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Question: Where is the Bounty? No not the one that Sandy sank, that was built for the Clarke Gable movie, the newer one for the Mel Gibson version. It used to cruise Sydney Harbour, so where did it go?? I can't find where it is now, anyone know? Fern, is it over there?
 
Warrigal said:
I think it was destroyed by fire (?)
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Original one was, on the beach at Pitcairn.
The first replica, from the 60s was taken out in a Skipper's brainsnap to buzz Sandy and lost big time, but don't remember hearing much about what happened to the 2nd replica that cruised Sydney Harbour for years.
(There's another rock of regret for my collection. I didn't take the opportunity to do that when I could have. aaaaghhh!)

I vaguely remember it was going somewhere else to do a similar job and it may have been Auckland?? It was built in NZ. Ferrrrrrn? Is it back in NZ? ... but if so why didn't it 'criss the dutch' to be in the parade?

Here some interesting details about the one (Sydney's) used in the Gibson/Hopkins movie version.
http://thesquarerigger.com/bounty.html

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Late breaking news: I found it at the bottom of the below link. It's in Hong Kong! ... it was sold to a tour company and they've put a Chinese name on it!

That was something I wouldn't have minded the Government buying. aaaagh!----------------


Only recently discovered this from a recent TV program about one of the 2 who died at sea when the 1st replica sank.
It's kind of eerily chilling, and another chapter to the Bounty legend.

It was later reported that the Coast Guard had recovered one of the missing crew members, Claudene Christian, who was apparently the great-great-great-great-great granddaughter of Fletcher Christian, the sailing master of the original HMS Bounty.[SUP][19][/SUP][SUP][20][/SUP] Ms. Christian was found to be unresponsive and pronounced dead at Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, NC.[SUP][21][/SUP] [SUP][22][/SUP]
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The Bounty probably loomed a lot larger in our history than for most on the forum, due to Bligh being later appointed to govern NSW, which was the whole of OZ in those days, and the descendants of the Mutineers being resettled here, on Norfolk Island, but if anyone's curious there's a potted version on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bounty
It also includes a bit about the replicas.
 
:lol: There's no beach at Pitcairn Island; just sheer cliffs rising straight out of the sea,
but they did set it alight to make sure the British wouldn't see it and come asking questions.

Are you sure the Bounty still exists in Hong Kong ? Both hubby and I remember something about it being destroyed and remarking that we wouldn't be taking another trip aboard her. We did have a short sail on the harbour on the replica Bounty some years ago.
 
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I thought it was a bit slow and underwhelming really. I think my attention span must be shortening or something.
Nice work with the lighting though. Impressed with two spots at the waterline of the bow of one ship lighting the water either side to look like a bow wave, very clever.

I wonder how many prangs there were on the Bridge while that was on? I was surprised they let the traffic through while the fireworks were on. Who was gonna be concentrating on the road?
 
It was a sound and light show and it beat the crap out of the one I saw in Athens at the Acropolis.
I liked the variety and would enjoy seeing a fully polished version with a bit of post production.


All in all, not bad for a country experiencing a "budget emergency".
 
Hu haaa! playin' the Shakespearean card eh? Oooo the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

Nah, you're probably right, just a jaded old tough audience. Shouldn't judge an historical anniversary celebration with a good time NYE one. siiiiigh.
 
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