''Sibyl Marston'' was a wooden
schooner
A schooner ( ) is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel defined by its Rig (sailing), rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more Mast (sailing), masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than t ...
cargo ship built by
W. A. Boole & Son of Oakland, California and belonging to the Sibyl Marston Co. ''Sibyl Marston'' sank off the coast of
Lompoc, California
Lompoc ( ; Chumashan ) is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Located on the Central Coast, its population was 43,834 as of July 2021.
Lompoc has been inhabited for thousands of years by the Chumash people, who called t ...
on 12 January 1909.
Overview
On 12 January 1909, ''Sybil Marston'', the largest steam schooner built on the
West Coast of the United States
The West Coast of the United States, also known as the Pacific Coast and the Western Seaboard, is the coastline along which the Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean. The term typically refers to the Contiguous United States, contig ...
, struck the rocks near
Surf Beach, California and ran aground in a storm. She was carrying of lumber. Two crew members were killed in the disaster.
Shortly after the ''Sybil Marston'' disaster, Lompoc residents salvaged the lumber and used it to begin a town lumberyard. Several houses built in Lompoc used lumber from the shipwreck.
Surf Beach and its adjoining coastal area was a dangerous place for ship travel in the time before radar navigational systems made seafaring safer. There are about 30 recorded shipwrecks along the Surf Beach coast.
Location
The
shipwreck
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is located south of the
Surf Amtrak Station in Lompoc.
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YouTube video with details of construction 8 min.
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Schooners of the United States
Lumber schooners
Individual sailing vessels
Ships built in Oakland, California
Shipwrecks of the California coast
Maritime incidents in 1909
1907 ships