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This afternoon, meself, Dutch, a common bosun', was invited to a feast served usually to Swells and the like we'ns is wont to be liberatin' o' their goods! Sure and we wuz fed an et on the beach. They wuznt about to feed us inside like. But feed us they did. All sorts o' victuals I aint never et before. No hardtack, no salthorse and no peas porrige. I wuz feelin rather like a gentleman, I wuz! And only the finast o' folk to be sure! Knowin' I be missin' plenty as wot plenty as I aint met yet, from the Arcangel there was Capt. Sterling, M.A.A. Dogge and Haunting Lily. Syren and Stynky. There were Dutch and Lady Grace of Blackbeard's Crewe. Dead Eye, Leatherback, Carribbean Pearl, Scarlette Jai of Bone Island Buccaneers. Cascabel and Braze wuz in attendance. Many others that I had nay met, dimmed eye did na recognize nor me rum soaked brain remember. It were the settin o' the sun th' likes ye see only on an island and that is how the evening began. Respectfully submitted, Dutch "X" his mark
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If'n any o' ye be bringin' a barrow what's ta be movin yer sea chests an what other like dunnage ye may have, I be innerested in the hierin' o' sech gentleman ta transport me lame carcass through the streets and lanes about, Aye.
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Me Dear Miz Mary, Furst I be askin after ye health and as ta yer travels. I be hopin ye arrived safe an sound and are of good cheer. Now as ta this Promanade, may I inquire as ta the conveyance. Be it by foot only or be there any oxcart or other rolling stock? I likes a nice stroll but me tired old legs goes but so far. I be with holdin me commitment ta this parade until as such I knows. All the Best, me dear, Dutch "X" his mark
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From the album: Pirate Ink
This piece was from a book of old sailor flash from the end of the 19th century. There is an anchor with a women wearing a nautical outfit and the flowers are "Forget me Nots". My Mom always wore a Nautical outfit when she came aboard the boat so this tattoo is in honor of my Mom. I have a "Fouled Anchor" on my right arm that's my own drawing. It's representitive of my Dad.© © Pyracy.com 2002 - 2009
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Lt. Terry Brown, 1st Mate and Master Gunner, "Meka"II
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From the album: Pirates
© © Pyracy.com 2002 - 2009
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From the album: Me own vessel and home, m/v "Patience"
I entered "Key Lime" in the Washington's Birthday Regatta in Dinner Key, Miami, FL. The race was started by Commodore Ralph Munroe. one of the settlers of Coconut Grove at the turn of the 20th century. After many years the participants moved on yo power boats and began having an annual Clambake on the Date. The Race was revived about 20 years ago. In spite of being swamped twice and my rudder popping out of its gudgeons at the start, I came in third overall out of three races !! The rophy was an awesome Conch Shell Horn !© © Pyracy.com 2002 - 2009
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From the album: Me own vessel and home, m/v "Patience"
The carpentry is getting finished up for the cockpit. The interior will be down the line. I just wanted a combing in place to be seaworthy. That included a cockpit sole with drained hatch ways with scuppers. The finish for the cockpit sole will be after the aft end of the main coach top.© © Pyracy.com 2002 - 2009
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From the album: Me own vessel and home, m/v "Patience"
Replacing the cockpit combing with African Mahogony. It's not just the beautiful grain and tone of the wood, it's the way that Seafarer Supply in Fort Lauderdale worked the grain to the crown of the aft piece and bookmatched the sides.© © Pyracy.com 2002 - 2009
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From the album: Me own vessel and home, m/v "Patience"
After 40 years this top of exterior grade plywood and polyester resin held up quite well, I'd say. The bad wood was in the ways of the remote spotlight and the horn's wires. A common source for fresh water then rot. But 40 years!!!© © Pyracy.com 2002 - 2009
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About a year and a half ago I ordered a Frock Coat and Drop Front Breeches from Black Bear Historical Clothing. I asked if they could possibly deliver them in time for the Buccaneer's Ball, Beaufort Pyrate Festival. They said they'd be there, but "just in time". They arrived on the day promised. They fit perfectly to the measurements I'd given and I found them to be of very good quality. My Grandfather was a Uniform Maker. One of his specialties was the Fife and Drum Corps of the New England Area where I come from. Although he hasn't made a uniform since the mid-sixties, some of the corps are still wearing garments he made. I say that to say this; Black Bear makes quality. It is made by local folks in West Virginia so you are supporting a local community. At the Blackbeard Festival in Hampton, VA, he could not unload his trailer to set up his tent. People were buying as quick as he could pull it out of the rig! Let's see, High quality, modest price and locally made, works for me! Dutch "X" his mark
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Syren, I have joined your Prayer Group. In numbers there is strength and Prayer Changes Everything!! I will bring Brennen's name to the folks I pray with. I hope this good news continues to come. Dutch "X" his mark
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Wouldst thou have commerce wi' rogues sech what as these? Sez I. Fine and Dandy, sez ye? 'Pon me word, sir! -
Aye feeling a bit on the mend...packing all the meds just in case...now if I could just get all the sewing done, but school is out for me until I get back home, so I have a few extra hours that I normally don't. Glad to hear yer trip down is coming along just fine. Look forward to seeing ye. Godspeed on the rest of yer journey!
