Captain William Bligh who could rise to any challenge. When the crew of the Bounty mutinied as they departed Tahiti in 1789, abandoning him and seventeen followers to a seven-metre-long "launch", he managed to sail 5,800 km to Timor in six gruelling weeks, even mapping part of the Australian coast as he went. More details can be found in the children's book, William Bligh: A Stormy Story for Tempestuous Times.