Talisker Bounty Boat back on Australian soil



10:57 AM Tue 1 Jun 2010 GMT
'Talisker Bounty Boat inside' Talisker Bounty Boat Expedition 2010
April 28, 2010 marked the 221st anniversary of the Mutiny on the Bounty, when Fletcher Christian cast William Bligh and 18 of his men adrift in a 23ft open boat, which marked the beginning of one of the greatest open boat voyages in maritime history. During the following seven weeks, Bligh and his men sailed over 3,700 nautical miles, in an overloaded boat, with little food or water and no charts, from Tonga to Kupang in Timor. Australian adventurer Don McIntyre, and his three other crew, are reliving Bligh's nightmare, by attempting to sail the same voyage under similar conditions, ...


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