Teignmouth Electron
The wreck of the trimaran Teignmouth Electron, sailed by Donald Crowhurst in the 1968 Golden Globe race, lies in the scrub on the southwest coast of Cayman Brac.
The Teignmouth Electron was the trimaran sailed by British amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst in the 1968 Golden Globe single-handed, non-stop round-the-world yacht race. He faked his progress records and then disappeared, and the boat was later found drifting in the Atlantic. The story was later made into a film. After changing hands several times, the wreck has lain on the shore near the airport in the southwest of Cayman Brac since the 1990s, and the hull is badly decayed. It sits on open ground outside private property, so you can only look at it from a distance and should not climb on it. It is worth a detour for anyone interested in maritime history.
Opening hours
All day (view from afar only)
Nearby sights
- Rebecca's Cave
- Bat Cave, Cayman Brac
- MV Captain Keith Tibbetts Wreck
- Point of Sand
- Brac Parrot Reserve
- The Bluff, Cayman Brac
- Owen Island
- Booby Pond Nature Reserve