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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 7:30p.m.

It sounds like a dream trip - a 48-day cruise around the South Pacific

It sounds like a dream trip - a 48-day cruise around the South Pacific

It sounds like a dream trip - a 48-day cruise around the South Pacific.

But adventurer Don McIntyre doesn't like to do things the easy, conventional way. This time he got it into his head to re-enact the epic voyage of Captain William Bligh after the infamous mutiny on the Bounty.

Set adrift off Tonga in a boat scarcely larger than a dinghy, Bligh made it all the way to West Timor - some 4000 nautical miles.

Don set off in a faithful replica of that longboat, packed with minimal rations and no map. He even short-sheeted himself on toilet paper, little wonder his fellow adventurers were on the verge of their own mutiny for most of the voyage.

Watch the video.

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