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    This will be EPIC!
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    Enjoy a family-fun weekend with a Street Fair & Maritime Celebration! A two-day maritime-themed weekend packed with kids games, crafts, scavenger hunt, the “Prestigious George Raft Race,” pirate costume judging contest, arts, crafts & food vendors, model boat displays, and more! All Pirates and Landlubbers, Welcome to Blaine for a weekend of Pirate Fun! Drayton Harbor Maritime Festival extravagance coincides with the docking of the Tall Ship Lady Washington to Blaine Harbor. Explore 40+ food and craft vendors. Enjoy sea shanty performances, family-friendly bands, scavenger hunts, pet contests, and more! And, to make this a kid-friendly pirate adventure, Blaine Birch Bay Park & Recreation will host their PIRATE DAZE children’s event on Saturday, August 2. This event welcomes approximately 4,000 visitors over the two-day event. This event is sponsored by the Blaine Chamber of Commerce. Saturday, August 2nd – 10 AM-5 PM AT BLAINE HARBOR BOATING CENTER, GATE 2: – Arts, Craft & Food Vendors – Live Music – Saturday, August 2nd PIRATE DAZE @ AT BLAINE MARINE PARK PLAYGROUND: Pirate Fun from 10 AM to 2 PM – Kids’ Games, Crafts & Scavenger Hunt – Pirates of Penzance Water Balloon Show – performed by Blaine Community Theater – Pirate Daze Finale Water Battalion Balloon Fight @ 2PM Pirate Daze is Sponsored by Blaine Birch Bay Park & Recreation, District #2 Drayton Harbor Maritime Festival is sponsored by Blaine Chamber of Commerce ———————————————————————– Sunday, August 3rd AT BLAINE HARBOR BOATING CENTER, GATE 2: – Arts, Craft & Food Vendors – Live Music – – Pirate Pet Contest @ 1 PM (see below for complete details) https://blainebythesea.com/events/drayton-harbor-maritime-festival/
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    Town Point Park, Downtown Norfolk Waterfront, Virginia FREE & Open to the Public! June 7 - 9, 2024 Friday: Noon - 11pm (Parade of Sail - Noon) Saturday: Noon - 11pm (Fireworks 9:30pm) Sunday: 10am - 6pm https://festevents.org/events/2024/norfolk-harborfest/
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    It's a 3-Day Pirate Invasion! 
 Pirates and skallywags of all ages will find treasure in our special contests, like the Pirate Costume Contest and Walk The Plank Trivia! It's a weekend full of fun piratical hijinks! Pirate Costume Contest - 1:00pm Pirates Cove Walk the Plank Trivia - 3:00pm - Brewer's Pub https://www.garenfest.com/themed-weekends
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    Join us as we celebrate a fun filled day of family friendly piracy as we uncover the legend of a Tampa Pirate and his thriving community of miscreants! Featuring live mermaids, steel and powder demonstrations, encampments, and more! Castortowne Pirate Invasion is hosted at the DeSoto National Memorial Park in Bradenton, Florida. The event will run from 10am-4pm during the scheduled hours of operation. As of right now, snacks and drinks are recommended to bring along with you. To check out if we have any food trucks available for this year's event, keep a weather eye here, or on our website! Park rules will be enforced as alcohol is not permitted. Enjoy an escape to our location next to the mouth of Tampa Bay, explore the world of Castortowne, and discover a hidden gem right here in our own backyard! Facebook
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    Join your friends and make new ones at the Schooner Wharf Bar New Year’s Eve Celebration. The popular waterfront watering hole once again will present its unique and original nautical New Year’s Eve tradition with “The Lowering of the Pirate Wench” from the towering mast of the tall ship America 2.0 docked in front of the bar in the Key West Bight. Everyone’s favorite pirate wench and owner of Schooner Wharf Bar, Evalena Worthington, will descend dramatically against large, illuminated countdown numbers. The stroke of midnight will signal the start of 2023 with cannon fire and the jubilant sound of horns and noisemakers from the crowd against a backdrop of the ship’s crew dressed as pirates. Schooner Wharf has complimentary hats, party favors and horns for everyone to feel festive while enjoying holiday drink specials and live music throughout the day and night. The bash was rated by AOL as the No. 2 New Year’s party in the nation – second only to the Times Square madness in New York City. The Schooner Wharf event made the Huffington Post’s 13 Amazing New Year’s 2014 Photos From Around the World. Rob O’Neal’s photo of Evalena at Schooner Wharf in Key West was the only photo chosen from this continent! Music from 11:30 pm till 4:30 pm, bands to be announced. It'll be a unique blend of dance music and rock ‘n’ roll swagger guaranteed to get you groovin’ and dancin’ into the New Year! As the midnight hour approaches, a popular local DJ will play party favorites in anticipation of the Auld Lang Syne. Hoist your drink – and your eyes – toward the top of the towering mast as the countdown begins and another year ends. But the end of the year isn’t the end of the party – the Schooner New Year rocks well into 2023. All this and No Cover Charge. Have a safe and exciting New Year, from your friends at Schooner Wharf Bar, “A Last Little Piece of Old Key West.” https://www.schoonerwharf.com/23countdown.htm
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    Arr Mateys! Whether you are a corsair, buccaneer or privateer, dress up and re-live the adventure and camaraderie of the days of Pirates. On this special weekend you will find pirates of all ages roaming the Village of Albright looking to share tall tales and sea shanties aplenty! Create your own pirate story and adventure on our Pirate Weekend. https://www.larf2023.org/
