Mercury Crew
Mercury Crew, Nuntius Mortis
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We're considering a few new performance pieces at the Fort Taylor Pirate Invasion. In addition to any specific demonstrations such as Mission's fine surgical show and the battle scenarios, the crew of the Mercury has been offered an opportunity to have a 'trial' during the schedule. This could be a trial of one or more of us, overseen by English judges and guards concerning some pirate knavery or we could have a crew trial of some crew member for dereliction of duties aboard ship or ashore. If we do a crew trial it could be for some infraction of the Ship's Articles. We could try one of us for being drunk on duty, theft from a fellow sailor or cowardice in combat…
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Taking Hurricane's suggestion in this post to heart... Could we get a show of hands of those willing to help out for the Mercury crew at PiP this year? So far, Iron John, Kate Souris, and myself have offered to help. Mark G also offered to help out in a conversation we had in person over this past weekend. Anyone else care to throw their name out? The above constitutes more than enough helping hands, but it is always better to have more volunteers than is needed, which could provide us all with the opportunity to elect the volunteers rather than being stuck with the few that offer. Anyways, hope to hear from the rest of the crew. Cheers.
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I am going over to London and attending the Pirate Island event which takes place July 30-31 this year. I will be bringing garb and hoping I fit in with my funny accent. It is on the Isle of Wight. As Ed Foxe put it, "The advantage with that is that the Isle of Wight is a short ferry ride from Portsmouth, home of such lovely goodies as HMS Victory and the Mary Rose." Portsmouth is about 2 hours from London. I think it would be really cool to go with a group of pub re-enactors. My tentative plan is to spend about 4-6 days in London and a day or two in Portsmouth. With the Tube (a splendid subway from my experience), you go just about anywhere you like in the city. I p…
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We're trying to estimate our needs for camp and location at Fort de Chartres the first weekend of June. If you're even considering your schedule for the year and have high hopes of attending alongside us there, please sound off and be counted. Now that we have our foot soundly in the door we hope to enlarge our presence and make ourselves available for living history, the public tug-o-war and other events during the 41st annual Rendezvous at Fort de Chartres. It's a beautiful setting representing the wilderness colonization of the period and it just happens to line up with the year we represent. 1720. If you don't belong to a crew, and even if you do, you are all welc…
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I am needing a head count for the Fort in June 2012. I'm going to call ahead and reserve our shady camping spot. My cell phone # is 573-338-3035. Feel free to call me and let me know as I do not have internet at home right now. Thanks all.
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Ahoy, the Mercury! With the Fort Taylor Pyrate Invasion fast approaching, and with so many events happening year round in Florida (and the Midwest), I thought we should broach the subject of 'ship's stores'. We already have numerous 'stores' in the keeping of individual members of the crew. We also have many goods housed year round by John and Janet in Missouri, but I'm hoping to set up larger stores in key places around the country if we have some crew members willing to store them. These would house such things as canvas (tents, ground cloths, tarps, tent flies, etc.), lanterns, line, cordage, stakes, poles, etc. Most of the 'group buy' items and Mercury objects that…
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Thought this might be fun to see what the crew has done with the Mercury colors.
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one of the directors of the st. louis pirate fest has asked if anyone in the mercury crew ( or any other crew for that matter ) would like to be guest reenactors during the festival... our participation is not too terribly taxing, mostly show up, set up camp, and be ourselves... if you are interested, let me know !!
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I was reading over the history of the Mercury and read the last entry... January 29, 1717 'Mercury' is accepted as the name of the sloop by majority and she is launched upon her career of infamy and fortune. (Posted 29 January 2007 - 08:56 AM, "Creating the 1720 Careening Camp") An inventory of the ship's stores and requirements is made by all hands. Line and canvas are assessed. All barrels, bales, Hogsheads, boxes, crates, casks and containers are tallied and stored. (Posted 29 January 2007 - 09:50 AM, "The Mercury, 1720 Careening Camp") This was 2007. Nigh seven years ago the Mercury was launched upon her career of infamy and fortune. So here be question and the s…
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Some very good food has been had at recent Mercury events, so this thread is provided to all the crew for the recipes we've shared. Feel free to add your favorites both past and present. Beef Burgundy 2 slices of bacon, chopped 2 lbs sirloin or round steak, cut into 1" cubes 1/4 cup flour 1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. seasoned salt 1/4 tsp. marjoram 1/4 tsp. thyme 1/4 tsp. pepper 1 clove garlic, minced 1 beef bouillon cube, crushed or about 1 tsp. beef base 1 cup burgundy wine 2 Tbsp cornstarch (optional) Cook bacon several minutes. Remove and set aside. Coat beef flour and brown on all sides in bacon drippings. Combine steak, bacon drippings, cooked bacon, sea…
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Many moons ago we discussed the possibilities of a flag for the Mercury. Mostly we discussed my overabundance of designs in this old thread... https://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=9836&st=20 Much was discussed. Much was thrown out. Nothing was ever soundly completed. With PIP of 2009 upon us once again, and with the numbers of the Mercury crew swelling to more than we've ever seen in years past, I thought that I would take a new stab at the design. This one is based on numerous period drawings, sculptures, paintings and the like. I researched a wide avenue of examples from the 1700s to create a more accurate feel and style than any of my earlier attempts. I…
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Well, my fine ladies and lads, we've grown enough over the past few years to merit our own crew forum on the Pub! Raise a glass and let's have a toast for the Brig Sloop Mercury! May she know fortune forever!
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I was talking (well chat texting) Red Wake and wondered who was what part of the crew. He suggested I make a thread with that question, so as everyone could say (my interpretation).
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