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Voyager
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Initially Posted - 08/14/2012 : 20:26:22

The local news reported that the HMS Bounty (the actual wooden boat featured in the 1962 "Mutiny on the Bounty" with Trevor Howard and Marlon Brando) will be in Bridgeport's Captain's Cove section of Black Rock Harbor this coming Thursday. It is on a trip from Maine, to Plymouth MA, to CT and onward south.
I plan to hang out early on Thursday morning to catch a glimpse or take a photo of the Bounty sailing into the harbor. It's about 6-8 miles from my home port. N41° 9.5' W073° 12.7'
Later on Thursday, the boat will be open for tours at Captain's Cove harbor.

Bruce Ross
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redeye
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Response Posted - 08/15/2012 : 04:13:40

Wow.. talk about board foots... that would be sweet to see.

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 08/15/2012 : 06:18:00

She must have just gone by me--wish I knew more about her route--whether it was through The Race or through Fishers Island Sound, and when. I see she's headed back to MA next week...

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Davy J
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Response Posted - 08/15/2012 : 07:04:59

I got to tour the HMS Bounty when she was docked at The Pier in St Petersburg a few years ago. I highly recommend it if you have the opportunity.

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Response Posted - 08/15/2012 : 07:59:12

If any of you are passing through Columbus, Ohio (the home of the mighty Ohio State "Buckeyes") You should take a tour of the replica of the Santa Maria. It's a rare and fascinating opportunity to see a boat of that era, which is quite different from the ships of the 1700's.

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Response Posted - 08/15/2012 : 08:29:32

Then there's the last remaining wooden whaling ship, the Charles W. Morgan, which is currently on drydock at the Mystic Seaport for a $multi-million restoration. Some of the wood being used is from live oak trees knocked down by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in MS and LA. You can see the work, go up on deck (way up!), and go below to see how crews lived, often for nearly a year at sea. The plan is to sail her to New England ports in 2014. I can't wait to watch her head down the Mystic River!

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 08/15/2012 08:32:53

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Response Posted - 08/15/2012 : 14:02:48

We got to see her sail eastward on the Sound when enroute to Greenport earlier this summer for the tall ship race/show.( forgot the name) Very awesome to watch her come from the Throgs Neck Bridge down the middle of the Sound while we were out sailing. Made me think of how it must have looked when Block did it.

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Response Posted - 08/15/2012 : 21:50:12

I'm going to head down to Bridgeport on Thursday. With the lousy weather here today I don't think they would have made much distance.

Dave,
They were coming in from Plymouth so they'd probably take the Cape Cod canal, pass the Elizabeths, then around Newport and Point Judith to Watch Hill and into Fishers Island Sound. If they're running late, they'd have probably stayed in the Thames or CT rivers on Wednesday night and will sail into Black Rock Harbor on Thursday morning. Or at least that's what I'm betting on. I'll be out at 9:00am. Heading down there for the show tomorrow.
I'll get photos.

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Response Posted - 08/17/2012 : 08:57:56

Got down there yesterday and as I rounded the bend into Black Rock harbor, I saw the mooring fields, the Fayerweather Yacht Club, the Captain's Cove settlement, but not much else. I kept on going passing one thing and another, then there she was - big as life - the HMS Bounty. A stunning black ship with brown trim with three masts, a huge bowsprit pole that had to be 25 ft long, a figurehead just below the sprit, banisters along the gunwales, lines, rope ladders and yardarms everywhere, an aft cabin window where Bligh, Mr Christian and the other officers ate their dinners with fine linens while the crew fought over porridge and stew, and the name Bounty in huge wooden letters on her stern. Just magnificent!
I got photos and a short movie. No sword fighting though.
I'd really hate to have been keelhauled on her!
I will go ahead and take Paul's (britinusa) advice and try to post the images on our forum - as soon as I can get to my PC
By the way, for locals, you can tour the ship for $10 a head off exit 25 or 26 of I-95 in Bridgeport CT. Today thru Sunday.
Search twitter for remarks and peoples' experiences visiting.

Edited by - Voyager on 08/17/2012 09:00:12

Voyager
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Response Posted - 08/19/2012 : 19:13:33

I've put together some nice shots. I am posting them here.

Approaching HMS Bounty in the Harbor

This is a shot coming down the harbor. You'll see some factory type buildings in the background. Eh, it's Bridgeport....

Close Up of the Rigging.

Here is a closeup of the boat and rigging. On the Flickr site I've kept it large so you can see every detail.

The Transom of Bounty

This one is a blowup of the transom - with the name B O U N T Y written in big fuzzy letters on the back. You may also notice the Captain's Cabin on the Port side. Odd that they made the windows parallelograms instead of rectangles. This is not an optical illusion. That's what it really looked like.

I also took a video, but its too big for Flickr. I'll edit it down and upload it up there later.

The boat was awesomely huge! I would have liked to take a tour of the boat, but the day I was there they were still making preparations, and not allowing visitors aboard.

For more, take a look at my Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce2sail/

Enjoy!

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islander
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Response Posted - 08/20/2012 : 06:24:53

Awesome boat to see, Even better when it is actually sailing. I do have a problem with the second photo, The inflatable RIB hanging off the side just doesn't cut it.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 08/22/2012 : 16:21:58

I'll make the suggestion that next time they come to town they must have a Polynesian outrigger dugout canoe attached to the davits.
The odd thing for me was the sound and smell of the diesel engine running aboard.

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Response Posted - 08/22/2012 : 16:29:22

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by islander
 Awesome boat to see, Even better when it is actually sailing. I do have a problem with the second photo, The inflatable RIB hanging off the side just doesn't cut it.
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SOP for many large sailing vessels coming into port. The Dink is used to back her up or nudge her to keep her on course when docking, which is typically stern to.

Sten

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 08/22/2012 : 20:48:28

"You should take a tour of the replica of the Santa Maria."
In Corpus Christi, Texas, there are replicas of all 3 of Columbus' ships. They were built in the same shipyards as the originals in
Spain and sailed across the Atlantic in 1992 in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage.
As an aside, they used the Nina as the RC boat for some Nationals held in Corpus a few years back.

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