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Former USC song girl dies as tall ship Bounty sinks in Sandy
L.A. NOWA former USC song girl died at sea when the tall ship she was aboard sank off the North Carolina coast under Sandy’s ferocious winds and high waves.... -
HMS Bounty: Woman killed in tall ship's sinking loved the sea
L.A. NOWShe was bright, vivacious and in love with with her ship, the HMS Bounty. Claudene Christian, the former USC song girl who died at sea Monday when the tall ship on which she was sailing sank off the North Carolina...... -
Wife of tall ship captain awaits word on his fate
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Coast Guard used ships and airplanes to search the Atlantic on Tuesday for the captain of the sunken HMS Bounty as the sailor's wife held on to a sliver of hope that he had survived the harrowing ordeal. The Coast...
Tags: Marlon Brando, Movies, Atlantic Ocean, Entertainment, Saint Petersberg (Russia)
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Fiji for beginners
That cannibal thing is over. Fiji is a perfectly safe and wonderful place for an island getaway. Long a vacation site for New Zealanders and Australians, Fiji has been showing up more on Americans' radar. The archipelago offers beauty, ease and a...
Tags: Fiji, Los Angeles International Airport, Air Transportation, Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations
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Tall ship, replica of Bounty docked in Annapolis for tours
It sure doesn't look like the other vessels docked in Annapolis. The Bounty, a wooden movie-star ship with its tallest mast at 115 feet, is in town for a long weekend of tours that ends Sunday. The visit, like the Star-Spangled Sailabration in...
Tags: Star Sailing, Christian Bale, Movies, Annapolis, Johnny Depp
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Casting away in the South Pacific
Special to The TimesOn our first night aboard the Mystique Princess, cruise director Albert Wong warned us about the consequences of being left ashore. "You may get eaten," he said with a wink. His little joke: Cannibalism has not been practiced in Fiji for nearly 200...Tags: Jean Simmons, World War II (1939-1945), Coconut, Pineapple, Cruises
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Mesa Musings: Sail away with his lectures
Is there a more knowledgeable sailor in our community than Dave Grant? Because this is my column, I can ask and answer my own questions. My response is, "I think not!" Now, you could hide my knowledge of sailing on the business end of a cotton swab. But...Tags: Europe Sailing, History, David Grant, University of California, Los Angeles, Arts and Culture
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Four men to set sail in re-creation of Captain Bligh's mutiny on the Bounty voyage
OutpostsThe mutiny on the Bounty has been memorialized in novels, movies (one of which won an Academy Award for best picture of 1935) and other media. Occurring aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty on April 28, 1789, commanding......
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