Coverack & "Roskilly"

COVERACK REGATTA 2009

 A series of dangerous rocks and reefs on the east of the Lizard Peninsula, north of Coverack and south of the Helford River , called the Manacles, were the scene of many shipwrecks from 1800 through to the early 1900s. At first glance many of these wrecks appear to show that the captains and crew were responsible for many of them. Research does show that many errors were made from sailing too close to the shore, or to the reefs, but this is probably an over simplification.

In February 1903 the four-masted-barque Clan Graham was sailing towards Falmouth in Ballast from Natal in South Africa, for Orders. She was steel- built in Glasgow in 1893 and was 2147 tons registered tonnage. Having travelled almost the length of the earths N-S axis she was driven ashore at Lowland Point close to the Manacles in heavy squalls and a Lifeboat was launched. The Captain, however, refused the help of the Lifeboat and the following morning was successfully towed off by a strong Tug and brought to Falmouth. 

There is no doubt that she was one of the few very lucky ones and her name was not added to an extensive list which include the following which were not so lucky the barque  John 1855, Ceres 1877, the Condor 1882, the Modena 1883, Lady Dalhousie 1884, Andola 1895,  the Bay of Panama 1891, the Mohegan 1898, the Liner Paris 1899, the Isabella 1902 the Labelle 1902, the Glenbervie 1902 ,the Pindos 1912, the Forde 1919, and the Rosabelle 1934. There were many more !!

COVERACK 2009

COVERACK - A GOOD BEACH DAY 2010

BELOW LEFT;LOWLAND POINT

BELOW; COVERACK, JULY 2004

ROSKILLY 2010