The Boston Herald ran a story that the treasure hunters that found the pirate ship
Whydah may have had help from John F Kennedy, Jr. It seems that JFK, Jr was a diver that did a fair amount of diving off the coast of
Wellfleet and noticed an unusual pattern on the ocean floor, a pattern he thought
might be caused by a row of buried cannons. Only recently did they follow up on the 'lead' and discovered not only the cannons, but a compass that probably belonged to JFK, Jr. Interesting reading! Other
Whydah findings can be seen at the
Whydah Museum in
Provincetown.
Check out the museum online... Here. Fun for the family on a rainy day.
Very few subjects are as much fun to think about as sunken treasure. The Whydah is a storied pirate ship ship that sank off the coast of Cape Cod in 1717 carrying a vast load of treasure. The ship was discovered only about 25 years ago and the treasure has been slowly recovered. Read about the most recent recovery in a recent Cape Cod Times article.
The Boston Herald ran a story that the treasure hunters that found the pirate ship Whydah may have had help from John F Kennedy, Jr. It seems that JFK, Jr was a diver that did a fair amount of diving off the coast of Wellfleet and noticed an unusual pattern on the ocean floor, a pattern he thought might be caused by a row of buried cannons. Only recently did they follow up on the 'lead' and discovered not only the cannons, but a compass that probably belonged to JFK, Jr. Interesting reading! Other Whydah findings can be seen at the Whydah Museum in Provincetown. Check out the museum online... Here. Fun for the family on a rainy day.
