The Bounty Boat
Two great sailors, Don McIntyre and Chris Bray, have decided to retrace the voyage of Captain Bligh who was cast by Fletcher Christian, out of the Bounty Boat and into a 23ft long boat,with 18 of his men and some food. They sailed for six weeks in the most treacherous seas, before they were rescued.
McIntyre and Bray have built a similar boat in which they will sail the same journey with a crew of two.
They plan to leave on April 2010, 221 years after the Bligh journey.
The Sheffield Institute Foundation for Motor Neurone Disease is very grateful to Don and Chris for choosing us as their sponsored Charity.
This adventure will be followed day by day on their site
with which you can connect here
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What is MND?
Motor Neurone Disease is a fatal condition for which there is no treatment and no cure. In the UK 35 people die from MND every week, and every week 35 people are diagnosed with MND. The average sufferer will live two years, only 10% will survive more than five years. The muscles waste away and the patients die from weakness and paralysis of their breathing muscles. Many doctors regard this condition as the worst disease in medicine.
MND was described by Charcot in 1869. Since then very little has been done.
Figures show that between 1999 and 2004 6000 people died from MND, 4200 from HIV/AIDS and 92 from vCJD. During this time £33million was spent into vCJD, £45 million on HIV/AIDS and £8 million on MND.
'There is no worse
disease than MND’
Dame Ciceley Saunders OMDBEFRCP,
the founder of the modern hospice movement
Motor Neurone Disease is a fatal condition for which there is no treatment and no cure. In the UK 35 people die from MND every week, and every week 35 people are diagnosed with MND. The average sufferer will live two years, only 10% will survive more than five years. The muscles waste away and the patients die from weakness and paralysis of their breathing muscles. Many doctors regard this condition as the worst di
MND was described by Charcot in 1869. Since then very little has been done.
