Drew Salapatek, HMS Bounty crew survivor, pictured during an Atlantic Ocean crossing in 2011. | Supplied photo

This image provided by the US Coast Guard shows The HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy, approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, North Carolina, October 29, 2012. Of the 16-person crew, the Coast Guard rescued 14, recovered a woman and is searching for the captain of the vessel. The crew abandoned the 55-meter (180-foot) three-mast ship, built in 1960 for the film "Mutiny on the Bounty" starring Marlon Brando that came out two years later, before it sank in the fierce seas, its owner said. This voyage, with the ship's permanent, paid crew, left from Connecticut last week and had been due to arrive in Florida on November 10. The ship was off the coast of North Carolina when it radioed in a distress call October 28. AFP PHOTO / Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski-US COAST GUARD / Hand-OutHO/AFP/Getty Images

FILE - In this July 7, 2010 file photo, the tall ship HMS Bounty sails on Lake Erie off Cleveland. The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued 14 members of the crew forced to abandon the HMS Bounty caught in Hurricane Sandy off North Carolina. The Coast Guard is searching for two other crew members. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)

AT SEA - OCTOBER 29: In this handout image supplied by the US Coast Guard, The HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, is submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, North Carolina, on October 29, 2012. Of the 16-person crew, the Coast Guard rescued 14, recovered a woman who was later pronounced dead and are searching for the captain. The HMS Bounty was built for the 1962 film Mutiny On The Bounty and was also used in Pirates Of The Caribbean. Hurricane Sandy, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski/ /U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)

FILE - In this June 17, 2012, file photo, a replica of the historic ship HMS Bounty, is moored beside the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, M.D. The Coast Guard said Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, they are searching for two crew members who are missing after the HMS Bounty sank in rough seas off the North Carolina's Outer Banks as Hurricane Sandy swirls toward the East Coast. (AP Photo/Blake Sell, File)

FILE - In this June 17, 2012, file photo, a replica of the historic ship HMS Bounty, is moored beside the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, M.D. The Coast Guard said Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, that the 17 people aboard the HMS Bounty have gotten into two lifeboats, wearing survival suits and life jackets. The HMS Bounty, a tall ship, was in distress off North Carolina's Outer Banks as Hurricane Sandy swirls toward the East Coast. (AP Photo/Blake Sell, File)

Coast Guard photo of crew members being rescued from the HMS Bounty. | Supplied photo

Drew Salapatek on the HMS Bounty during a 2011 ocean crossing. | Supplied photo

In this image made from video and released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a USCG crew member uses a hoist to bring up a survivor into a helicopter. A replica tall ship caught in Hurricane Sandy's wrath began taking on water, forcing the crew to abandon the boat Monday in rough seas off the North Carolina coast. The Coast Guard rescued 14 crew members by helicopter, but two people were still missing. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)

Drew Salapatek at the helm of the HMS Bounty. | Supplied photo

Jim Salapatek, of Blue Island, shown Tuesday at his TV repair shop in Blue Island, is relieved that his son, Drew Salapatek, is OK after the HMS Bounty sank Monday off North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy. Drew, who for two years has worked as a deckhand on the ship, "has salt in his blood," his father said. | Steve Metsch~Sun-Times Media