Pitcairn Island

Getting around

Tin, Tub and Moss are 13m open aluminium boats used for transport between Bounty Bay and boats anchored offshore, and for occasional trips to Oeno, Henderson and Ducie. Despite their humdrum names, these longboats are Pitcairn's lifeline. Every- thing but everything comes ashore via them, and it's no mean feat for the island men to load them in swells of up to 6m as they pitch alongside huge ocean-going cargo vessels.

Three- and four-wheeled fat-tyred motorcycles, or ATVs, are the usual means of transport around the island; Pitcairners rarely walk. The island's six or so kilometres of dirt roads turn to sticky mud when it rains.