TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted February 21, 2004 Author Share Posted February 21, 2004 I just got word that I'm to be the recipient of our college's old medical skeletons in time for the St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 13th!! The college's new skeletons have arrived and are just awaiting assembly, then I can plunder the collection of old bones!! Woooohoooo!! Jeff (our decomposing pirate in the crows nest) will have some new friends aboard and at Ojai!!! ...or at least some bits and pieces of friends!!! This weekend, I'm replacing the old metalic fringe skirting with blue cut-out "wave" skirting, made of large sheets of blue foam insullation, mounted on metal strapping that is bolted to the trailer. I'm hoping to add some colored wooden fish (available on Ebay) before the parade also. I also have to shorten the mast slightly to make the maximum allowable height of 12' in our next two parades -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracked Carrie Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 I just got word that I'm to be the recipient of our college's old medical skeletons in time for the St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 13th!! The college's new skeletons have arrived and are just awaiting assembly, then I can plunder the collection of old bones!! Woooohoooo!! Oh man, that's too cool. I wonder if the "donor" ever would have guessed he (or she) would be participating in a pirate festival in such circumstances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted February 21, 2004 Author Share Posted February 21, 2004 LOL no worries, they aren't actual human skeletons, but life-size plastic models that look real. So don't pull the sticker off yer license, ye be safe! -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endkaos Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 Don't forget to post pics. We love seeing pirates in action, especially the crew of the Landshark and TalesOfTheSevenSeas. ~Tori Like any unmanned ship, a novice sailor will eventually steer into the wind and then in circles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted March 6, 2004 Author Share Posted March 6, 2004 Here is the latest update on the Land Shark. I've been out working on her all day today. The skirting is finished. I like the new "wave panel" skirting style much better, as it hides most of the trailer. Eventually, we'll replace these panels with permanent hard plastic ones. The mast has now been shortened to under 12' so that she is of legal height requirements. Penny, we beefed up the connections on the yardarm, so no worries, it won't fall on your nose again! Our medical department changed their minds about giving up their skeletons, so it will just Jeff in the crows nest, ...unless Dead Fred would like to join him for the parade? Neko has come up with a converter, a stereo system, several speakers and an additional fog machine. So we won't have to play the music over the sound of a generator anymore! We do need to come up with a car battery though. It turns out we can't hook into the truck's system. If any of you who are coming to the parade have a battery out of an old car that could be used, that would be great, otherwise I'll pick one up this week. Eventually we'll invest in a deep cell battery that can be recharged. With the addition of a second fog machine we'll have one for each cannon, so we should be getting considerably more "smoke" coming from the guns during this parade. Looking forward to a great St. Patrick's Day Parade and we will have photos!!! -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Pyrate Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Marine batteries are great. Huge power, and they can be recharged. We've got several for Search and Rescue radio work. It's amazing to see the rigs that can be powered off a single 12V battery. 35 ft. antennas that reach halfway across the state can be run for 8-12 hours off a single battery that's sitting in the snow. No idea how much they cost, but I can't recommend them enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted March 7, 2004 Author Share Posted March 7, 2004 We just had a new pirate join up who works for West Marine- Maybe she can pick us up one on an employee discount. -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 500 Yankee frogskins and up for an 8D battery, I'd recommend a spiral cell, marine battery from a manufacturer other than Waste Marine...'Optima', good marine power(nothing like an 8d) but charges like a wet cell...If you are just wantin' to CYA for the parade, borrow one from the 'Royaliste' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 The Land Shark is ready to rock n' roll for the Dublin St Patrick's Day Parade Saturday! Captain Gary brought by Dead Fred, Jeff, the deep cycling battery and another dead head on a post, whose name escapes me. I came up with a good way to keep Dead Fred's head on... a noose! I'm thinking we'll put him on the bowsprit, with a noose around his neck, but with him "climbing" the bowsprit to save hisself from hanging! Should look good and keep his head on! Jeff will be keeping watch in his usual post in the crow's nest. The "Black Pearl" (Mazda 4x4 pickup) is washed n' shiney. We load up tonight for an early morning departure Saturday. We'll have about 20+ pirates by all acounts. Photos will be up ASAP!! -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyannMacGregor Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 another dead head on a post, whose name escapes me. I blame the coffee right now....... but how about Jerry G.? Captain of The Morrighan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 LOL no, this is a wooden skull on a post that Gary has named already, but I don't recall it's name! -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Wuz 'Bone-apart', but I'm open to suggestions..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 Ah yes!! Now I remember!! Now to think of a good place for Bone-Apart in the parade. Hmmm... maybe carried by a pirate... Hmmmm -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Penny Hawkings Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I'd offer to carry him, but if all goes well, I think wee Unded Jack Sparrow will be coming with me on this excursion. He missed the last one on account of body parts fallin' off every mess o' steops. I've since glued him a bit more properly, and he should be ready to go for tomorrow. If I wasn't arse-deep in other stuff, I'd make 'm a wee green pirate coat to wear. "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Hate me because I am robbing you, tossing you overboard, and stealing your ship!" -the only thing more dangerous than her.. is her needle- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 'Ere be 'Bone-Apart'.............aboard ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Bess Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 HEY!!!! I recognize that hat!!!!!!!!! Well, you may not realize it but your looking at the remains of what was once a very handsome woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted June 20, 2004 Author Share Posted June 20, 2004 Well, the Land Shark's new skirting is nearly finished! Special thanks are due to Iron Jack, for his donation of the plastic panels for the skirting!! These panels were great to work with. They are the stuff that light-up marquee signs are made of and it cuts easily with just an exacto knife. This enabled me to make the wavey tops I needed on them. I used Krylon spray paint on the panels. It worked great, stuck to the plastic panels beautifully and was dry in minutes! All that is left to is to put cotton batting along the top as sea foam and give the foam and panels a light coat of spray glitter. I'll have photos of the new skirting shortly, when we sail the Land Shark down the streets of Redwood City the 4th of July parade! -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PYRATE Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Aye!..Good mod's to the 'Shark'!!...trailer work soon, eh??............ Stand Down, and ye may just live... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted June 20, 2004 Author Share Posted June 20, 2004 Yes please! After the 4th of July parade, it goes to the Children's Museum at Ft Baker for a few weeks and will be out in front of the museum promoting the exhibit, (the kids get to press the button and make the fog cannons smoke, LOL) but after that would be a great time since it is close by you and we have no parades for quite a while. Maybe we could design a better support sytem for the skirting too. -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Yup, probably best welding a few tabs here and there for your mounting screws to fasten to...I'll try an' remember to let Raul know, and keep a weather eye open for material for some beefin' up the suspension... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted June 20, 2004 Author Share Posted June 20, 2004 That all sounds great. All that I bolt to know is metal plumber's tape striping that is bolted to the trailer. It's the shape of the panels that kinda make it all work. Iron Jack- Great call on using "Great Stuff" foam insulation as sea foam on the top of the skirting. It's out drying in the back yard now- Looks great!! -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hearted Pearl Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 pictures pictures. ~Black Hearted Pearl The optimist expects the wind. The pessimist complains about the wind. The realist adjusts the sails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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