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narrator: Tonight, a special episode

takes the team to one of the most notorious

stretches of water they've ever explored.

- This is one of the most treacherous places on Earth.

narrator: 100 years ago, a legendary racing yacht

was lured here by a mysterious light...

- You were trying to figure out,

"Is what I'm seeing really what's there?"

narrator: Into a deadly trap.

- It's just a witch's cauldron of trouble.

- We don't have the luxury of time.

[camera shutter clicking]

We have to identify this wreck.

narrator: With the clock ticking down,

the team takes on Mother Nature...

- It was a fight.

narrator: And human nature...

- We just had a boat run up on us.

- You're going to have everybody coming out here

salvaging the wreck.

narrator: to zero in on one of their biggest finds ever.

- Everything's lining up.

- This is just fantastic.

[dramatic suspenseful music]

narrator: There is a place

that evokes fear and fascination.

♪ ♪

Bounded by Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico,

the Bermuda Triangle has swallowed countless ships,

planes, and people.

Now an elite team is on the hunt...

- Dive, dive, dive!

narrator: And making big finds.

- We've discovered "Challenger."

narrator: Their secret weapon:

a wreck map decades in the making.

- These are dangerous dives.

- Whoa!

- Any sane person would not be doing this.

narrator: Their mission, solve the mystery

of the Bermuda Triangle one wreck at a time.

- Dude, are you seeing this?

- Mother Nature is going to take these wrecks away.

The clock is ticking.

[dramatic suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- We're trying to get there first.

we want to get that smoking gun,

we want to find that distinct evidence.

♪ ♪

It's a race against time.

narrator: It's early morning in Georgetown, South Carolina,

and wreck divers Mike Barnette and Jimmy Gadomski

are taking on a mission outside the Bermuda Triangle

pursuing a target they think may connect

to a 100-year-old mystery.

- The information came to us through a wind survey

for wind energy lease area.

narrator: As part of an offshore energy project,

the seafloor was scanned for obstacles,

which revealed an intriguing new target.

But there's a problem.

With the data now public

and the target in only 80 feet of water,

they may not be the only ones going after the mystery wreck.

- If this was widely known, then you're going to have

everybody potentially salvaging the wreck,

taking the artifacts that we're looking for

to identify this wreck.

narrator: Mike and Jimmy want to get there first

because they suspect this wreck may be

one of the most famous ships lost to these waters...

♪ ♪

A champion racing schooner named "Ingomar."

- To be able to identify this as "Ingomar"

would be a great accomplishment.

This is an iconic, a very historic shipwreck.

♪ ♪

narrator: February, 1931.

"Ingomar" is a 127-foot champion racing schooner

on a cruise from New York City to Charleston, South Carolina.

[tense music]

The lightning-fast sailboat was the pride of America,

making front-page news

for her stunning victories across the world.

- This is one of the most

iconic sailing vessels in American history.

- She was one of the most successful racing yachts

of her time.

As a matter of fact, she won races

all over the United States and in Europe.

One season alone, she came home with 17 trophies.

[thunder rumbling]

narrator: At midnight, the sturdy boat

and her seasoned crew run into heavy seas

just as they approach a waterway

with a deadly legacy that rivals the Bermuda Triangle...

♪ ♪

An area stretching from Virginia through the Carolinas

known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic.

- The Graveyard of the Atlantic

can be just as unpredictable as the Bermuda Triangle.

This is one of the most treacherous places on Earth.

The weather changes here on a dime.

You get swells, you get high winds.

narrator: The Graveyard has earned its reputation

by swallowing over 2,000 ships,

making it one of the most

shipwreck-dense stretches of water on Earth.

- When it comes to wrecks,

this is one of the most fertile grounds around.

You have stories of pirates and privateering

and all the wars, the U-boats.

[thunder cracks]

narrator: Sailors tell tales of freak storms,

bizarre anomalies, even the supernatural.

But the Graveyard also harbors a hidden killer:

shoals, rock-filled sandbars

lurking just below the water's surface.

They extend for miles,

creating a deadly labyrinth for ships to navigate.

