Eureka Tom

She sounds big, big and awesome ... awesomely expensive, but then ye know what them that be say... "B.O.A.T. Bring Out Another THOUSAND !"

PICTURES PLEASE !

Own a piece of history, and make history of your own with HMS Bounty.

NO KIDDING mateys... it's a full replica... but with deisel engines for back-up in case the wind wont be at ye back...

www.yachtworld.com

According to the site, this is the one used in the POTC movies.

How much ye ask?

Well, ye know what THEY says; if ye HAFTA ask...

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58' American Privateer Schooner Steel Replica

Nowe this one HERE is a nice lass... even has a purty thang on the bow with her bits showin !

www.yachtworld link and a BARRRGAIN at only a half a milllion...

This STEEL Replica of a 19th Century American Privateer Schooner was custom designed & built for service as a Caribbean charter vessel with a pirate theme. She is ideal for charter service with larger groups in non-US waters and would also be excellent for six-passenger service in US waters. BUCCANEER was launched in 2007 and is virtually a new vessel having recently completed a sea trail & shakedown cruise from California to Mexico, Nicaragua and back to California. She is now located in Northern California's Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta and is fully operational & ready for service. Very stoutly built, she features 3/16th inch steel plate construction, pilot house and aft cockpit helms, RADAR, VHF, video depth finder, GPS/Chart Plotter, icemaker, EPIRB, 4-burner range w/oven,solar charger, water maker, anchor winch, diesel auxiliary generator, 450hp Isota Frahini Diesel main engine, washer/drier, hydraulic steering, full-sized side by side refrigerator/freezer, Electrasan sanitary system, hard bottom Avon inflatable dingy w/ 9hp Johnson Outboard, and MORE. All receipts & warranties reported available. She is fitted with a richly and very comfortably decorated interior below featuring lavish use of varnished wood accents and colorful upholstery as well as being well-lit by both natural & electric lighting (including LED lighting, Buccaneer is well-found with extensive tools, linens, utensils, spares, etc. Aft of her comfortable salon, there is a large aft master stateroom and enclosed head with tub and shower. This is a unique and very desirable vessel that should be a great deal of fun to operate & enjoy as well as being a real attention getter for marketing her charter services; she awaits your inspection.

If yew wants a PIRATE ship ... with ALL the ammenities.... well, yer got yerself a fine one here.

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This is your chance to purchase the famous Formosa 51 that was used for the majority of the open water and port sequences in the 1990's film "Captain Ron" at a very affordable price! The "Wanderer" is a cutter rigged ketch that is equally well suited for use as a live aboard, a bluewater cruiser, a charter vessel or a tourist attraction. She features all the amenities of home and a spacious deck area for watching sunsets and hosting parties. Currently berthed in Kemah, TX, she fortunately suffered no damage from Hurricane Ike. With some TLC, she can be returned to the same beautiful condition that she was in during the filming of Captain Ron's and will provide you many years of pleasure, no matter how or where you decide to sail her.

www.yachtworld.com

.... and cheap too ! Only $150K ... lol.. buy TWO !

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Here's a 63 foot schooner/pirate ship replica !

The Buccaneer pirate ship is a magnificent custom built creation that has many unique features to behold and was well thought out in many devious ways! She was commissioned in 2007 and is available for business investors and or buyers.

She is currently set-up for coast-guard certification as a charter vessel for up to 40 passengers to have parties and receptions aboard. She is continuously having upgrades done in order to perfect her condition. New Sails with cannon holes and cannons inside. Just short of qualifying for Coast Guard Certification. Reduced by another $75K.

www.yachtworld

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I hope I haven't offended the powers that be for postin these "fer sail" items, but I figured if someone be askin, I might as well share what I be findin !

Hope ye all had a laugh if nuthin else!

Here is a beauty on yachtworld.com

a 1911, 102 foot clipper !

Here's a few more:

97' Pirate Topsail Schooner

Click the yachtworld link here

Now THIS one might just be what you need:

49' PIRATE SHIP 49 Passenger U.S.C.G Certified/turnkey REDUCED

• Year: 2005
• Current Price: US$ 195,000
• Located In Ft. Lauderdale/Stuart, FL
• Hull Material: Composite
• Engine/Fuel Type: Single Diesel

For sale link

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More to follow...

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/indexB.html actually has some nice boats that could be "re-worked" and if you can fiddle with the search parameters, you will find around 200 boats UNDER $10,000

I also found an actual "pirate ship" on ebay (go figure) and was going to post it here last night, but I hit the spellchecker up there, and POOF, all of my post went to davey jones' locker.... and it was 2 am and I didnt feel like re-doing it all over again.

NOW i go back and the bloody thing has been taken off ebay alltogether, but I will endevour to find it agian... and post it AGAIN..

In the mean time, here is a 1946 Rhodes New Weekender 39 foot Sloop

They only want $35,000 or best offer... ebay link

I know these boats have no sails, but ye might have a gander at www.duffyboats.com

They are all electric, and beautiful boats, everything from dingies to small yachts.

They have very classic lines to say the least.

You think *YOU* got it rough, try bein the only "HILLBILLY/REDNECK" pirate in Arkansas !~

I feel it important to tell future "pinners" that ye HAVE to include yer email addy into the propper box or yu'll nay be gettin into the map !

