I am sure by now you've heard. As of this writing the HMS Bounty is going down off the coast of NC. It appears the crew has abandoned ship, which I don't get because the report says it's upright and intact. However, upright doesn't nescessarily mean the gunwales are above water. I always say only step down to get into a lifeboat, and only from the spreaders.

So in her honor, here are the pics of my kayak to the HMS Bounty while in my home port of St. Thomas, VI. I hope the link works. If you can't view it may be because of my security settings, so I will add one pic here. With all those transom windows I can see where one good wave could fill her full of water pretty quick.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.10150417806902180.383065.801717179&type=3

Pic (Camera was soaked and the image kind of hazy, but it gives a fitting ghostly look: