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To: rabidralph

That was the replica HMS Bounty from the 1962 film with Marlo Brando.

Her engine was inop, she was under sail and hove into a storm. Without power Bounty could not be brought into the wind and she foundered. Heartbreaking pics of her mast tops as she disappeared.

Don’t recall if there was loss of life.

As for the Faro, I see container ships entering Savannah harbor & for the life of me can’t comprehend how they don’t capsize with all those containers stacked to the sky on deck.


66 posted on 10/04/2015 7:55:34 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: elcid1970
Thanks for the recap. I just watched the re-make, starring Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson.

Yes, it is amazing to see the amount of cargo stacked topside. But there are many Youtube videos of ships listing and cargo slipping, in storms.

69 posted on 10/04/2015 8:22:38 AM PDT by rabidralph
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To: elcid1970

There was loss of life, and one of them was a descendant of Fletcher Christian. It was hurricane Sandy.
http://www.outsideonline.com/1913636/sunk-incredible-truth-about-ship-never-should-have-sailed


77 posted on 10/04/2015 9:13:55 AM PDT by two23 (Ignore the media. It isn't propaganda if we don't listen.)
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