Comments on: Coast Guard ends search for Robin Walbridge, missing captain of HMS Bounty http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/coast-guard-ends-search-for-mi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 17:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/coast-guard-ends-search-for-mi.html#comment-1572702 Boundegar Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191784#comment-1572702 You're wrong.  She's driftwood. You’re wrong.  She’s driftwood.

]]> By: R J http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/coast-guard-ends-search-for-mi.html#comment-1572569 R J Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191784#comment-1572569 Correct me if I am wrong,  like ya gotta say that on teh interwebs ; ), she is a replica of the HMS Bounty, not the HMS Bounty. The replica is not a Royal Navy ship and does not warrant the HMS designation. Correct me if I am wrong,  like ya gotta say that on teh interwebs ; ), she is a replica of the HMS Bounty, not the HMS Bounty. The replica is not a Royal Navy ship and does not warrant the HMS designation.

]]> By: chris coreline http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/coast-guard-ends-search-for-mi.html#comment-1572411 chris coreline Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191784#comment-1572411 sailing anarchy is a great site, but they can be a bit cruel. QED. . sailing anarchy is a great site, but they can be a bit cruel. QED.

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]]> By: Fiddy http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/coast-guard-ends-search-for-mi.html#comment-1572398 Fiddy Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191784#comment-1572398 There's still lots of back and forth debate on this, the stupidest arguments coming mostly from non-sailors.  U.S. Navy regulations generally recommend large vessels leave port in advance of a hurricane and skirt around it, exactly what the Bounty was trying to do (http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~cannon/tr8203nc/portcana/text/sect8.htm).  My boat is quite small (30') and would probably stay in port to be smashed to bits, but I am fortunate enough to keep her in a protected bay (San Francisco) that rarely sees hurricanes. There’s still lots of back and forth debate on this, the stupidest arguments coming mostly from non-sailors.  U.S. Navy regulations generally recommend large vessels leave port in advance of a hurricane and skirt around it, exactly what the Bounty was trying to do (http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~cannon/tr8203nc/portcana/text/sect8.htm).  My boat is quite small (30′) and would probably stay in port to be smashed to bits, but I am fortunate enough to keep her in a protected bay (San Francisco) that rarely sees hurricanes.

]]> By: Niklas Mehner http://boingboing.net/2012/11/02/coast-guard-ends-search-for-mi.html#comment-1572378 Niklas Mehner Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191784#comment-1572378 For some information on the captain see: http://www.sailinganarchy.com/index_page1.php "we chase hurricanes???" and the discussion in http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=141131&st=200#entry3923151 To me it seems they should not have gone on this voyage at all :( For some information on the captain see: http://www.sailinganarchy.com/index_page1.php “we chase hurricanes???” and the discussion in http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=141131&st=200#entry3923151

To me it seems they should not have gone on this voyage at all :(

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