Cool Bounty Footage

[Kathryn Klos]

Some wonderful video of this magnificent tall ship:

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/history-archaeology-news/hms-bounty-exclusive-vin/

 

[David McDaniel]

Very nice video, thanks for sharing!

 

[Kathryn Klos]

You shared it first on facebook-- thank YOU!

 

[frogahern]

The sadness of it all. If anyone has not seen "Master and Commander" I will highly recommend it. Not a canoe but made of wood none the less. Cheers Mike....

 

[Kathryn Klos]

I think many here love wooden boats in general, and there are none more spectacular than the tall ships.

 

[PattyM]

Greetings Everyone,

I have been following this post as it is close to home for me. The HMS Bounty was docked at "The Pier" in St. Petersburg, Florida for many years. I remember the first time I saw it while visiting the Pier. It was certainly so majestic and a beauty to behold. I remember taking pictures of it many years ago and have them in my photograph collection.

I am now saddened to read this morning in our local newspaper, "The Tampa Bay Times" the obituary of the Captain, Robin Robert Walbridge of the HMS Bounty who lost his life when the ship sank during Hurricane Sandy. Here now is the Obituary, the Epilogue, and what the Bounty looked like while docked at "The Pier". Such a sad loss for his life and for the loss of the HMS Bounty which was such a part of our lives when we came to visit the Pier.

Obituary:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sptimes/obituary.aspx?n=robin-walbridge&pid=160898847#


Epilogue:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/obitua...-walbridge-remembered-as-quiet-humble/1260118


The HMS Bounty docked at "The Pier" in St. Petersburg, Florida:

http://www2.tbo.com/news/tropical-w...all-ship-former-st-pete-attraction-ar-547628/


With Heartfelt Memories,

Patty McCloskey

 

[Kathryn Klos]

Thanks for these beautiful tributes, Patty. Capt Walbridge had a very interesting life. When I worked as a hospice nurse, we often noticed that people "died as they had lived", and it seems this may be the case with him. The Bounty was here in Marquette harbor in 2004, and what a thrill it was to see her.

Kathy

 

[David McDaniel]

Patty, Thank you for sharing these tributes, Captain Walbridge was a very interesting and great man. May he find peace in the depths of the Ocean that he loved so dearly!

....Dave

 

[PattyM]

Hello Kathy and Hello Dave,

You are welcome. I feel it was an honor and privelege to be able to share these tributes to Captain Walbridge after now hearing about him and his life.

There is a comfort knowing he was doing what he loved.

I will say this now for all of us and all who knew him:

A Fond Farewell to you, Captain Walbridge,

Patty

A final thought: Life is short. We never know when our last day will be sometimes. There is something to be said about "Living each day as if it were your last".

 

[frogahern]

Let's not forget about the passing of Claudene Christian , who's life Captain Walbridge was responsible for. I don't know what happened but they lost power on a ship which the captain admitted was underpowered during a storm which they should not have been close to. Two people are dead and they should not be. Someone screwed up..... Mike...

 

[Kathryn Klos]

I find it interesting that Claudene Christian was a descendant of Fletcher Christian, of the original Bounty.

 

[frogahern]

From what I read Fletcher was a randy sort as were the island girls and left many descendants. It might explain why there are so many Christians around as opposed to Buddhists.

 

[Benson Gray]

Fletcher only had three children according to the information shown at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descendants_of_the_Bounty_Mutineers and the exact connection between him and Claudene Christian has not been confirmed in any news article that I've seen. This is a very sad story that has drawn a number of divergent comments in various other forums. I commented in a Wooden Boat forum thread on this topic that the requests to keep these messages respectful reminded me of a comment once made by a Custer researcher. They said that one of the reasons why we know so little about the Little Bighorn battle is that most of the surviving participants did not wish to have their true opinions of Custer's performance recorded in print, out of respect for Custer's widow. She was a very young woman when he died and lived a long time so nobody was ever able to capture this information. One of the values of a forum with threads like this one is that I can occasionally learn from other people's mistakes. I have never led a calvary charge against native Americans or been captain of a tall ship in a storm and probably never will. However, I have made mistakes involving hubris, fatigue, schedule tyranny, judgment, equipment failure, etc. and it is good to be occasionally reminded of how costly these errors can be. With all due respect,

Benson