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Glock32:
A replica of the infamous HMS Bounty has sunk 90 miles offshore of North Carolina in heavy seas produced by Hurricane Sandy.  14 of the crew were rescued, 2 remain missing.  I have to wonder though, why did they take an unpowered sailing ship out into the Atlantic while a hurricane was churning up the Eastern seaboard?  Haven't they been talking about this storm since it was in the Caribbean and before it even became a hurricane?

Hopefully the two missing will be located.  It seems the ship did at least have canopied life rafts.


http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/10/29/coast-guard-monitoring-tall-ship-in-distress-off-north-carolina-with-17-aboard/

Libertas:
 ::whatgives::

 ::facepalm::

HMS Darwin?

 ::)

LadyVirginia:

--- Quote ---The director of the HMS Bounty Organization, Tracie Simonin, told the Associated Press that the ship left Connecticut last week for St. Petersburg, Fla.
 
"They were staying in constant contact with the National Hurricane Center," she said. "They were trying to make it around the storm."

...at the time of the distress call the ship was taking on two feet of water an hour. Parker said the crew abandoned ship into canopied, rubber life rafts with about 10 feet of water on board.
 
The ship, which had been taking on water and was without propulsion, is a replica of the one made famous in the 1960 MGM film "Mutiny on the Bounty" and it was used in that film, which starred Marlin Brando. It was also used in the film "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

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real life...

benb61:
Good thing that the Coast Guard didn't have to ask obama for permission to rescue these 16 souls.  They all would have been lost instead of just 2.

LadyVirginia:

--- Quote from: benb61 on October 29, 2012, 07:07:39 PM ---Good thing that the Coast Guard didn't have to ask obama for permission to rescue these 16 souls.  They all would have been lost instead of just 2.


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yep.

 

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