In Honor of the beautiful Tall ship ~ The HMS Bounty

The Bounty as some of you may remember is one of the beautiful Tall Ships that sailed into Savannah back in May, 

as she has done many times before. 

It was my first time getting to tour her and the others. 

You can read and see pictures of the

  Tall Ship Challenge here

It was magical watching as she and the others sailed out of Savannah on that misty, foggy morning

the sight was breathtaking and one I am so glad to have gotten to be apart of .

This morning Hurricane Sandy took this magnificent ship.. 

The crew had to abandon her. Reports say she went down very shortly after the crew had been rescued.

She will Sail on forever in the hearts of many....

This is the last entry on their web site ~ 

UPDATED NEWS!!!!!!!! We received a distress call for Bounty at 1830 Sunday evening October 28th that the Ship lost power and the pumps were unable to keep up with the dewatering. At that time we immediately contacted the USCG for assistance. A C130 was sent to there position approximately 90 miles SE of Cape Hatteras. At 0430 Sunday Morning the Captain ordered all hands to abandon ship. There are 17 Crew on board and at this moment all crew are accounted for and are in Life rafts. The first USCG helicopter has reached the ship and is in the process of rescuing them. Bounty is currently still floating upright and intact. We will keep everyone informed as info becomes available. 

Very sad .. thank the lord all are safe 

Please take a moment today to say a prayer for all those in the path of Sandy and to those of you that are please know my thoughts and prayers are with you and yours...

hugs, Cherry

Update ~ just after writing this post I  saw this .. sending prayers to all the crew and family members

14 rescued, 2 missing from tall ship off NC