There was a time when the original Shipwreck was further down the beach and set back but I believe it was destroyed early on in the MBR&C saga.
On the rocky cliffs on the Maho side of the beach area but set well back in the cliffs, which I think might be what Ed is referring to, the first year we visited SXM, in 1973, there was a good sized building there that housed the Gourmet Restaurant, the Grand Casino, Spritzer and Furhman and the resort conference facility. This was all destroyed in one of the earlier hurricanes and ultimately relocated to its final location along the road to the Hillside area. The pilings in the rocky area just off the beach were a part of a walkway that connected that area to the original Shipwreck and ultimately to the beach and beyond.
Mullet Bay Resort was such an incredibly beautiful property and while my memories might be a little cloudy with reference to those earliest trips, I feel incredibly lucky to have those memories at all.
Edited to add :
And as I recall, the original Sweet Tooth Ice Cream Parlor was located in that same building near the rocky cliff, and once you got your ice cream cones you could walk out and around the cliff side pool that was also in that general area. It was a lovely spot to eat your ice cream and enjoy the beautiful night ocean air. As the waves came crashing in, sometimes they’d come all the way up on the coral cliffs and you could watch the crabs scatter out of their way.
Last edited by pat; 07/19/2019 06:42 PM.
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