- You got Cape Lookout Shoals and Hatteras Shoals,

they're like fingers reaching out,

grabbing on to vessels that stray too close.

narrator: In the days before GPS,

navigating these waters blind was nearly impossible...

[seagulls calling]

So ships relied on a series of lighthouses

and floating beacons to steer clear

of this invisible killer.

[rain pattering]

[thunder rumbling]

Fighting darkness and storm swells,

"Ingomar's" crew scans the horizon.

The first mate spots a flickering light.

Their charts indicate

it's a floating beacon marking safe passage.

[thunder rumbling]

Guided by the light,

the crew alters course for deeper water...

[crackling thud]

And are jolted by a violent impact.

- The "Ingomar" ran aground

on one of the Graveyard's most treacherous obstacles.

It's a stretch of sandbars called Frying Pan Shoals.

narrator: For six hours, the crew fights

to free the legendary racing yacht.

But the damage is done.

The crew is forced to abandon the ship.

Behind them, "Ingomar" vanishes into the swells.

- They spent the next 20 hours rowing for their lives

and they made it back to shore.

But the "Ingomar" was never seen again.

narrator: The loss of the famous racer

shocked the nation.

Yet, the crew's story left a glaring hole.

Why would a safety beacon

lure the ship into the dangerous shoal?

Or was the light not a beacon at all,

but something more sinister?

♪ ♪

What really sank "Ingomar"?

- This has been one of the incredible mysteries

in the Graveyard of the Atlantic for years.

[dramatic music]

narrator: The Cape Fear wreck may offer

some of the first answers in nearly a century.

Based on reports of "Ingomar's"

last known position,

the Cape Fear wreck is in roughly the right place

and looks to be about the right size

to be the lost vessel.

- We're going to go down and document this wreck site

and hopefully find some identifiable features

to prove that it is the "Ingomar."

- 628. - Yeah?

- And 168. - OK.

- 165. - Got it.

narrator: Joining the team for this mission

is boat captain

and local commercial fisherman, Jeff Marinko.

[indistinct chatter]

A veteran of these waters, part of Jeff's role will be

to watch Mike and Jimmy's back.

- One of the biggest hurdles out here,

being a commercial fisherman,

is a lot of recreational fishermen ride to you

just to see what you're doing.

[suspenseful music]

So watching out for boat traffic

is the biggest thing out here.

♪ ♪

All right, we're coming up to the site now, guys.

- There we go.

- Marking some fish. Looks good.

- Looks good. - We got structure there.

♪ ♪

- Dive, dive, dive!

♪ ♪

narrator: At this depth, decompression isn't a concern.

Mike and Jimmy will have plenty of time.

But first, they need to find the wreck.

♪ ♪

Clouds of shifting sand

have drastically reduced visibility.

[regulator hissing]

♪ ♪

narrator: Then suddenly...

narrator: Bull's-eye.

narrator: They've found the wreck.

- [laughs]

♪ ♪

narrator: The shape of the hull suggests

the team has found the remains of a racing yacht.

But something isn't adding up.

narrator: Propellers are for motorized vessels.

In 1903, a racing sailboat like "Ingomar"

wouldn't have been built with a motor.

What exactly has the team found?

And could it still be "Ingomar"?

[suspenseful music]

narrator: 40 miles off the North Carolina coast,

Mike and Jimmy are searching for "Ingomar,"

a sailing yacht.

She disappeared in 1931 following a mysterious light

in a notorious stretch of water

called the Graveyard of the Atlantic.

They've found a wreck shaped like "Ingomar,"

but it has a propeller,

out of place for a sailboat of this era.

narrator: As Barnette investigates the prop,

Jimmy begins to take photos...

[camera shutter clicking]

Thousands of photos from every angle.

The plan is to stitch these all together

using an imaging technique known as photogrammetry.

- This is going to give us a 3D model of the wreck.

We can see how the wreck is oriented,

how it lays, and the size of the wreck.

[camera shutter clicking]

[suspenseful music]

narrator: Jimmy sets out to photograph

the bow of the wreck...

only to find...

it's covered in sand.

The Graveyard has already begun to swallow the wreck.

