100 year old message in a bottle found

[avb3]

What an interesting find on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Amazing that this bottle survived hundred years.

http://globalnews.ca/news/834921/cen...und-in-tofino/

[bbowers2004]

Neato, maybe I"I'll throw a bottle over next trip.

[MBLittle]

That's an awesome thing to find

[Miniyot]

No barnacles?

[Paul L]

Originally Posted by Miniyot

No barnacles?

They were allowed to use stronger bottom paint back then.

[rebel heart]

The comments are hilarious.

[MarkJ]

One I found a few years ago on a very isolated beach we had to climb down a rope to get to. Thems the cliffs behind us.

[SVNeko]

and.... what was in it? Sheesh

[Celestialsailor]

Hmmm...I'm smelling a hoax here.

[sestina]

If it's not a hoax, the bottle must have gone ashore and been buried in the sand very soon after it was chucked in the sea. No marine growth and the seal hasn't failed.

[MarkJ]

Originally Posted by SVNeko

and.... what was in it? Sheesh

Miine?

It was interesting. Very romantic...
It was written on the back of a cargo and weapons declaration from Hamburg dated 2001 (we found it 2009) so it was from a cargos ship's officer probably using old forms as scrap paper. He would have thrown it into the Pacifc somewhere and we found it on Lizard island a remote island high up in the Great Barrier Reef.

It says:

all my Love to
XXX XXX
irish Woman fm Dublin
(signature unreadable)

[sic capitalisations]

I think he met her somewhere and fell in love and was putting that love in the bottle to send it who knows where. A sailors reality of sailing the world and meeting people you will never see again.

I haven't tried to contact either as its private and I don't know his name.

The bottle was not well sealed, just the normal cap, so I dont think he expected it to last.

Its a very sweet note and bottle and I treasure the note as a cruising memory.


Mark

[belizesailor]

I found one once. It contained Bible verses written in Spanish. I always visualize someone on a ship in distress writing that one.

Have also found NOAA data collection devices...with their own return to sender envelope enclosed.

[Richard5]

Even a half serious bottle collector should be able to authenticate the age of the bottle. My ex collects bottles, she could determine the year and even place of manufacture.

Taking a sample piece of paper for the laboratory would reveal if the paper is legit for the alleged time.


Or we could just leave it as a romantic story. Over the yrs I've tossed overboard many a note in a bottle. I always included long/lat and date. I would be thrilled to hear back.

[Richard5]

Originally Posted by MarkJ

One I found a few years ago on a very isolated beach we had to climb down a rope to get to. Thems the cliffs behind us.

Riiiiiight. So what you are saying is you weren't upon them cliffs, spied a bottle, and suddenly became thirsty? Clambering down cliffs requires a reason. The possibility of quenching a thirst is a very good reason.

[Tingum]

I toss bottles on every trip. So far I have only gotten two calls from finders.