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Sukunai
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Sukunai to vue666

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Re: HMS Bounty (replica) has sunk....

The Captain was a god damned idiot plain and simple.

Consider this quote concerning the 3rd fleet during WW2 in the Pacific.

"The inexorable Law of Storms -- the Bible of all seamen since the days of astrolabe and sail -- was neglected, and the US Third Fleet, proud in its might, paid the penalty -- more men lost, more ships sunk and damaged than in many of the engagements of the Pacific war."

I mean come on, the captain of the Bounty thinks he can do in a damned sailing ship that which was enough to kick the ass of a modern military fleet that had just tasted victory only recently.

The guy might not be guilty of any real law, but he sure is criminally stupid.
IamGimli (banned)
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said by Sukunai:

The Captain was a god damned idiot plain and simple.

Consider this quote concerning the 3rd fleet during WW2 in the Pacific.

"The inexorable Law of Storms -- the Bible of all seamen since the days of astrolabe and sail -- was neglected, and the US Third Fleet, proud in its might, paid the penalty -- more men lost, more ships sunk and damaged than in many of the engagements of the Pacific war."

I mean come on, the captain of the Bounty thinks he can do in a damned sailing ship that which was enough to kick the ass of a modern military fleet that had just tasted victory only recently.

The guy might not be guilty of any real law, but he sure is criminally stupid.

Speaking of stupid, can you quote where in The Sailor's Horn-Book for the Law of Storms, written by Henry Piddington in 1848, it's recommended that ships be docked in the middle of a hurricane?

The book actually explains the wind behaviour during a cyclone/hurricane and makes recommendation on how to best navigate through and around it.

Do you have ANY evidence that the Captain of the Bounty II didn't follow it's recommendations?

Here's a reference to help you quote the appropriate passages you accuse the Captain not to have followed:
»books.google.ca/books?id ··· &f=false