[alarm blaring]

[water gurgling]

The team has found their target.

But is there enough left of it to make a positive ID?

Back on land, Mike and Jimmy meet up

with historian and fellow team member, David O'Keefe,

to review the footage of their first dive.

[dramatic music]

- It was a great dive.

♪ ♪

- We're off the Carolinas.

We're diving this site called the Cape Fear wreck.

We had a lot of sand down there.

♪ ♪

Some key features sticking out of the sand,

but the majority of the bow is under sand.

And that whole starboard side is sanded in, pretty much.

narrator: They start with the unusual propeller.

- You can see there's actually a prop

exposed on the port side.

Just one prop, which is very odd, very unique.

You can actually follow the prop shaft

from that single screw going up to a small diesel engine.

- But the "Ingomar" wouldn't have had an engine, right?

I mean, they'd be sailing. They'd be racing.

- Exactly.

It's a weird configuration

because it has the lines of a beautiful yacht,

but then seeing the power, it threw us for a little curve.

narrator: In search of answers,

the team turn to Jimmy's photogrammetry model.

♪ ♪

- We have this model here that we can now spin around.

- Wow, let's see this.

- We could zoom in

and get a full, detailed picture of the wreck.

- This is incredible.

I mean, this must be a game-changer.

- Yeah, definitely. I mean, this is such a useful tool

because now you're seeing the wreck in its totality,

and you can actually pull measurements.

- What's the size?

- It's hard to get the exact dimensions

because the bow kind of peters down

because it is heavily buried.

But it's about just over 110 feet or so in length.

narrator: The dimensions match "Ingomar's."

- This is incredible.

narrator: But the 3D model

also reinforces what's missing.

The bow, or front of the hull, is buried under the sand.

♪ ♪

There is no sign of the upper deck or masts, either.

And there still remains the mystery of how she sank.

If this is "Ingomar," what was the strange light

that lured the veteran racer to her doom?

- That's the key with this story.

The prevalent theory

is it saw what they thought was a light ship,

and unfortunately, it ended up running aground.

narrator: The team needs to prove whether this wreck

really is "Ingomar" and dig into how she sank.

- Primary goal is to get back on the wreck,

and we need to move some of this sand.

We might be able to uncover something

that is the smoking gun on this wreck.

- I think also if you can hit the archives and try

to find maybe some blueprints or some other historical...

- Perfect.

- Documentation on this vessel that we can compare

to the model to see if this is the "Ingomar."

- OK, boys, we've got our work cut out for us.

If this is the "Ingomar," this could be huge.

[dramatic music fading]

narrator: As Mike and Jimmy prepare for their second dive,

team member Wayne Abbott

is investigating "Ingomar's" construction history.

He's in Southport to meet with an expert

on "Ingomar's" design,

former America's Cup champion crew member, Gary Jobson.

- What was it about "Ingomar" that made it special?

- It was an incredibly strong racing yacht.

♪ ♪

narrator: Key to "Ingomar's" success

was her unorthodox engineering

masterminded by her legendary designer.

- "Ingomar" is built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff

in Bristol, Rhode Island.

And it was a boat that Herreshoff experimented

with a lot of things with the shape and design.

♪ ♪

He was way ahead of his time, very innovative.

narrator: To show Wayne what he means,

Jobson pulls out a big surprise:

Herreshoff's original,

hand-drawn plans for "Ingomar."

- What a find, Gary. This is awesome.

- It was a schooner, two masts, 127-foot boat.

♪ ♪

- The divers have found a wreck

the size of the "Ingomar,"

but what are some of the distinct features

that they should be looking for?

- Well, we have a couple anchors sitting right there

that probably still exist.

These things are steel and strong and heavy.

[suspenseful music]

Herreshoff had his own unique design.

They built everything in that shop.

There was no going down to Walmart

and, hey, let's go get three of those things.

They made these things from scratch.

There's all kinds of little deck fittings

and winches and things.

There's a lot of little clues

that if you found some of those elements,

it's probably the "Ingomar."

♪ ♪

- But what about the propeller?

- It didn't originally have an engine.

narrator: The Herreshoff plans confirm

that when she was built,

"Ingomar" had no engine or propeller.

