This month, the famed tall ship H.M.S. Bounty, led by Captain Robin Walbridge and his crew will mark the Halloween season by transforming the 421-ton, 180-foot-long square rigger into a "Haunted Ghost Ship." During Oyster Festival 2005, Oct. 15 and 16 the ship will be docked and ready for tours at the waterfront in Oyster Bay.

Visitors can pay an admission charge of $5 for adults and children to board the tall ship and go below deck for a most frightful experience. The Bounty will remain dockside for ghost ship tours in Oyster Bay at the Waterfront Center on 1 West End Ave. from Oct. 15-31. Hours open for operation are from noon to 6 p.m. on Oct. 15 and 16 and then 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 20 through Oct. 23 and Oct. 27 through Oct. 31.

Board the Bounty, listen for scary sounds and keep watch around you, one never knows what to expect on a ship haunted by the ghosts of sailors gone bad. Ghosts may jump out at you in the most unexpected of places, and keep an eye above you for what may be lurking or falling from the rigging and masts. Crazed sailors will roam the ship and you may encounter a skeleton at the helm steering the Bounty.

Descend the steep aft companionway to the foggy deck below and encounter surprises as you pass various cabins. You may see crewmembers "hanging" around while the ship's surgeon "attends" to others, misplacing a body part or two, which you may find elsewhere below deck. One sailor's favorite dish is eyeball soup. And watch out for those surprise "ghostly winds" that may come your way anywhere on the ship, or hatches slamming shut around you.

H.M.S. Bounty, built for the 1962 MGM film Mutiny on the Bounty is a replica of the ship whose famous mutiny of Captain William Bligh occurred on April 28, 1789. Junior Masters Mate Fletcher Christian, played by Marlon Brando in the film and 12 crewmembers captured the ship and set Bligh, played by Trevor Howard, and his few supporters adrift in a small boat.

For further information about ghost ship tours on the Bounty, call 631-584-7900.