We can see why Admiral Sir George Somers fell in love with the Bermuda islands after being stuck here back in 1609, after deliberately runing his sinking ship aground on the reefs following a storm. Using local cedar and spars and rigging from the wrecked Sea Venture, his shipwrights managed to build 2 small vessels, the Deliverance and Patience (which were completed within a year). They then headed for Jamestown,.. Read More