captain bligh

[Richard Quartermaine]

The hippies were yet to arrive Cappy. Regards, Richard

[cappy]

channel 4 monday 9 pm.....sas man tries blighs voyage with 400 calories per day ...sounds like one of runcimans ......scouser refuses orders ...lol cappy

just a reminder of channel 4 at 9 tonite some guys folow blighs voyage after the mutiny ...possibly worth watching and no doubts plenty of comments afterwards.....cappy

[Richard Quartermaine]

Damn! Hope we get it here Cappy. They went through the Fiji Islands and made it to Batavia (Jakarta). Now that is seamanship.
Richard

[happy daze john in oz]

''sadly i see no pigtails richard which i did see in 57 ...regards cappy

Of course not Cappy, Richard ate all the pigs.

[Richard Quartermaine]

OINK!
Richard

[John Pruden]

I don't think LT BLIGH was as bad as painted no scurvy on board fresh provisions at ports and the crew would have fattened up in Tahiti the months they were there collecting bread fruit it may be Hollywood and the truth are two very different stories ?? just a thought jp

[cappy]

##thought last night was an interesting little journey ...they were not used to the ways of the sea ...but i think they battled on ....the team was spoilt by the big gob ...but i think he will settle when the going gets harder ....or they will be some action against him the whole thing was spoilt by the adverts ...and of course bligh had no back up ...so the main difference is apart from physical problems there was no mental angst at all as the safety vessel was on the horizon...and of course all who went to sea understand the angst of serious weather situations .....keep smiling and tell your mate ..well ive seen it worse than this .....cappy

[Ivan Cloherty]

As you say pity about the big gob, did he think he was going on a cruise, wonder if he'd have been so gobby and independent if they didn't have a safety boat and had to rely solely on the others. Don't think Bligh had a radar reflector, all round white light, lifejackets and a radio aerial on his boat either, overhead shots helicopter or drone, Bligh would have been impressed

[thomas michael]

reply to cappy
I thought it was a absolute load of shite and I believe its going to get worse , bligh was a serious navigator and sailor
and these television milk fed sops do not do him or his achievements any favours as I do not believe that the modern sailor could emulate this mans seamanship/ sas my ****
tom

[Captain Kong]

Lt. Bligh was much maligned by Hollywood, just for its entertainment

Bligh was an Excellent Seaman and Navigator. He was the Navigator on Captain Cooks voyages of discovery around the world and the Pacific.
His Voyage of 4,000 miles in that open boat with 19 men on board was an epic voyage. In uncharted seas.
I have a copy of Bligh`s journals of his Voyage to Tahiti, The Mutiny and of the open boat voyage after the Mutiny. Very Interesting, he only lost one man after being attacked by natives on the island of Tofua. but none on the voyage.

In Tahiti, my friend Manuraii, a descendent of Mr Midshipman Edward Young, took me to Matavai Bay, where the Bounty lay for five months waiting for the Bread Fruit Season.
There is a rock with plaques commemorating the visit to Tahiti, another plaque has all the names of the crew.
I had a tooth with me that my Dentist, Mr Christian, in Bolton, pulled. So I buried it under a Bread Fruit tree alongside the Rock, so from one Mr Christian to another Mr Christian, my tooth is part of me that will stay forever on Matavai Bay.

The Rock on Matavai Bay and the Plaque, Manuraii and Jocelyn, Bread Fruit and a cooked bread fruit by Eddy, who cooked it on an open fire on the beach in Tahiti Ity.