Mutiny on the Bounty the Tahitians. Bligh was impatient to be away, but as Richard Hough observes in his account, he "failed to anticipate how his company would react to the severity and austerity of life at sea ... after five dissolute, hedonistic months at Tahiti". The work was done by 1 April 1789, and four days later, after an affectionate farewell from Tynah and his queen, "Bounty" left the harbour. In their "Bounty" histories, both Hough and Alexander maintain that the men were not at a stage close to mutiny, however sorry they were to leave Tahiti. The journal of James Morrison, the
Bounty (1978 ship) Bounty (1978 ship) Bounty (popularly HMAV "Bounty") was built in 1977/78 for the movie "The Bounty" starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins. She is now a tourist destination in Hong Kong, China. For the filming of "The Bounty", a replica of William Bligh's ship, was required. The "Bounty" replica was built by Whangarei Engineering Company at Whangarei, New Zealand during 1978 and 1979. The ship was designed to externally conform to the original "Bounty". The replica is in length overall, with a beam of and a draught of . To reflect the international legacy of the Mutiny on the "Bounty",