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KoKo

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6. it's so bizarre and tragic. I was on the "Bounty" when it docked

Reply to Buns_of_Fire (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 09:28 PM

Feb 2013

some years ago in Wilmington,NC...and it was fascinating going aboard and seeing how the sailors lived...plus the Captain's Quarters.

It was truly much fun and so I was really upset to see it sunk under such mysterious circumstances.

We were on there with a School Group...and the kids just loved the whole thing, plus we had a guide who really made the whole history of the Ship come to life for us.

For those of us, older, who had read the book...it was like a kids fantasy realized..

It's quite a story and that the Coast Guard tried to do the impossible was a thrill read.

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"The Incredible Truth About a Ship That Never Should Have Sailed" [View all] KoKo Feb 2013 OP

interesting MFM008 Feb 2013 #1

Frightening! Suich Feb 2013 #2

great article! Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #3

Those Coast Guard crews are absolutely incredible! Harrowing story... (nt) petronius Feb 2013 #4

We'll never know what Captain Walbridge was thinking... Buns_of_Fire Feb 2013 #5

it's so bizarre and tragic. I was on the "Bounty" when it docked KoKo Feb 2013 #6