As reported by the USCG the replica ship HMS Bounty was abandoned by its crew in Hurricane Sandy
The story as reported (so far) by Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/10/29/coast-guard-monitoring-tall-ship-in-distress-off-north-carolina-with-17-aboard/
Update - apparently 14 crew rescued, two missing, the ship apparently sank :
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/10/29/coast-guard-monitoring-tall-ship-in-distress-off-north-carolina-with-17-aboard/
What is curious is that they say 17 souls were on board, yet they have only accounted for 16.
Cruising my 1995 Catalina 42 MK II sailboat with my cat XO, the good, the bad, and the ugly of the open ocean world cruising life.
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