[BITList] BOUNTY

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Mike,
Have attached a couple of pics which you might find of interest
The happier days one was taken at Fremantle
frank
On 6/20/2014 12:28 AM, Michael Feltham wrote:
> *Tall Ship Bounty Sinking *
> The USCG recently released the report on the sinking of the Bounty. 
> The *Bounty *was a movie prop of years past and had been an a dockside 
> amusement vessel. It is a great report and very well written. It 
> speaks to ego and pride of the master, economic concerns regarding 
> repairs and in general just plain bad thinking - I have enough bilge 
> pump capacity to keep up with the current hull leakage thus I won't 
> worry about it. (All causal factors familiar in marine casualty 
> investigations.) The master set off fully knowing a tremendous storm 
> was ahead. He believed a ship was safer at sea then in port with a 
> storm. Ironically,I think when that rule is applied, when ships leave 
> port they do so for the express purpose to head in a direction to get 
> far away from danger vice towards it. It's sad though because another 
> person had to die at the incompetence / negligence of the master. If 
> interested go to http://marineinvestigations.us
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