![“I Won’t Hold It Against You”…the Bounty’s Former Engineer Speaks [VIDEO]](https://gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Picture-42.png)
The newly reported engineer on board the Bounty, Chris Barksdale, discusses the Captain’s fateful announcement which took place before they left port in New London, Connecticut and headed off on a collision course with a rapidly strengthening Hurricane Sandy.
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A captain's "reckless decision to sail into the well-forecasted path of Hurricane Sandy" was the probable cause of the sinking of a ship off the North Carolina coast in October 2012, the National Transportation Safety Board said in an incident report released today.
The winners of the 2013 Bravery at Sea Award were chosen and unanimously endorsed by the IMO Council from a total of 34 nominations from 10 Member States and two non-governmental organizations.
On October 29, 2012, the 3-masted wooden tall ship Bounty, a 1960's-built replica of the 18th century Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty, foundered and sank in Atlantic Ocean off Hatteras, North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy.
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