A series of Nor’easter winter storms wrecked havock on Cape Cod in 2018. The storms were too much for this fishing trawler which broke free of its mooring and came to rest in the sand bars around the West End Breakwater.
The West End Breakwater, built in 1911 by the US Army Corps of Engineers, is open to the public for walking and exploring. Technically speaking, it is more of a dike than a breakwater. The harbor also has a “true” breakwater built between 1970 and 1972 and located 835 feet (255 m) from the end of MacMillan Pier.