The harrowing story of the sinking and rescue of Bounty the tall ship used in the classic 1962 movie Mutiny on the Bounty which was caught in the path of Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboardOn Thursday, October 25, 2012, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail Bounty from New London, Connecticut, to St. Petersburg, Florida. Walbridge was well aware that a hurricane was forecast to travel north from the Caribbean toward the eastern seaboard. Yet the captain was determined to sail. As he explained to his crew of fifteen: a ship is always safer at sea than in port. He intended to sail around the hurricane and told the crew that anyone who did not want to come on the voyage could leave the ship there would be no hard feelings. As fate would have it, no one took the captain up on his offer.Four days into the voyage, Superstorm Sandy made an almost direct hit on Bounty. The vessel s failing pumps could not keep up with the incoming water. The ship began to lose power as it was beaten and rocked by hurricane winds that spanned eight hundred miles. A few hours later, in the dark of night,.
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