Ashore on Pitcairn Island

[Raelsgrant]

Captain Jonathan Mercer ( Amsterdam) was able to make it ashore and has posted some pictures and a video on his blog site http://captainjonathan.com/pitcairn-island-3/

[MMDown Under]

2 minutes ago, Raelsgrant said:

Captain Jonathan Mercer ( Amsterdam) was able to make it ashore and has posted some pictures and a video on his blog site http://captainjonathan.com/pitcairn-island-3/

It was great to be able to see photos and video of Pitcairn Island.  Most times the islanders come to the ship to sell their wares and receive supplies and passengers don't go ashore.  I always enjoy Captain Jonathan's blogs, so he will be missed.  He went ashore because this is his last cruise past Pitcairn Island. 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

3 hours ago, Raelsgrant said:

Captain Jonathan Mercer ( Amsterdam) was able to make it ashore and has posted some pictures and a video on his blog site http://captainjonathan.com/pitcairn-island-3/

Many thanks for posting . What a rare chance to go ashore . Ships could never run a tender service there . When we called on Amsterdam our call was cut short as a crew member took ill and needed hospital attention in Tahiti , so we had to leave early . The locals had to hurriedly pack up and head back in the longboat . We heard later that the seas got up and it took them 12 hrs to get to shore .

[MicCanberra]

Good work.

[ekka49]

Thank you for the pictures, We have sailed around Pitcairn twice. Only viewed from a distance.

[NSWP]

Thanks for the photos, nice. I wonder if Capt Mercer found out about Pitcairn's dark past re incest, sexual assaults on girls and women and the like.  It happened and it is written.The offenders got off lightly, built their own gaol.  Very nasty situation.

Edited February 23, 2020 by NSWP