But they only tell a part of her story.

- The boat, in the '20s, fell into disrepair.

It was at anchor for a while.

And then a new owner came along

and they spent a year fixing it up.

♪ ♪

narrator: Registration documents reveal

that as part of that 1928 retrofit,

an engine and single propeller were added to "Ingomar."

- So in 1931 when the "Ingomar" went down,

this propeller was part of the ship at that point.

- Right.

♪ ♪

narrator: The documents are a huge find.

They show that "Ingomar"

did have a propeller when she sank.

But there's more.

The Herreshoff plans include detailed drawings

of custom-built equipment,

key clues that could tie the wreck to "Ingomar"

if the divers can unearth them.

♪ ♪

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- Picking up something on the multi-beam.

Over here.

A couple of little marks off the front left.

- It's small, whatever it is.

narrator: 40 miles off the coast

of Cape Fear, North Carolina,

Mike and Jimmy are ready to make a second dive

in search of the racing yacht "Ingomar," which sank in 1931

after being drawn off course by a strange light.

But just 400 feet from the wreck,

sonar has picked up a new, second target.

narrator: They've already found the hull

of an unidentified wreck.

Could the nearby target be the missing top deck and masts?

- The top structure could have gotten broken off,

which we have seen on other wrecks before

and just blown around.

And if it was lighter,

maybe blew to the north about 400 feet.

Do one more right on top of it.

Every time we hit that spot...

- I think you're going to see something

sticking out of the sand.

- Yeah, yeah. - Like a piece of metal.

narrator: Barnette is not convinced.

♪ ♪

He thinks they should get back to the wreckage

they've already found.

But Jimmy makes a different call.

- We're here. We got to look just to confirm.

I need to be sure. [laughs]

♪ ♪

I'm doing it.

- I see.

♪

- Dive, dive, dive!

♪ ♪

narrator: Jimmy heads to the bottom...

and finds...

a starfish.

narrator: Whatever they saw on sonar

must have been a natural formation.

There's no wreckage here.

- You were right.

- What was that? - You were right.

- What was that? - You were right.

- All right. - [chuckles]

It's worth jumping in and looking,

even if it's nothing.

I've jumped on many a nothing. [chuckles]

♪ ♪

narrator: The team strikes another target off their list

as Captain Jeff Marinko steers the boat

back to the Cape Fear wreck.

- We've already done our preliminary dive.

On this dive, we want to see what we can reveal

under the sand to find what other evidence we can

to help identify this wreck positively.

♪ ♪

narrator: The team's plan this time,

move sand to reveal more of the wreck.

They've come prepared to make three dives,

spending 90 minutes on the bottom each time.

♪ ♪

And their main tool for excavation

is already in their hands.

♪ ♪

- We're using our scooters,

flipping those around and using the prop wash

from the scooters to blow the sand away.

[electrical whirring]

We're going to be making a lot of mess down there.

Once that sand and sediment has settled down a little bit,

you'll be seeing the wreck slowly emerge from the sand.

♪ ♪

- We started about center of the wreck or so.

There's a lot of sand to move down there.

And sand keeps filling back in.

narrator: With 90 minutes of bottom time

and no decompression,

the team only takes brief breaks for water and food.

♪ ♪

But after hours of excavation,

mountains of sand just keep filling back in.

- It was a fight.

Anyone who's dug a hole at the beach

knows you can only get so deep

before it starts caving in on you.

That's what we encounter underwater.

narrator: It's a tough battle.

♪ ♪

But Mike and Jimmy refuse to give up.

♪ ♪

narrator: Finally, after a long fight...

narrator: Artifacts.

Whoo-hoo!

narrator: The team finds a large, silver bowl,

shards of china,

and cutlery,

also, extensive piping and bathroom fixtures.

Oh, okay.

narrator: Could any of these clues be the smoking gun?

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

The divers meet up with David O'Keefe.

- What you got?

narrator: He shares the land team's latest discovery.

- We may have struck gold. Blueprints of "Ingomar."

- This is great.

