capn'rob

We shall be glad to see ye and yer family. We are sure to have a grand time!

Ye have me word, and ye can trust me, I be a Pirate!

depends....you still owe me a drynk? Let us just assume that I do. You, sir will be visiting me homeport so as I shall be yer host! We will be sure to tip a few.

With this breath of Spring in the air, we are getting ready for this years Invasion so, Are ye making fer Beaufort? August the 13th, 14th and 15th.

If it is to be a Chantey you might consider the "Heave Lads" betwixt two line verse. It would be for an awful long haul were it not.

Avast, there Yardarm! I be Capn'Rob but most calls me Dutch. I bein' the Bosun of the "Meka"II, Beaufort, NC, 8 Guns. We have a Pirate Invasion here in Beaufort the weekend of Friday the 13th! We reenacts the Spanish Invasion and take over of the Towne in 1747. Then the Malitia, Towne's Folk and surrounding Farmers takes it back. It be a right fine time. If ye aint be from the East Coast, have a look at the other Raids and Boarding parties. They be havin' em up and down the Left Coast as well and the middle o' th continent. Ye may be wantin' t' put a wee bit more about yerself on yer profile like where ye hail from. That way ye finds shipmates what lives nearby. So I thinks so and I sez so! Welcome aboard and bring yer Dory! Fer we be hopin yer gam be enjoyable. Dutch "X" (his mark)

Ahoy Capn'rob - I keeps me speaking trumpet quiet as I had to look that one up. Ye have had all hands by the scruff now 2 of 3. Jas. Hook Avast, Master Hook! And wuz ye able t' find said "Spencer"? Capn'rob - Only as a trysail or a storm rig. Jas. Hook On a Ship rig, a Spencer is to the Main as the Spanker is to the Mizzen

Aye, me bully mates, all. were it not fer th' time in shipyard were I t' see the Salt Shelf be placed t' it's purpose. Before Sheerstrake, Covering Board or Ceiling be fast in place, the Shipwright fixes a piece of wood between the Frames angled down from inboard out. This "shelf" is then given a full charge of Rock Salt and is then hidden away until the vessel is first "topped". In ships with double sawn frames, these were fitted above the mid-futtocks. If any sweet water (fresh) were to get through, before it settled at the frame ends, butt blocks or futtock joints. The pickled (salt) water will not promote dry rot. Sweet water will.

Ahoy Capn'rob - I keeps me speaking trumpet quiet as I had to look that one up. Ye have had all hands by the scruff now 2 of 3. Jas. Hook Avast, Master Hook! And wuz ye able t' find said "Spencer"?

The date and venue be as such; on the 14 th of May at 8 pm at Clawson's on Front St., Beaufort, NC. And be sure t'will be an evening of great merriment and entertainment!

Are you Sure? Capt. Bo raises some valid issues.

For those who may not know, the Beaufort Pyrate Invasion is the reenactment of an actual event at the actual location. This is the only Reenactment/ Festival I know of that does such. Were this not reason enough to attend, the location is beautiful. Looking across from Front Street to Carrot Island, you can see wild ponies grazing in the evenings. The Blackbeard presence. As you may know, the wreck presumed to be the "Queen Anne's Revenge", has been found and is being excavated off the Beaufort-Morehead Inlet. The North Carolina Maratime Museum is the repository of the Artifacts! From Sewing Needles to Cannon. All are indicative of the age and size of this vessel. The words "Queen Anne's Revenge" or other exact proof have not yet been found and so they have not claimed a certainty of identity. The display of artifacts are worth the trip to Beaufort! This Museum is Free! Has a great Portrayal of the Coastal Carolina History and Blackbeard. Toss in a weekend of Pyrate Mayhem and I asks ye, Why wouldn't ye go?

I'll toss in this to keep it lively. A "Spencer".

