The Cornish have longed been accused of wrecking and even today there are some activities the police frown upon. A cargo vessel which was grounded a few years ago had several BMW motorbikes disappear before the authorities arrived and one unfortunate sailor whose plush yacht washed up in the 80s I recall, sat in his yacht whilst people swarmed over it and even unscrewed fittings before his eyes. By the 1980s though I would assume most of those people were not Cornish.<\/p>\n
The Cornish themselves deny ever having deliberately wrecked a ship by putting false lights on hills on stormy nights and attracting the wooden ships to the rocks. They do admit that they believe a ship grounded is fair game on the basis that salvage is maritime law and they would sell the articles back to the owners if they ever asked.<\/p>\n
In recent years the funniest wreck was a vessel carrying wood, and the police cited seeing huge timbers being ferried away by large vehicles and some enterprising graduates at Plymouth university built on the rocks a perfect bungalow for visitors without using a single nail or screw. Of course someone had to take a picture of it and it appeared in the papers so was dismantled. Planning laws don’t like things built below cliffs.<\/p>\n
If you find salvage you are supposed to tell the authorities. But then supposed is an empty word and the people are people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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