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    FTPI Roll Call 2014

    in Fort Taylor

    Posted · Edited by Capt. J...

    Once more with feeling!

    This list is provided as a roll call throughout the year to gauge the number of attendees who are coming down to Key West to celebrate all things pyracy. The attendees will be listed by hotel, motel, rv, or tent. Attendees may be individuals or a part of any group, crew, club and reenactment encampment. The list merely reflects names and general sleeping arrangements of attendees and the list will be updated towards the end of the year with a "confirmed" status for those attendees who have secured their transportation to and from the events. There are many hotels, rv parks, and camps (both modern and historical). We would like everyone to sound off as often as they can with updates on when, where and how they will be attending in 2014. If you do not know where you will be staying, you may still be posted to this tentative list. Please send me names, tents, hotels, encampment information, etc. Groups will be listed alphabetically by crew, club or ship name.

    For information on hotels, rv parks, camps or other arrangements, please see the other threads in the subforum, or post your questions here.

    To save on space in the forum, I will also be including the names of the Crew, group or individual representatives who will attend the various meetings and gatherings, or follow up on any paperwork, or just for the rest of us to see 'who to talk to'. These are the best individuals to contact for information on each crew and group in attendance.

    LAST UPDATED April 27, 2014 - Tentative List

    Crew of the Mercury:

    William Brand - Tent

    Iron Jon & Paula - Wall Tent

    Mister Mallett - Tent

    Captain Jim - Oar House

    Leigh & Edward - Wall Tent

    Cutter - Wall Tent

    Jaded Jetty - Wall Tent

    Port Royal Buccaneers:

    Captn' Rosey O'Brian

    Iron Nick

    Ruthless Racheal

    Mr Smee

    Mr SteelEye

    Francois Lafitte

    The Sack of St. Augustine: Robert Searles Raid of 1668

    in March

    Posted

    Hello Mates.....Just wanted to say that this years raid was greatest...a big Huzzah to Jeff, William, Wille, Doug, and anyone else that was involved (English and Spanish)...This event set in the oldest city in the US, at the place that it really happened, and all the extrodnarily fine people that organized and participated in this event lends itself in my opinion to be awarded the Gold Seal of all pirate events. Even Robert Searle himself was there! It was my pleasure to serve under you Sir's at this event.

    What would make you STOP being a pirate???

    in Scuttlebutt

    Posted

    I have been a pyrate since I got my first command at about age eight, sailing the waters of Warner's Bayou, the Manatee River and Tampa Bay. An Optimist Pram, ten feet long. Bright canary yellow it was. Sailed one day to Egmont Key when I was eleven, past Anna Maria Sound and out into the Gulf of Mexico, a truly stupid thing to do, in hindsight. When I was older I sailed with a man called Doc Payne (real name, a urologist, which makes it even more, ah, painful.) We did actually board other boats during Yacht Club races to commandeer ice, rum and (occasionally) wenches. I was called Captain Jim in high school, and again in Kentucky, but for different reasons; one as an honorific and one as derision.

    But that is not the same as portraying, or playing, if you will, a pyrate as an adult. Explaining this to other adults is sometimes...problematic. The expense and the travel keep me from seeing all my pyrate friends as much as I like. Three kids at my age also play a part. Attending events is sometimes difficult. But does that mean I will ever stop being a Pyrate? No.

    Once you have truly embraced the idea of Pyrate with all of the good, the bad and the ugly of the history, the freedom, spirituality and terror of the sea, the rage against societal constraints, the desperation (perhaps you feel it in your job) that would lead one to become a pyrate, you can never completely set it aside. You can do Civil War and quit. Rev war and quit. Either World War and quit. But being a Pyrate will always call to you. Perhaps it is the lack of regimentation, the ability to add a lot of yourself to the role. Perhaps it is that we all chafe a bit at the constraints of society. Whatever it is, it will call to you. It will always be a part of you. While you may quit attending events and sell off your kit, you will never, ever, leave aside that nagging little voice that calls to you.

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