Coast Guard called off search for Capt. Robin Walbridge of the HMS Bounty After four days of around-the-clock efforts involving a cutter a buoy tender and numerous aircraft, the U.S. Coast Guard called off its search for Capt. Robin Walbridge of the replica tall ship HMS Bounty on Nov. 1. The search covered approximately…
While I spent most of my boating career as a cruiser, my initial sail training took place as a member of the all-volunteer crew of the 1877 tall ship Elissa in Galveston, Texas. A season spent memorizing 19 sails, dozens of lines and the actions required after receiving innumerable commands molded our crew into a…
The tall ship HMS BOUNTY was lost yesterday in Hurricane Sandy off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. One individual perished, and 14 others were rescued.
A replica of one of the most famous sailing ships in history anchored in Charlotte Amalie harbor in December. Fresh from a European tour, the tall ship Bounty wasn’t in search of breadfruit, but instead a few days in drydock en route to its winter home between Piers 3 and 4 in Old San Juan, Puerto…