Well, the Coast Guard hearings on the sinking of the HMS Bounty are over and I've been thinking about that ship and her crew since last October when she went down. Here's a link to the lyrics and a MP3 sample of the first verse and chorus: Click here for lyrics and MP3 Sample!

This song is largely based on the testimony provided at the recent Coast Guard inquiry into the sinking of the tall-ship Bounty in October of 2012. I've been following the testimony live and the summaries by retired Coast Guard officer Mario Vittrano at the Facebook g-Captain forum; I find his summaries compassionate to the crew members but critical when it comes to safety and good judgment. I resisted composing the song until the hearings were complete. I think a message needs to be sent out to our friends in the tall-ship community, while this event is still fresh in our minds. It's true that the message won't be welcome by some, and painful to others. I regret that. But we should do all we can to ensure such a tragedy does not happen again.

Charley Noble