The Errol Flynn Blog

Once again, barb, you have sailed to victory with flying colors!

Yes, it was nasty John Decker who quite outrageously called Nora “Captain Bligh”, during the Cruise of the Zaca because she didn’t put up with his incessantly abusive and often filthy behavior. So he initiated a mutiny, which largely sabotaged the scientific.expedition. After he jumped ship at Acapulco, he returned to LA and viciously bad-mouthed Nora to the press.

And, yes, Rory was on-board, in Nora’s womb! Very good, barb!! Talk about an amazing maiden voyage!

Decker was a despicable character and drunk to begin with. His inability to endure a cruise at sea made his behavior even more unconscionable than usual. So, being a physical weakling and moral coward, he turned on Nora, who he knew was pregnant, and repeatedly mocked her for her slightly expanding womb. He was clearly a man who hated women. Here’s some of what he told the press:

“Interviewed in Hollywood upon his precipitous return from Acapulco on September 9, Decker growled of Nora: “She turned into a female Capt. Bligh. And I’m no Fletcher Christian. Ships are for men to run. It’s a man’s world at sea.. • • She kept making sarcastic cracks that I don’t take from women. Like, ‘Don’t throw cigarettes on deck: “Pick up your cup and take it to the galley,’ ‘Don’t eat in the salon; it’s not the mess hall.’ ••• Dames are okay on board a yacht. But they oughta stay in their place — preferably below deck.””

Oh yes, and he also physically attacked Nora, giving her a black eye.