Hello, Jerome & Companions...
Thank you for your message. Please give my best regards to all our friends and companions in London.
Personally, having gone through 10 of these hurricanes, I think this will be another "tempest in a teapot" for NYC.
However, I am sad to report the loss of HMS Bounty off the coast of N. Carolina today. A USCG helicopter has rescued 14 members of the crew, 2 others are still missing.
It was just this summer that I saw a 3 mast frigate coming out of the fog one morning during a patrol that I was leading on the Hudson. I saw a beautiful green and black ship coming forward like "The Flying Dutchman" as we passed her, but I could not read the name on her stern. I order my helmsman to turn the patrol boat and following the frigate, as we approached its stern, I read "HMS Bounty". We came alongside, waved to the crew and continued our patrol.
Later, we came around upriver again and I could see her sailing under the George Washington Bridge and I thought I would like to chase her and get a few photos, as well as escorting her to her upriver destination, but other tasks called my attention and I regret that I did not follow her to get the shots.
This a very sad day for any sailor, but there is joy in the rescue of the 14 lucky sailors....I pray for the crew and hope we find the remaining crewmen. I feel privileged to have seen HMS Bounty while under way, "up close and personal," but regret that I did not follow my seaman's instincts to follow her that day.
Best wishes,
Robert M*
Thank you for your message. Please give my best regards to all our friends and companions in London.
Personally, having gone through 10 of these hurricanes, I think this will be another "tempest in a teapot" for NYC.
However, I am sad to report the loss of HMS Bounty off the coast of N. Carolina today. A USCG helicopter has rescued 14 members of the crew, 2 others are still missing.
It was just this summer that I saw a 3 mast frigate coming out of the fog one morning during a patrol that I was leading on the Hudson. I saw a beautiful green and black ship coming forward like "The Flying Dutchman" as we passed her, but I could not read the name on her stern. I order my helmsman to turn the patrol boat and following the frigate, as we approached its stern, I read "HMS Bounty". We came alongside, waved to the crew and continued our patrol.
Later, we came around upriver again and I could see her sailing under the George Washington Bridge and I thought I would like to chase her and get a few photos, as well as escorting her to her upriver destination, but other tasks called my attention and I regret that I did not follow her to get the shots.
This a very sad day for any sailor, but there is joy in the rescue of the 14 lucky sailors....I pray for the crew and hope we find the remaining crewmen. I feel privileged to have seen HMS Bounty while under way, "up close and personal," but regret that I did not follow my seaman's instincts to follow her that day.
Best wishes,
Robert M*
News for HMS Bounty
NBCNews.com (blog)
Tall ship HMS Bounty sinks off NC coast; two still missing
Washington Post - 3 hours agoThe Coast Guard is searching for two people who had been aboard the Bounty, which lost power in Hurricane Sandy and sank.
Tall Ship Bounty
www.tallshipbounty.org/HMS Bounty...at one with the sea...global voyager...movie star...dedicated to preserving the fine ... The HMS Bounty is one of the most famous ships in the world.