This is basically the skeleton of the ship right here.

narrator: The team looks for a match

between the blueprints and the wreck.

♪ ♪

They start with the ship's kitchen, known as the galley.

- You see the galley area,

which is important because we saw a lot of cookware

and stuff in the general location.

- We had a couple forks come out of here,

and then china shards all over this area.

narrator: The kitchenware they found is in the same area

as the galley was located.

♪ ♪

But what about the bathroom fixtures?

- Ooh, this is important because we saw the bathtubs.

Yes. - There you go.

- And actually we see...

there's a corner sink we see as well.

♪ ♪

You see that on the wreck. Everything's lining up.

narrator: The bathtub and sink are also in the right place.

It's a promising start, but there's a problem.

- There's a lot of stuff here, but we've got nothing

specifically that says "Ingomar" at this moment.

- Right.

- I mean, other ships would have had the same thing.

So let's keep looking.

narrator: Nothing they have found

has "Ingomar's" name on it.

- Next one.

narrator: The team needs something more.

- Oh, OK, here we go.

This is going to be very useful.

narrator: And Barnette may have just spotted it.

narrator: In 1931, the champion racing yacht,

"Ingomar," was lured by a mysterious light

into a deadly stretch of water

known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic.

[thunder rumbling]

She was never seen again.

[tense music]

100 years later, the team has found a wreck

with the same size and layout as "Ingomar."

♪ ♪

And now, Barnette has uncovered something

in her blueprints that could make a positive ID.

- We're seeing the bow up here. There's the windlass.

- Yeah. - Two anchors.

This is the deck step. - OK.

- That would be the frame for the mast,

the forward mast of the ship.

♪ ♪

narrator: This hardware was custom-built

unique to "Ingomar."

♪ ♪

Find any of these pieces on their wreck,

and it's case closed.

- Let's see what we can pull up from there

and see if it matches up here.

narrator: But when they pull up Jimmy's 3D model,

the bow is a black hole.

On that first dive, it was completely buried in sand.

- The only way we're going to solve this

is you guys have got to get back down.

Land team's going to dig into exactly what happened, find out

what the circumstances were. - OK.

- You never know what you're going to find.

[dramatic music]

narrator: Mike and Jimmy will target the bow

on their next dive.

Dave meets up with team member Wayne Abbott

to chase down the biggest mystery

of "Ingomar's" disappearance.

♪ ♪

The Graveyard of the Atlantic

is guarded by a series of lighthouses

and floating beacons.

[thunder rumbles]

But what was it that lured "Ingomar" to her destruction?

It turns out the Graveyard has a 500-year history

of mariners being lured to their doom

by mysterious lights.

♪ ♪

- Hey, John, Wayne Abbott.

narrator: John Mosley is an expert on the Graveyard

and the legends surrounding its most notorious culprits...

pirates.

- The reason why the Cape Fear has its name is because

mariners would be very scared to approach this area.

- How active were the pirates?

- We had Stede Bonnet.

In 1718, he was actually just north of the little town

of Southport where we're at.

- What about the most famous, Blackbeard? Wasn't...

I understand that he was in this area as well.

- Well, he was up towards the Ocracoke Inlet.

That's where he ran aground the "Queen Anne's Revenge."

narrator: One variety of pirate didn't hunt ships.

They set traps.

[mysterious music]

The town of Nags Head, North Carolina,

is said to be named for pirates called wreckers

who would march ponies, or nags,

with lanterns around their necks

to mimic the lights of an anchored ship

bobbing on the water.

[horse neighs]

Unsuspecting sailors,

seeing what looked like safe anchorage in deep water,

would approach the lights, only to run aground.

[wood splintering]

The wreckers would then row out to the beached ships

and rob them.

- That was one of the problems

that happened with the navigation in this area.

You have a lot of issues where you're really

trying to figure out,

"Is what I'm seeing really what's there?

Or is this something that's playing with my mind?"

narrator: The wreckers of Blackbeard's era

were believed to be long gone by the time "Ingomar" sank.

[thunder rumbling]

But someone or something drew her into the shoals.

- That's really what we have to dig into now.

Why? What was the story with those lights?

