Bounty Boat adventure - one near miss, one knock-down

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8:11 PM Thu 6 May 2010 GMT

'Bounty crew bailing out after the knock-down' .

Little more than a week after setting out to recreate Captain Bligh's voyage on an open boat, Don McIntyre and his crew of three have had a terrifying near miss with a reef at night and their first knock down. Using the GPS on board, they have now located themselves on a tiny island to dry out and recover for a couple of days. The voyage they are attempting to recreate started in 1789 when the crew on the Bounty mutinied and Fletcher Christian cast William Bligh and 18 of his men adrift in a 23ft open boat. They then ...

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