A FAMOUS tall ship that starred in a swashbuckling film featuring Marlon Brando departed Weymouth this week on route to the Caribbean.

The replica of HMS Bounty, which was built for the 1962 movie ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ with Brando as Fletcher Christian, and has also featured in films such as Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest with Johnny Depp, attracted crowds to the harbourside during its four-day visit.

In an action-packed few days on the water, Paul Dallaway, crew of White Motor Boats, captured photographs of the Artemis Offshore Academy Yachts, pictured rich, in action in Portland Harbour last Friday.

He then snapped the impressive sight of the square-rigged tall ship’s departure on Monday, and its rendezvous with the Royalist, Sea Cadet Sail training ship.

Dallaway said: “The Bounty left Weymouth bound for Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

“She left at 10am on Monday and waited for 20 minutes off the harbour entrance for some items to be sent out there, in the meantime the Royalist, Sea Cadet Sail training ship asked Bounty for a rendezvous.

“It made a very impressive sight.”

The Artemis yacht racing was part of the 2011 Artemis Offshore Academy Selection Trials which took place last week at two locations – the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy and the Wokefield Park Corporate Outdoor Learning Centre.

Sixteen candidates were chosen to take part and the two groups of eight held their trials in secrecy so as not give the second group an advantage over the first.

The Artemis Offshore Academy judges and Advisory Board, headed up by Rod Carr, ex-chief executive officer of the Royal Yachting Association, will now face the difficult task of deciding which candidates will be selected for the Development Squad.

The Squad will go on to receive training this winter and support to race next season.

To find out more visit artemisoffshoreacademy.com