Cuisto Mako

20 years already!?! time flies when you are having fun!! happy Birthday PP!! ;)

Hello folks! my Montreal based pirates music band, Les Murènes is producing a 2nd album but we need your help to achieve this. The band plays a mix of traditional sea chanties and original songs about the sea, sailors and mermaids!!. We are doing crowd funding at moment to raise money to record and produce a new second album: Jolly Rouge! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jolly-rouge#/story Also we don't have anymore copy of our 1st album, but you can buy it online on Bandcamp http://lesmurenes.bandcamp.com/releases Merci bien! :-) Mathieu aka Cuisto Mako

has the dates for 2013 been announced yet? hopping to be there again this year :)

Thanks for the kind words Greg, it means a lot to me, especially coming from you. Now i'm about to put the final touch on that Boucanier kit. I got my "fusil boucanier" last winter and some nice braintan mocassin, only thing missing now is a tapabord, that should be done this fall So more pictures will follow. :)

This would be a beautiful piece, go for it! :) ...oh and if you ever get tired of it, let me know

very nice, if I din't already had a blade (a modern one though) waiting for a proper guard I would be very interested

Very interesting descriptiton I just found today in Jean Doublet journal's. In 1672, when he was a young sailor/pilot, his ship got captured, they took everything and the crew was sent in prison in Ostend. They spend 3 days and prison, than are freed and each men is given the equivalent of "15 sol" to pay for their way back to France and the men are left in a very miserable condition: ...je n'avois sur moy qu'un justaucorps sans manches raptassé de pièces de thoille godronnés et une pareille culotte, des vieux bas de deux couleurs et sans pieds, et de misérables souliers qui m'abandonnèrent à la première lieue, et pour bonnet le haut d'un vieux bas attaché avec une ficelle... ...all I had with me was a sleeveless justaucorp patched with some tarred canvas and similar breeches, some olds "feetless" socks of different colours, some crappy shoes that dyed on me at the first mile and for a hat, the top of an old sock tight up with a string... Now, i'm not saying this is representative of a late 17th c French sailor... but it would make a nice beggar outfit! Anybody got an old justaucorp they don't need anymore?

Well that's too bad. That being said, the site was cute and all, but it was not that special either. It was the people involve and present there that would made the lockhouse different and worth it. I didn't drove back and forth 11 hours in 2010 for the site. I did it for the people. I sure would like to meet those people again, maybe a bit further north closer to Philadelphia for example? Any place with a bit of land or in front of water can do the trick. Any suggestion?

I think now it is Sean Pridgeon who is in charge of the reenacting aspect of it, or at least he was last year. He is on FB but I would not be surprise if you were already friend with him ;-)

This is truly awesome! Good job PoD!!!

Well it was first publish in the 1950s. The original manuscript was supposedly miraculously found in the WW2 debris of St-Malo and of course it was discover by a buccaneer specialist... Right from the beginning the book was called fake by maritime historians. I have read it last year, and I must say after reading for a couple of years real memoirs and travel account from the 17th c this one scream "fake". There is tons of clichés and unbelievable elements in the story. The style of writing also try to imitate the style of the 17th but doesn't truly master it. It feels very modern I have also red recently that the guy who "found" and publish the story actually published a short story about Borgnefesse during the 1930s...

Borgne-Fesse is a fictional character, fun story, but should not be used as a period source

I had a blast!!! :-) Thank you all for your warm welcome and generosity. After being on the pub for 3 years now meeting some of you for the first time was like a celebration and Searle's raid is the perfect place to celebrate and have a good time. A special thank to all the organizers who obviously worked very hard, often being the first ones awake and on duty in the morning. Bravo et chapeau bas messieurs!

Awesome! Thanks for the tip Peglegstrick! :)

http://piratefashions.com/blackpowder.html# those do, but for such a low price I would be suspicious... That being said their "Jack Sparrow Queen Anne flintlock pistol" looks very very good. Unfortunately I don't know anybody who actually bought one or any other weapon from them

Willie I arrived at JAX March the 1st around 2:15pm, another fellow reenactor will arrive a bit later and will give me lift to Saint-Augustine. Yes I'll be camping at the fountain of youth. It was very expensive to fly back on the Sunday, so I decided to leave on Monday. Not sure yet where I will sleep Sunday nigth. If one of the locals have guest bedroom or even a couch and don't mind a French canadian intruder for the nigth I would be gratefull. If not I was thinking maybe trying the Pirate Haus inn. I also need to find myself a ride to JAX on Monday morning, my plane take off at 9:46 am. If not I have seen there is a shuttle seervice available from Saint-Augustine to JAX. Looking forward to meet you all!

And even one from Quebec ;-) Anybody else is planning on staying Sunday night as well?

Woohoo! Got my plane tickets, Saint-Augustine here I come!!! Sus à l'Espagnol!!!

Yééé!!! Been saving money and preparing some gear for this for a while now! Time to book that plane ticket...

I really like this one. Well done!

Hi Mission, yes even last year it was quite a challenge to get information regarding this event and I know personnally all the organizers! It was a last mminute thing that was announced I think in April and took place in June. I'm really impress with what they accomplish in such a small preparation time. The organization behind it have years of experience in historical theme festival so that probably explain their success. The weather was good which is crucial when starting a new event so the good news is that there will be a second one in 2012, probably again the 3rd weekend of June, but nothing is official yet. As you can see in the video the festival is very familly-kid oriented, but also leaves room for more historical aspect of pirate life. If all goes to plan, I will try to setup a boucanier camp for the weekend. I'll try to update information regarding the 2012 edition as soon as I get some Oh and no idea on the origin of the music used in the video...I'll ask

Video from the Grand Boucan 2011, the first pirate festival in Old-Montreal Next year I'll be there with my brand new fusil boucanier!!!

I think you might find some from amish markets from time to time. But they do are hard to find, plus wooden hoops don't last very long. Wasn't a big deal back in the days when every small village had at least one guy that knew how to fix them, but now days, it is quite a challenge...

I'm already saving the cash for the plane ticket for this one! Can't wait!

Dutertre is probably the first to write in French about the Boucanier, large portion of the French edition of Exquemellin are based on his memoires. Here is what he have to say regarding the mosquito net: ...et ceint par le milieu du corps d'un sac qui leur sert pour se coucher dedans pour se garantir d'un nombre innombrable de maringouins qui les piquent et leur sucent le sang de toutes les parties de leur corps qui demeure à découvert... which means basically: they wore on their waist a bag in which they sleep in to protect themselves from the infinite number of mosquitoes who bite and suck their blood from every part of their body that remain exposed