Allow me to be the first o' this rabble to do so. We 'ad our doubts as t' any such folk as t' claimin' this ne'er do well as their'n, But as such as ye have, I shall say unto ye, I be Wishen Ye the Most Glorious o' Days in Celebrashun o' th' 90th Anniversary o' yer Birth. And further do wish ye Many Happy Returns o' the Day! So said this 2nd day o' March, 2010. Upon yerself, Capn Bob. I too had the rare privelege o' havin me own Mother in my life as long as ye. A few more years as well. We spent 90 aboard the "Massdam" of Dutch Flag. 91 we sailed with th' "Norway". Her crew were from 23 Nations! Her Flag was Bahamian. Six months later, we set sail on the "Norway" once more. I ask ye, who's as lucky as us? God Bless and keep your Mum!

As a Post Script, this is why I haven't had a drink in 23 years! Plenty more Ink but no "Jumpin' Whisky" for me!

During America's Cup Races in Newport, R.I. in the early 80s I awoke with a Big Head ! I had fallen asleep (read passed out) in a hammock slung under the boom o' me friend Pete's Azorean Whaleboat. At some point I'd fallen out of the hammock and crawed under a tarp that was covering a British Seagull Outboard which I was affectionately "spooning". The hardware dimples proved that. I awoke (read came to) because Pete, having seen me last in the hammock, saw me nowhere! Thinking I'd gone by the board he was crying out for me! As I began to spiral back to earth I noticed that not only did my head hurt, from the Deamon Rum, my ribs hurt from falling out of the hammock and on to the thwarts and the pokes and dents from the outboard But! My ankle was hurting too! And not like I'd twisted it. Pete says "Don't you remember going to Buddy Mott's Tattoo Parlor? Funny thing is, I didn't! I did however have a reminder! Under the Schooner on my ankle I had named it after my girlfriend, The "Jeanie". This could have been worse! Well I got a ride down to Gallilee and to the Block Island Ferry and home. I was still feeling a little green around the gills but once home I was sure I'd feel better. I certainly expect Jean to react so vehmonantly about the Tattoo but she was not happy. At all! Six months later it was back to a tool box, guitar case, two seabags and my guitar. Back in Florida the name was covered with waves, basically drowning her in efigy! It's funny how these days Jean loves to tell that story and makes me show the Tattoo!

Have you come across any of the work of the Dutch explorer and cartographer, Adrian Block. He's credited with the early charting of Long Island and giving his name to Block Island. It was settled by English of Bradfords Massachusetts Colony in 1661 by 16 families some of the decendants still residing on the Island. There's quite the history of the Island. Some myth some true but all colorfull.

Aye, Sir! Aye. To Paradise Lane and th' girls we do adore. They steal our money and pawn our watches and boots but we'ns shall remember naught but their talk of affection the night before! To ye, Sir! I raise me tankard to ye!

Aye and Alas! When ye come t' th age where as they be given ye a wink an tellin ye, Ahrr! yer bein sweet! Blast em all! Fer I still be thinkin o' th ol' days! Whence a stroll down Paradise Lane or Princes Landin' Stage would find me rollin' them 'scouse gals by the twain, an I sez so! Yet again the true part o' this tale be in the Ink itself! Fer ye see Young Keelhauled Conny be sportin' some fine decoration and I be sharin' the tales o' me voyages what's told in the Ink upon meself. If'n ye haven't mayhaps ye'll look upon me Gallery of "Ink".

Aye, tis true. Have ye seen the "whattzit?". Jas. Hook got "Parbuckling" off the ways but "Salt Shelf" is still up for grabs!

Did ye awake wi' any new Ink? Aye, those be me favorites. Particularly if the etching be o' the moniker o' some lass and that, nae th' one beside me!

Aye, but ye missed the point in yer own statement: "Main 'Halyard'" is what that piece of wire rope is called! Even if it's spliced to three strand dacron.

Aye, so here we be. "No Ropes" aboard. "One Rope" aboard. And Blast me, we've got six! 1) Bellrope, 2) Manrope, 3) Footrope, 4) Boltrope, 5) Tiller rope and 6) the Rope's End !! To the best o' me recollections, that be all of what I knows. Yet I be willin' ta learn.

Aye, to be sure. Fer were it not we poor sailors would have nae t' brace upon while gatherin' the bunt.