Our Adventure on the 'Fletcher Christian' - Part 2

In 2012 Mike Caulkett wrote Part 1 of his adventure on the ‘Fletcher Christian’, a twin-masted schooner, which set sail from Bermuda bound for Fiji in April 1970 with a crew that included four Bermuda policemen, Des McSherry as Captain, along with Mike, Tom Barnes, Eric Sanderson, and also Dave Ashurst who decided prior to the start of the voyage that he would sail just the first stage, from Bermuda to Puerto Rico. A wise decision by Dave!   An even wiser man was Jack Rouse who had a financial interest in the yacht but decided to join the crew in Fiji!

Mike readily admits that, “a more inexperienced crew you could not imagine.” They had great difficulty even sailing out of Hamilton Harbour, and their mishap with the ship’s cat Jinx (no relation to 'Jinx' Darrell) was indicative of their sailing savvy. CLICK HERE to read Part 1.

We are delighted to bring you Part 2 of the 'Fletcher Christian' story (CLICK HERE to read it). Mike picks up the saga as the ‘Fletcher Christian’ and crew are being towed into Puerto Rico.  If ever you needed to get rid of any desire to sail off into the sunset, this is it!