Bounty Sinks off Cape Hatteras

October 29, 2012 – Atlantic Ocean
As the East Coast battens down the hatches in preparation for Hurricane Sandy, 
the Category 1 hurricane may have claimed her first victims. The captain and 
one crewmember from the tall ship Bounty, a replica of the original HMS Bounty 
built in 1960 for the Marlon Brando film Mutiny on the Bounty, are missing 
after the crew abandoned ship early this morning off North Carolina's Outer 
Banks, just 160 miles from the center of Sandy. The remaining 14 crewmembers 
were rescued by USCG helos this morning.


The last report from Bounty occurred just 20 minutes before the Captain 
reported the ship was sinking. 
© 2012 SailWX

Last night Captain Robin Walbridge called the owners of the ship to report the 
ship had lost power and the crew were unable to keep up with the inflow of 
water. At 4:30 a.m., he ordered the crew to abandon ship to two liferafts and 
activated the ship's EPIRB. As Bounty was sinking in 40-knot winds and 18-ft 
seas, three crewmembers reportedly didn't make it into the rafts. One managed 
to swim to a raft, while the other two — Capt. Walbridge and newest crewmember 
Claudine Christian (reported to be a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian) — 
were swept away. Both are wearing survival suits, and the Coast Guard is 
continuing to search today. Bounty has since sunk.


Raw video from the rescue shows the crewmembers wearing survival suits. The two 
missing crewmembers were reportedly wearing such suits. They and their families 
are in our thoughts. 
© 2012 USCG

Though the 180-ft, three-masted square-rigger (technically a full-rigged ship) 
was destined to be a film set, she was built in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, to the 
original HMS Bounty's drawings — her length was doubled and tonnage increased — 
using traditional methods. She was also featured in two Pirates of the 
Caribbeanfilms: Dead Man's Chest and At World's End. Currently owned by HMS 
Bounty Organization LLC, the ship underwent a $3 million refit in '07, and had 
just been in drydock for maintenance. Bounty left New London, Connecticut, on 
October 25 bound for her winter home in St. Petersburg, Florida. 

- latitude / ladonna



Richard Davis 
Skycatcher, C&C 38-3
Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard

On Oct 29, 2012, at 1:09 PM, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote:

> I wonder if this link is of the rescue: 
> <http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/sandy-top-five-20121028> 
> There's no commentary, but the folks are wearing full survival suits.
> 
> You're right, if the owner of the boat forced them to put to sea on that 
> course in this weather, he should pay for the rescue, families of victims, 
> and then spend some time with the general prison population.
> 
> 
> Richard Walter wrote:
>> Because St. Petersburg, FL is (was!) a paid appearance. These vessels 
>> operate on appearance fees. That said, this decision was negligence 
>> bordering on criminal. If the missing crew members are lost, there will be 
>> jail time.
> 
> 
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> 
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