Coast Guard Rescues Crew from HMS Bounty Replica

[News]

Tall ship was taking on water off the coast of North Carolina

In this July 9, 2012, file photo, a replica of the historic ship HMS Bounty, right, sails past a lighthouse, center, as it departs Narragansett Bay and heads out to sea off the coast of Newport, R.I. The Coast Guard aid Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, that the 17 people aboard the HMS Bounty have gotten into two lifeboats, wearing survival suits and life jackets. The HMS Bounty, a tall ship, was in distress off North Carolina's Outer Banks as Hurricane Sandy swirls toward the East Coast. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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[Just Plain Ruff]

ok, so they are out there in this storm and now they need to be rescued. What the hell are they thinking?

So not only do they put themselves in harms way, they now put the coast guard in harms way, I know that the coast guard trains for this stuff but really.

Edited October 29, 2012 by Captain ToHellWithItAll

[Just Plain Ruff]

It is now reported that the HMS bounty's replica has sunk. There are two crew members missing but the coast guard saved 14.

What a waste. Why were they out there in those seas when they knew what the storm was like? Questions that will of course be answered in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the survivors of those two crewmen.

Dumb dumb dumb.

[scubanurse]

Agreed....