#HMS Bounty

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HMS Bounty seen in a tall ships festival in the Port of Los Angeles in 2008

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The Fleet Museum "The Bounty"

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Filming the sequence when the HMS Bounty crashes into Golden Gate Bay, from Star Trek lV: The One With the Whales The Voyage Home (1986).

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Bounty was an enlarged reconstruction of the original 1787 Royal Navy sailing ship HMS Bounty, built in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in 1960. She sank off the coast of North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012.

text source: Wikipedia

images by me, taken at Oostende Voor Anker, Belgium (2011)

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the gathering wind: gregory a. freeman (2013)

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a true story of the sinking of the tall ship bounty in hurricane sandy, the coast guard rescue, and subsequent hearing. i've known about this book since 2020- before i worked with two of the survivors. one was my captain, one my engineer. my caption never spoke of it, my engineer mentioned it in passing when we had safety talks, drills, or if someone brought up some sort of shipboard incident that involved a friend in the industry if it hit particularly close to home.

i'm glad i waited to read it. it's always really difficult reading about modern tall ship wrecks/deaths/etc. when aboard a tall ship- it all just seems a little too real. the community is so small that even if you don't know anyone involved, you know their heart. you know their passion and drive and love of their work. their deep connection and commitment to their ship, and most importantly their devotion to their fellow crew. i know that that devotion would extend both ways if i were ever to meet them. working on tall ships provides a unique set of experiences separate from shoreside realities that only others in the community will ever fully understand.

however...

personally knowing the people you're reading about is different. i know when they prefer to go to bed and when they wake. their preference in condiments, the stories they tell of their family and friends. what makes them laugh, what sends them into a stressed frenzy, the treasures they hold dear and the tales that those objects hold. even though i never knew them outside of our bubble, i know their life and they know mine; if only in the moments we shared at the present.

we share so much as shipmates that it's strange to learn about such a pivotal point in their lives from a book, but after reading i completely understand why.

it's such a gift to be able to get a glimpse into the events that make up my former shipmates without them having to relive the trauma or bear the burden that would have come with my curiosity.

anyway, please read, and as always

don't forget your old shipmates, fally rally rally rally ri-oh.

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Surely not

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Pencil drawing on paper

Calbayog City 2024

I think a lot about those guys on the HMS Bounty. They had been ashore on Tahiti living in paradise with the native Tahitians for several months and then suddenly Captain Bligh tells them it's time to go back to stinky old England.

I would have mutinied too. Damn right!!

I did this drawing this morning. Above is the original sketch and below is the final after I cleaned it up. I like both but the initial drawing had more energy. So it goes.

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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

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Passage to Munity, by Geoffrey Huband (1945-)

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Haunted FIlming Locations Countdown #10 & 9: Mountain View Mausoleum & The Ambassador Hotel

I'm kicking off a series of videos designed to give a quick overview of my favorite haunted filming locations around LA! Enjoy the first two entries on my list - Mountain View Mausoleum & The Ambassador Hotel!

I’m kicking off a series of videos designed to give a quick overview of my favorite haunted filming locations around LA! I generally like for these videos to be much deeper dives, but for this series, I’m keeping them short and sweet. Some locations I’ve already covered in more depth, and some of these I’ll be returning to in order to do that deep dive. But for now, enjoy the first two entries on…

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English Captain William Bligh and 18 others were set adrift from HMS Bounty 7 weeks before, finally reaching Timor in the East Indies after travelling 4,000 miles (6,500 km) in the ship's open launch. June 14, 1789.

Subscriber Content Add content here that will only be visible to your subscribers. Payment Image: Fletcher Christian and the mutineers set Captain William Bligh and 18 others adrift, depicted in a 1790 aquatint by Robert Dodd. (Public Domain) On this day in history, June 14, 1789, English Captain William Bligh and 18 others set adrift from the HMS Bounty seven weeks before, finally reaching…

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Australia - Sydney: Sydney Harbour - Sydney Bay Area

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Star Trek: Picard - The Bounty – TV Review

TL;DR – When you explore the past and think about the future, you get a perfect episode of Star Trek ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. Disclosure – I paid for the Paramount+ service that viewed this episode. Star Trek: Picard Review – When you look back on Season 1 and Season 2 of Star Trek Picard, I loved them, but they did suffer from the mid-season slump. They got lost among the weeds but found…