Tucker’s Point Blog
Ultimate Bermuda Experience
Bermuda’s own version of the Amazing Race, The Ultimate Bermuda Experience, was a huge success and Tucker’s Point Dive and Water Sports Centre was proud to be a part of it.
The Aqua Adventure portion of the challenge was launched from our very own beach with participants kayaking from the beach out to a buoy marker and back. They all had a wonderful time splashing one another with their paddles and generally having a blast.
Our own Dawn Arruda was there to oversee the entire adventure and her hospitality did not go unnoticed. We received this lovely letter thanking us and especially her for all kindnesses. See the attached PDF.
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THE EXPLORERS CLUB FLAG 132 REPORT
From June 11, to July 17, 2011, a team of marine archaeologists, students and volunteers worked to uncover, fully excavate, and scientifically record the hull remains and associated artifacts of the Warwick, a 16th century English Merchantman which sank in Bermuda in 1619.
“On October 20th, 1619, en route to Jamestown Virginia, the magazine ship belonging to Sir Robert Rich, the 2nd Earl of Warwick, made a scheduled stop in Bermuda. Warwick’s arrival was an important event for the Island. On that voyage, the ship was charged with delivering Captain Nathaniel Butler, the new Governor of the nascent colony. Apart from Butler, Warwick was to carry supplies and settlers to the struggling colony at Jamestown, and collect colonial products from Bermuda and Virginia for return to England. While the ship was in port, a devastating hurricane wreaked havoc on Bermuda. Amongst the victims of the tempest, was the Warwick, which sank at its anchorage in Castle Harbour” (Bojakowski, 2010).
Almost 400 years later, underwater archaeologists from the National Museum of Bermuda, Texas A&M University, and the University of Southampton are working with local Bermudians to scientifically excavate the sunken remains of the Warwick.
