The Perfect Storm??

[Stan Carter]

the other tall ship, the picton castle, was also due to sail from nova scotia, but her captain refused to take her out due to the unpredictable route of the storm. people here are baffled as to why he would decide to sail due to all the storm being the worst for ages.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Reg.
That's terrible news, I did a trip down Sydney harbour on the Bounty, a few years ago now the skipper at the time was a young bloke, I hope they are all picked up safe and sound, and the girl ,in hospital recovers. One thing you have to give those Yank rescue pilots they are the best.
Cheers Des

Des steering the Bounty.JPG
Editing, looks like it was the American Bounty not the Aussie one that I was on apolagies

[Paul Racine]

The beautiful HMS Bounty was built in the 60's for the Marlon Brando film "Mutiny on the Bounty".She was built in Lunenburg and was a credit to Nova Scotia's shipbuilding tradition.She was often tied up to the pier at St Petersburg where each year my wife and I would visit and marvel at the complexity and beauty of her design.When you saw her even though she was not the original you would feel yourself being transported back to another time to one of the greatest sagas of maritime history.She will be greatly missed by all those who knew her.

[happy daze john in oz]

Latest news here at mid-day Tuesday the worst of the storm is over, as it made land fall it rapidly lost force. One dead in New York when a falling tree hit him.
Has now been downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm.

[Tony Wilding]

i cannot understand how someone with so much experience took her to Sea with that Weather forecast,

[Captain Kong]

The beautiful HMS Bounty was built in the 60's for the Marlon Brando film "Mutiny on the Bounty".

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Hi Paul I went on board the one in Seattle, lovely ship, Bigger than the one in Sydney, aboard that one as well.
The American one was built bigger to accommodate all the film crew and equipment.
Stlli dont know which one it was.
Cheers
Brian.

[Tony Morcom]

Stlli dont know which one it was.
Cheers
Brian.

See my post #9 Brian.

[John Pruden]

it was said to be the storm of the century enough notice to shipping was it bad judgment to not run for cover? it is a great pity that ships like the bounty is on the bottom it may turn into another ghost ship story ?jp

[Tony Morcom]

It seems that she was trying to sail around the storm but it does appear a little misconceived to try and dodge a 1000 mile wide chunk of weather moving on an unpredictable course. Sadly it seems we will never know what was really going on in the skipper's mind since he was lost. Whilst it would be great to think that he might have survived and still be floating around in a raft, it does appear unlikely now.

[John Albert Evans]

Sadly the body of the Captain of the Bounty has been recoverd. She has been named as 42 years old Captain Claudene Christian. RIP.
15 out oif the crew of 16 are now accounted for

John Albert Evans