea the Triangle would ebb and tide until yours truly did what Sigsbee did and delve into the actual documentation in the 1990s. The disappearance of huge ships and then swift aircraft drew our attention to those same coordinates that Sigsbee noted for derelicts in the 19th century. It wouldn’t be until the 20th century, however, that the epicenter of the Atlantic’s mystery would be isolated.