I came back the next week (Dec. 19, 2014). The current was too strong to swim out towards Mouat Reef, but I wanted to have a better look at the area with the wreckage closer to shore. Visibility was a bit less than last week (15'). I was swimming around a bit lost near the shallow reefs in the area with scattered bricks, when I came across a large mound of bricks about 15' deep. This pile was so large, I assume it must have been cargo on a scow/barge/ship that was wrecked here. The bricks were whole and unbroken with no mortar so I doubt they were old, used bricks that had been dumped here. I swam out farther near the brick pile and I found the wreckage of what I still think is the Discovery Isle. The net was still there on the engine and a decomposing kelp greenling was caught in it. I cut the netting free from the bottom and pulled it up away from the wreckage. I was hoping it would float up to the surface and wash up on the nearby beach where it could be properly disposed of. Near the engine, there were lots of blocks of iron ballast and smaller molded blocks of lead. I followed some chains up over the nearby rocky reef, but there was no sign of an anchor.
By the way, the B.C. Maritime Museum and the Discovery Island websites say the Discovery Isle was built in 1930, but the yacht and Captain Beaumont are mentioned in 1926 issues of Motorboating Magazine.
