A ................ year student who responded to a plea in The Daily Telegraph for someone to join a crew recreating Captain Bligh’s voyage is preparing to embark on the epic journey - despite having no sailing experience.

Chris Wilde has joined Don McIntyre, the Australian captain of the Talisker Bounty, and his two ................... in Sydney to put the final touches to preparations for the 4,000 mile, 48-day adventure.

The crew will be re-enacting the journey Captain Bligh took when he and 18 loyal sailors were cast adrift following the................ Mutiny on the Bounty in 1789.

They will travel from the Pacific Island of Tonga to Timor, via Australia, using sextants and octants to navigate - surviving on only 25 days’ ...............of food and water.

The journey will begin on 28 April – 221 years to the day since William Bligh ............................ from HMS Bounty.

There will be no toilet paper, cabins, or any 21st century comforts .............board the 25ft long open boat. Rations will consist mainly of beef, beans, and biscuits while the crew will be relying on rain for much of their drinking water.

If successful it will be the first time anyone ........................ the same course as Bligh in the same conditions he endured.