madPete

And it pretty much says it all - Such a word warrior!

Its always good to have extra kit like that, but I'm not volunteering for washing dishes except the ones I dirtied making dinner LOL

It seems they no longer go by "Toshiba Tall Ships Festival", maybe lost the Sponsor? Anyhoo, after losing the Pilgrim during Covid, they now have the "Spirit of Dana Point" and are having a PIrate and Mermaid Ball on Saturday night. I'm told there will be new shows this year, probably a Land-sea battle of the pirates versus the British on board the Spirit of Dana Point. There will be Cannon Battles on the Tall Ship cruises as well. You have to book ahead of time to get on the Tallship Cruises, they sell out fast! They usually have 4-5 Additional tallships: the "Exy Johnson", "Irving Johnson", "American Pride", and "Bill of Rights". I saw a post that Mayflower was going to be there too. Generally there are 2 Pirate camps. One is a combination of Pirates and British sailors that perform the shows and another crew of Pirates "Alliance of the Double Cross" with several sub crews, that does a Living History camp. Sometimes there is a third pirate camp near the music stage. There is a blacksmith, beer garden, and live music and many food vendors. The OI parking lot is usually full of various vendors with Nautical themed items. a beer garden and live music. The Ocean Institute opens its doors for free Admission during the festival. Also lots of day trip visiting pirates wandering about with the spectators.

Yes, there are several electric outlets inside the fort. Chris might have sent pics of them which I posted in the other thread "pre-event survey"

We may need a few more as serving bowls as well as just having extras handy... We'll have nuts, cheese, and assorted fruits and vegetables available and need something to put them in

Sorry to hear that. Hope your vasectomy [Edit😂] goes smoothly and is successful.

Its gonna be warm and sticky unless we get lucky and get a cold spell...

Harkening back to the old Key West Threads... 1) Socialize with local Pirates 2) Teach history to the public visitors 3) Take the ferry to Fort Morgan 4) Die in a Pirate battle 5) See what the pirate cooks come up with for Potluck 6) Participate in a Tug O War 7) Chase the Bread Monger (whoever that is going to be) 8] Visit the "Goat Tree" ( make that, Christen the Goat Tree! LOL) 9) Donate something to and Buy something at the "Auction at the Mast" 10) Play the hat swap game after a few drinks ( now that I have a real hat)

maybe a heavy belayin' pin?

ooo and a strainer! we need one of those for Ft Gaines! along with those utensils. We are gonna have pans/pots from both Chris and Fayma as well

written in blood...

This one is trouble... Welcome Carol! 😁

LOL. Most of em in the desk are your designs, except the steampunk and Buckaroo Bonzai

looking good!

That striped material is hard to come by, makes good sacks too

Only if you are cooking it in an entree! Otherwise you have a start on a demo!

There's your first vict... er... client Stynky!

Friday, Saturday and Sunday the Mercury crew will be provided meals at minimal cost. Edit [Sorry - if this was not clear - This is Mercury crew participants - we have limited cooking resources as we are flying in...] Breakfasts: Stynky and volunteers are cooking breakfast Sat, Sun. Sounds pretty deluxe with waffles, eggs, bacon, etc.. Lunch: there will be coldcuts, fruit, salad, bread, cheese, greens etc available for lunches I'm told the fort provides lunch one day, but I have minimal information on that so we wil be prepared if it doesnt happen Dinners: madPete and volunteers will be cooking Friday Dinner "Ragoo and Salt Pork" (i.e. mashed potatoes ,ragoo'd French green beans and a ham) along with bread and greens Saturday Dinner is a potluck prior to the auction, bring something to pass - there is a separate thread on the potluck Sunday no formal Dinner as it is teardown. We can provide what is leftover for cold cuts, bread, fruit etc... Please consider a $10 donation for each prepared meal for breakfast and dinner (i.e. $30 total). We're hoping this covers lunch costs as well without additional $. Please let madPete know which meals you are interested in so we can plan numbers. Payable at the fort only.

Sounds interesting! I'm not ruling it out but I'm on the other side of the country. So flights, rental cars etc... require an established event for that kind of outlay.