The adventures of Captain Bligh (2010 version)
A FOUR-MAN crew has for the first time re-enacted Captain William Bligh’s 6500-kilometre journey in an open boat across the Pacific Ocean 221 years ago – using similar navigational equipment and facing the same deprivations.
The 7.6-metre wooden Talisker Bounty Boat, captained by Australian adventurer Don McIntyre, arrived off Indonesian West Timor last night after a seven-week voyage from Tonga.
The crew had no charts, no almanacs, no modern timepieces or navigation equipment, no torches – not even toilet paper.
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