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Although our landfall was at Nuka Hiva, Hiva Oa was the major port in the Marquesas. We cleared customs at Nuka Hiva and the Government seat is still there, the only reason we made landfall there was "used Pilot books"! We spent a little time in Nuka Hiva then left, bound for Ua Huka, best known for their carvings in wood. Once we were on course for some hours we encountered a "Willi-wah". A variable in the trade winds that gets funneled between islands and the venturi effect increases the velocity greatly. The direction waqs directly on our course so, change plans! After a quite uncomfortable night we made for Tauata, a small island off the major port of Atuona. We decided to anchor there and catch our breath. We were the first yacht to visit there in many years since the main port's so close. This place was awesome in the sense this word is intended. After a few days we left for Atuona Village. There we found the main anchorage, the "town" and a few stores. Just outside the town, in the cemetary is the grave of the Impressionist, Paul Guaguin. Just inside the harbors mouth is Typee Valley. Home to Herman Melville for a year after he and a friend jumped from the Whaler "Acushnet". I am so glad I took the opportunity to go when I did. We were 28 days from Panama to the Marquesas and 18 days to Hawaii. That be a tale of another day.
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Aye! Ye be knowin' that "Mold" be too good ta' just be usein' once. This be like findin' me long lost twin Brother!
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Feeling a bit better thank ye Dutch! Up and moving and fortunately, have three days off this week...plenty of time to rest up and pack..
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Prepin' of PIP - Rigging a bowsprit and jib to "Tyger"
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"Sailbad the sinner" better mind his helm and keep a weather to leeward! She may be small but she do look mighty! I'm realy thinking hard about Plasteak for hand rails! The sailing dink on my boat deck, "Imp-Patience", is getting all wood replaced this winter with Plasteak. -
I had several people on my "friend's list" but now they are gone. When I tried to access "manage friends in my top dropdown" I was denied .
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If it's real Pirate Treasue, weapons and relics of daily living supplies ye be wantin' ta see, then the North Carolina Maritime Museum has the "Goods"! The Repository of all objects recovered from the wreck just outside the Beaufort/Morehead Inlet are being brought to the Museum to be preserved, identified and cataloged. At this point nothing retrieved has had the name "Queen Anne's Revenge" or Blackbeard attached to it so the salvors are continuing to concider this wreck to be "assumed" in identity. However, it's in the "right" place and frrom the "right" time. The museum has a very interesting exhibit with artifacts, art and models as well as the repository at the museum annex. They are also around the corner from the main site of the Beaufort Pyrate Invasion that's held the beginning of August. Commemorating a Pirate Invasion of the Town in 1726. Ya'll come down now, y'hear!
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Dear Capt. Sterling, I'm sad to hear you are in ill health. Them sawbones seem to do a lot of head scratchin' for what they charge! I just wish you a very speedy recovery with a mild case of what ever you have. I hope you will feel better soon enough to be at PiP. Sincerely Capn'Rob aka Dutch of the "Meka"II
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Have you seen the photos of my Shearwater, "Key Lime". It's a Joel White design based on an Osvessel or Os River Boat from Denmark. Basically, it looks like a miniature Viking Ship!! It was built by a friend of mine, a Naval Arcitech and Marine Engineer. Of course he had to modify the plan a bit. She's stitch and glue plywood so he used ply of 2/3rds the thickness and added strength with a carbon fiber filet where the planks lap. He also built the mast hallow with a carbon fibre lining. Light yet strong. The lengths of the planks were to be butt joined in the plans "but" these were scarfed with the joints fixed behind the frames. After finishing the project, Charles sent a photo to Joel White who wrote back and commented on how beautiful she looked with a "bright' interior. The result of the scarfs giving the look of full length, the interior is kept varnished. When Charles moved to Turkey to supervise the construction of Expedition Yachts he left it in the care of friends to use and maintain. They did neither! When he came for the annual boat show in Lauderdale, he asked me to do the same, which I did. The following year at the boat show he told me "if I want another small boat, I'll build one. You keep it!" Like giving someone a St Bernard Puppy! A wooden Boat! Yeah, but I love her just the same! I'm still thinking about towing her to Florida for this trip. It certainly is no strain to tow. Either way, I shall look forward to seeing you at PiP. This will be my first time at this event although I've been going to Key West since the early 70s. Take care, Rob -
I can eat some things with them, nothing too sticky. They're like slightly lose fillings. I can drink with them just fine though. Master Jones, Me name be Dutch. Nae tha man from Blackbeard's crew, I be the Bosun o' tha Armed Brig "Meka"II, Beaufort, NC. I sure likes what ye dun wi' them choppers. They be Gold and Dutch be quite fond o' Gold. What I be tellin' ye is I bin sportin' a particular look in me countenance fer many a year and I think ye may take a likin' to it. I have not a likeness but might I be maki yer aquaintence at PiP? If so, I'll be lookin' fer ye to give ya' a look. Dutch "X" his mark
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As it would seem you are both in the area of the Island of the Manhattos Indians and that school is on the Left Coast. There's something closer although, most likely not as intense, depending on the group. For the winter monthe, Nov.-Feb., Mystic Seaport Museum will be offering a program "Skills of the Sailor". It will be in the Schaefer Building and will be hands on training in ropework, sewing canvas and net making. Also offered, Signal Code and Gear Handling. The programs come with the price of admission and materials are provided. You can take your work home.