Talisker® Bounty Boat Expedition to recreate Capt William Bligh's Mutiny on the Bounty voyage

Australian adventurer Don McIntyre to lead 3-man crew in 25ft open boat on 4,000 mile Pacific crossing from Tonga to Timor, starting in April 2009

Tuesday 17th November 2009, Isle of Skye, Scotland: Talisker, the famous single malt whisky distilled on the Isle of Skye has announced its sponsorship of an epic sailing adventure which will be the first to recreate the exact journey of Captain William Bligh's epic 4,000-mile open boat Mutiny on the Bounty voyage. Led by Australian adventurer Don McIntyre and a crew of three, the reenactment will follow the journey across the Pacific from Tonga to Timor and aims to raise vital funds and awareness for the worlds first international research institute into Motor Neurone Disease, currently being built by the Sheffield Institute Foundation.

McIntyre returned to his roots and the roots of Talisker on the Isle of Skye to trace his Scottish ancestry, and hold a Clan reunion at the famous Talisker Distillery. His grandparents Thomas and Mary McIntyre emigrated to Australia shortly after their marriage in 1901 and this was Dons first visit to the island and Scotland. The 54 year-old adventurer, who successfully sailed single-handed around the world in 1992 and has led a series of expeditions down to Antarctica, brought with him the 25ft replica of the Bounty Boat to give his fellow McIntyres an insight into the extraordinary fight for survival that Captain Bligh and his crew faced following the infamous mutiny on HMS Bounty led by Fletcher Christian.

McIntyre and his three-man crew will face the same deprivations as the original Bounty Boat crew, with little food, no charts or toilet paper and only the limited navigation implements that were available to Bligh. They will start the adventure on the same day, at the same time and in the same place 221 years after the original mutiny journey.

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[356ALX]

The 1983 reenactment was featured in an episode of the PBS series ADVENTURE back in the late 80's. A direct descendant of Bligh and a nine man crew began the trek but attrition and low morale whittled the crew down to just a few by journeys end. The modern-day Bligh and 8 of the crew were dangerously inept, but luckily, one crewman from Newfoundland saved all from an early grave, his remarkable poise, humility and confidence made both voyage and documentary a success..2 of TV's best hours EVER.

[immortalwillie]

how bout some more on the trip hey