[dramatic music]

narrator: Back on the water,

Mike and Jimmy are racing to ID this shipwreck.

They exposed the middle of the ship

on their last dive.

Now they want a better look at the bow.

But with the wreck's location public,

they may not be the only divers after her.

- A lot of people don't realize

how a little trivial thing of you stepping on something

or moving something can make a difference,

whereas Michael Barnette and Jimmy,

they really know the importance of all these little details

and how to excavate things properly.

narrator: And now they have company.

[tense music]

We just had a boat run up on us.

♪ ♪

A lot of recreational divers target you

and they ride to you

just to see what you're doing, where you're at.

♪ ♪

That's probably the biggest thing

I am afraid of more than any shark,

more than any bit of current or the Bermuda Triangle

is another boat.

You know, boat accidents happen a lot.

♪

narrator: Is the other boat merely curious?

Or are they out here in search of artifacts?

- You can have charters coming out here.

There's one very near here that does run trips,

and you know, they just take herds of people

over and over and over again

until the site has nothing left.

♪ ♪

narrator: To Jeff's relief, the intruder departs.

♪

But as Mike and Jimmy approach the wreck,

their fears are confirmed.

Someone else has been here.

[suspenseful music]

narrator: To prove the Cape Fear wreck

is the long-lost "Ingomar,"

Mike and Jimmy are after a smoking gun clue.

They're searching the bow, or front of the shipwreck.

narrator: But they may be too late.

narrator: Other divers have been on this wreck.

narrator: Mike and Jimmy are now hoping

the evidence they're looking for hasn't already been taken.

♪ ♪

- We just don't have the luxury of time.

We have to identify this wreck.

♪ ♪

narrator: Meanwhile, back on land,

Wayne is looking deeper into the origin of a strange light

that drew "Ingomar" into a death trap.

[thunder rumbling]

- The light is truly a big mystery

with the "Ingomar" story.

The crew spotted what they thought

was a floating beacon, a marking for safe passage.

And then, wham, they were jolted by a sudden impact.

[wood splintering]

♪

narrator: The investigation takes him

to the southern edge of the Graveyard of the Atlantic,

Bald Head Island, North Carolina.

♪ ♪

- Wayne, how are you doing? - Oh, excellent.

It's the first time I've been here.

- Bald Head is an amazing island.

narrator: Jim McKee is a historian

who has researched "Ingomar's" story.

His theory: "Ingomar's" crew was fooled not by pirates

but the Graveyard of the Atlantic itself.

♪ ♪

McKee takes to the skies to show Wayne

why one wrong move in these waters can be deadly.

- Yeah. Maybe even less.

- It's really impressive from the drone.

You can actually... - It really is.

- Really see the shape of the shoal.

- It's a dragon's tail of sand and coral and rock

that goes out 26 miles.

And you've only got anywhere from three to 13 feet of water

in most places.

♪ ♪

It's just a witch's cauldron of trouble.

♪ ♪

narrator: To guide them safely around the killer shoals,

"Ingomar's" crew depended on two types of beacons...

♪ ♪

Lighthouses along the shore and lightships

that marked where the shoals ended and safe water began.

- Frying Pan Shoals lightship would have had two masts.

It would have a beacon on each mast,

and that would warn the sailors

of the end of the shoals.

narrator: But the 1920s and '30s saw the construction

of larger and larger ships, which required deeper water.

- As ships have deeper drafts,

they're going to move that lightship further out

away from the shoals because these deeper draft vessels

are going to have to make a wider berth around the shoals.

So the charts have to be constantly updated.

If you don't have the updated charts, all bets are off.

♪ ♪

narrator: Historical charts show that

six months before "Ingomar's" final voyage,

the lightship that marked safe passage

around Frying Pan Shoals

was moved 14 miles further out to sea.

♪ ♪

In an era before GPS, it was a constant challenge

for crews to keep their charts updated.

And on a stormy night,

only the closest lights are visible.

- So they see this light which they thought was the lightship

that they should follow to safe water,

and you're thinking,

"This light might be this lighthouse."

- More than likely, it was.

[thunder rumbling]

narrator: The story of what doomed "Ingomar"

is starting to add up...

♪ ♪

Caught in a storm at night, the crew see a light,

which they think is the lightship.

But in fact, they never saw the lightship.

The light was actually the lighthouse on Cape Fear.

♪ ♪

Instead of guiding them away from the killer shoals,

it draws "Ingomar" directly into them.

[wood splintering]

- It's the movement of the lightship

that's key to understanding

what happened to "Ingomar" that night.

They had outdated charts

and didn't realize that the lightship had been moved.

It's not an intentional trick, the way pirates centuries ago

used to lure ships into shore,

but really just a tragic mix-up,

navigational error.

♪ ♪

[somber music]

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narrator: Back down on the ocean floor,

Mike and Jimmy are searching for the custom-built fittings

they saw in the schematics for "Ingomar,"

key clues that could positively identify the wreck.

narrator: Between other divers stripping the wreck

and the sands devouring it, time may have run out.

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But the graveyard has finally

given Mike and Jimmy a rare break.

- We have a little bit of a current,

so that should help to blow some of the sediment up

so we can see what we've done and what we've revealed.

narrator: As they return to the bow of the wreck,

they may have their breakthrough.

narrator: The team has found a wreck

they hope is the answer to a 100-year-old mystery...

[thunder rumbling]

What happened to the champion racing yacht, "Ingomar"?

[suspenseful music]

- We want to get that smoking gun.

We want to find that distinct evidence.

narrator: They have determined it's a racing yacht

with the same layout and dimensions as "Ingomar."

But there is nothing with the ship's name on it.

Now, finally, they have found machinery

that may be a match for "Ingomar."

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narrator: It's a windlass,

which raised and lowered the anchors.

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They also find a deck step, which held a mast in place...

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And a capstan, which was turned to hoist the sail.

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Do they match the custom-built,

one-of-a-kind equipment installed on "Ingomar"?

[suspenseful music]

[engine chugging]

The team heads back to shore to analyze the new footage.

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- Grab a seat.

- Yeah, I'm really excited about this.

- Yeah.

- We were able to document each section of the wreck

that we had talked about last time.

- The shipwreck site, it's such a fascinating story.

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- What did you guys find?

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- The builder's plans show the deck step.

This is the frame for the mast

as it came through the upper deck.

We're seeing that right here. - You can see the circle, yeah?

- Yeah, I can see it right there.

narrator: The frame for the mast

matches "Ingomar's" plans exactly.

- So that's locked up.

[dramatic music]

Here at the bow, right here on the tip of the ship...

- OK. - We've got this windlass.

narrator: And so does the machinery for the anchors.

- It's a match.

Also the starboard anchor, exact same position.

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narrator: This piece of metal is one of the anchors.

It's another match.

- The design is consistent.

- Distances, everything's laying out.

- That's the key.

- The way this looks on the plans

is like what we see on the wreck itself.

- Perfect.

- It's, like, frozen in history.

We have just an abundance of evidence.

The dimensions match.

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The bathtubs are in the right area.

The china matches the galley.

It's period-correct. Everything's lined up.

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- Is this the "Ingomar"?

- I'm feeling highly confident

that there's no doubt this is "Ingomar."

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- This is just fantastic. Great job, boys.

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- Finding "Ingomar" is an incredible achievement

for our team.

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- It's [bleep] awesome. [laughter]

I mean, it really is.

I mean, it's absolutely incredible.

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This is one of the ones where, you know,

all the team effort that went into this really pays off.

And this is just amazing, to be able to stand here

and say this is the "Ingomar" after all these years?

Incredible feeling.

narrator: Despite all of the challenges thrown at them

by the Graveyard of the Atlantic,

the team has beaten the odds for a huge win...

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And a remarkable find.

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- Many ships have met their fate

in the Graveyard of the Atlantic,

and we've only just scratched the surface with this one.

There's so much history here and so many stories to be told.

I mean, we could be diving this for decades.

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narrator: But the Graveyard will have to wait for now.

[dramatic music]

With thousands of other mysteries back in the Triangle

waiting to be solved,

the team is already gearing up for their next mission

and another chance to make history.

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