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    from wikipedia and confirmed from several other sites: Some of the earliest recorded European attempts of spiral-grooved musket barrels were of Gaspard Kolner, a gunsmith of Vienna in 1498 and Augustus Kotter of Nuremberg in 1520. Some scholars allege that Kollner’s works at the end of the 15th century only used straight grooves, and it wasn’t until he received help from Kotter that a working spiral-grooved firearm was made.[6][7][8] There may have been attempts even earlier than this, as the main inspiration of rifled firearms came from archers and crossbowmen who realized that their projectiles flew far faster and more accurately when they imparted rotation through twisted fletchings. Though true rifling dates from the 16th century, it had to be engraved by hand and consequently did not become commonplace until the mid-19th century. Due to the laborious and expensive manufacturing process involved, early rifled firearms were primarily used by wealthy recreational hunters, who did not need to fire their weapons many times in rapid succession and appreciated the increased accuracy. Rifled firearms were not popular with military users since they were difficult to clean, and loading projectiles presented numerous challenges. If the bullet was of sufficient diameter to take up the rifling, a large mallet was required to force it down the bore. If, on the other hand, it was of reduced diameter to assist in its insertion, the bullet would not fully engage the rifling and accuracy was reduced. The first practical military weapons using rifling with black powder were breech loaders such as the Queen Anne pistol.
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    Rifling
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    Florida History Festival Event Details: Different periods of history will be represented from Seminole Indians to Spaniards, including early skills demonstrations, and pirate tales from long ago. Featuring James Sawgrass and special guests! An abridged Saturday program will be made available for studentd and chaperones at a reduced rate. 10AM-2PM Rain or Shine Event Gate Fee will be posted in July 2024 Bagged Lunch Option Available, Fee will be posted in July 2024 https://scoutingevent.com/083-flhf
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    12:00 P.M. – 7:30 P.M. Set a course for Tampa, Florida, and be prepared for great fun and high adventure! The 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Gasparilla Pirate Fest is scheduled in Tampa from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. on Saturday, January 25, 2025. It features the 106th Gasparilla Invasion and Parade of the Pirates presented by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla. https://gasparillapiratefest.com/pirate-invasion/ https://ymkg.com/events/seminole-hard-rock-gasparilla-invasion-parade/
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    Based on the distance between the wing doors and the back of what looks like a jewelry box, they are not attached. The angle makes it look like one box.
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    This is posted on the calendar already
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    There, I tied up some loose ends. Not sure if you want to merge these with the others. some are a bit more modern.
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    Excellent!
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    Doesnt matter if its clothes, but if used for other things like tools or whatever , carrying by end handle can be an issue.
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    Thats why I pack 2 weeks early for an event. I have time to finish what I forgot...
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    My youngest son bought some tools and I guess its a rubber block that you can carve? I'd have to get ambitious again.
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    It made almost a perfect 6 waffles in my iron. I ate the first one and froze the remaining 5. Then you can either microwave or toast them depending on your preference. I did add nutmeg and about a half gil of Madeira wine to your recipe, per the Js Townsends video. We'll have to discuss food for Ft Gaines as we are flying in. Dont think my waffle iron is gonna fly with us LOL
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    Delicious!!! The first waffle came out in two pieces because I forgot to melt butter over the cast iron. But it still tasted great. Scraped some sticky pieces off, buttered and WALLAH! see below. Everyone after came out nice 4 minutes a side on the stovetop on Med heat...
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    You prolly dont want me involved LOL...
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    Except for eggs, milk, vanilla and yeast, we could mix it up ahead of time in baggies and bring to ft Gaines. We would need a grocery run and a cast iron wafflemaker. I have a small one which i just purchased and seasoned. So I'm trying out the above recipe with added ingredients from the JS townsend video (nutmeg and wine). I'll let you know how I did...
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    I bought it finished, so not sure.
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    Here is a Queen Anne pistol from a Rifle Shoppe kit. The last pic is a Pedersoli Queen Anne for comparison. two different animals...
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