Ahoy from one greenhorn to another !

So as I ahve mentioned on my maiden thread, I am tryin to put together a once-a-month pirate gatherin here in Eureka Springs at a local tavern.

It's an Irish pub, but I figure, drunken irish, drunken pirates... it's all good !

I was thinkin about having pirate music of some kind palyin in the background while we have short 10 minute "seminars" on how to talk like a pirate... how to dress like a pirate (findin stuff on ebay and the like) ... learnin a few pirate songs perhaps... oh... and of course DRINKIN SOME RUM !

I want this to be fun for everyone, but not too boring or too childish ifin ye know what I mean.

What kind of ADULT entertainment can we have .... short of gettin thrown in the local brig?

If this goes over well, then I plan on organizin' a once-a-year BIG PIRATE BASH/CONVENTION here in town !

(hide the kids Margie, them pirates is havin a PARADE...)

We already have teh conventions center to host it in if enough folks show up, and the town is used tohavin a parade of SOME kind every flippin weekend, so what's one more?

I was thinkin the weekend after halloween, aint much goin on at that point to be conflictin with anyone elses party, everyone should have their costumes already dusted off and still laid out from the weekend previous and since most piratacla outfits are so bulky and hot, November would be a good time to wear em ! (You can also hide your long-handles under em if need be like I did ... no one notices under the big fluffly britches)

What say ye???

Alrighty swabbies... here be the scuttlebut...

This was me first attempt at a "real" pirate costume, the only thing I bought online was the hat (with attached hair) and boot spats.

The rest I had on hand or bought locally a piece at a time. I added all the bling on the hat meself.

Found the sail needle here in town actualy, imagine that.

This year, I am crackin the whip and my maiden is workin up a real nice jacket and vest from a pattern we found online.

I will be postin those pics over in the proper section of the pub as they become available.

But for now, I need suggestions for gettin more attendees to the event.

It's halloween night, downtown in the middle of the busiest part of town, problem bein, folks are usually doin too much other stuff to pay attention to what I be doin.

I also would like to be able to have something for the kiddos to do (something sidewalk sized) other than just go for a 5 minute ride around the block.

Any suggestons?

(oh, we raised $1,000 last year with just two carriages in 4 hours.)

(by the way, did anyone notice i have updated my profiley things.... new signature lines and all...)

I am gonna post a new thread on the children's charity carriage rides/pirate-a-palooza with some pics of YOURS TRUELY in my first pirate attempts cosutme.

Also gonna start a new one on the new pirate gatherins I am plannin here at the local pub.

Look for both, and please feel free to jump in and offer suggestions and such.

Welcome aboard! Glad to see that bein' stuck witout the ocean hasn't stopped ye from the sweet trade! Let's hear more 'bout the event ye mentioned... may have a word or two to offer ye.

Well, not much to tell yet. That's the problem. I only have the ideas in me head so far...

An me head bein what it is, there aint much accountin for actual future plannin skills.

I *did* mind ye come up with this everyone attendin should bring two pieces of "gold" for advertisin of the monthly gatherin.

(two of those fancy "gold" dollar coins will suffice) which will go towards adverts an door prizes...

Although WHY anyone would want a DOOR for a prize i'll never reckon.

I thought we could have talk like a pirate seminars ( of the drunken 10 minute variety) creatin a decent pirate name... Singin pirate songs... Readin short pirate stories... Etc.

Any other thoughts?

Indeed she is... lol... or rather my business with my pleasure ! YAR !

Once a year we take the carriages downtown on hallows eve and dress in full regalia, braided beard and all, and give FREE carriage rides for children's charity, this year it goes to the Arkansas Children's Hospital. Folks can make a donation of ANY size, and they get a free carriage ride, and get their photo taken by the on-site olde time photo studio (who I finaly twisted enough arms that they screamed UNCLE and installed a whole slew o' piratical outfits and sets/props ... then realized HEY we could make some money with this crap... I mean stuff...) and free candy for the kiddies and an extra special treat for the ladies from your's truely ! YO HO HO... lol

I will be postin photos asapc.... As Soon As A Pirate Can....

Avast ye crewmen and crew-wimmins !

I be a land-locked scurge from a little hamlet in the northwest of Arkansas.

The natives call it Eureka Springs, fer the healin waters found here. Ya see, it was presumed that Ponce De Leon (p'tew) had gotten lost on his voyages and upon reaching Floriduh, gave up and said "screw it, this be the place, er, yeah, right"... whenin all actuallity, had he asked the right person for directions and a decent map, (or perhaps a compass that worked rightly) he would have found his way to the mountains here and discovered what some scallawag fur-trappers found... and of course later stole from the natives and profited greatly.

Must've been a lil pirate in 'em after all...

At any rate, here I be, my wicks are waxed, and my fodders dry !

Aint no dinner fittin, unless a bottle of rum there be sittin !

Post Script...

I be puttin together a monthly gatherin of like-minded malcontents in our local hamlet, as I have never done this before (ingorance never stopped me from attackin a thing before) I would like to get some firsthand knowledge of how to make said gatherins more piratey and less like scraping barnacles.