One more crewmember was rescued.  The captain is still missing.

Joel
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On Oct 29, 2012, at 7:06 PM, Steve Sharkey <stevebshar...@gmail.com> wrote:

  Interesting that this says that these are Sandy’s first victims.  Here’s
an article talking about the 69 killed in the Caribbean.
http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News/hurricane-sandy-leaves-destruction-wake/story?id=17588956#.UI8LHcXR67E

 *From:* Richard Davis <rdavis2...@me.com>
*Sent:* Monday, October 29, 2012 6:35 PM
*To:* w...@wbryant.com ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
*Subject:* Re: Stus-List Bounty sinking today

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 Caribbean*films: *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*

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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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