USA - Florida - Miami Beach

Marvin Josephs, a retired garment manufacturer stands as far south from his old home in Brooklyn as it is possible to get on dry land. He stares out into the Atlantic and remembers, with satisfaction, the day they sunk the yacht ?Ostwind? a sleek 85 foot piece of perfection. The entire yacht was meticulously built of different types of rare wood, expertly crafted. This was the Mercedes of ships. The huge sail was made of Egyptian linen. She was built to exhibit German superiority in Olympic competition. The curse of this vessel was that it belonged to Adolf Hitler. It was brought to America by the US Navy. After changing hands a few times, it languished in a Jacksonville harbour and became the target of vandals. So it came about that the Yacht was scuppered by the Florida Marine Research bureau three miles off South Beach to act as a lattice work for the (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)