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..... merrily, merrily, merrily, merrliy, life is but a dream. Sorry Adam... Willie made me do it! Jas. Hook Although later... in the movie Moby Dick, didn't the whale boat rowers row to 'Hill and Gully Rider'

Or a terrified, captured magistrate in bedraggled wig coerced to preside at cutlass point. Staff... rum bottle on a linstock, palm frond, oar... Holystone as a bible. Jas. Hook

I recently ordered and received from Sutlerjon, a cartridge box, belay pin and a fid, to fill out my kit . Really nice work! Jas. Hook

Hitman - Pat McManus, good stuff! Have you tried any of his Sheriff Bo Tully series? Jas. Hook

Dewey Lambdin's Gun Ketch #5 in the Alan Lewrie series. Jas. Hook

Hawkyns - Festival update after the fact. http://www.thepiratefestival.org/ The event was run and coordinated by the LI Maritime Museum's staff. Pirates of the Northern Star, Ye Pyrate Brotherhood, Valhalla's Pirates, Kings of the Coast provided entertainment plus The Brigands, Pirates for Sail, Bawdy Buccaneers, Strike the Bell and John Corr for music. I think that any actual camping was sub rosa. It appears that the event was a success and the maritime museum is talking about doing it again next year (2013). Jas. Hook

Hey, "Avast thar ye punk grummets, belay that!" Hummmm... it has possibility. Jas. Hook You're a natural JH. And now we know who to leave them with during their summer break. LLA - Aye, shackles hand an foot for them grummets, an a bowl of gruel fer a spell. Thems thar younkers be shipshape n' golden fer next summer. Lined up by the pipe call like Cap'n Von Trapp's crew. Jas. Hook

Hey, "Avast thar ye punk grummets, belay that!" Hummmm... it has possibility. Jas. Hook

POD - Ditto on Foxe's info at this site - thepirtestreasure.com/index_files/Glossary.doc It lists a Spanish word of grumete which on Babylon Spanish to English translation lists : grumete - nm. cabin boy, shipboy, servant boy on a ship Jas. Hook

L.I. Maritime Museum in Sayville NY - June 16 and 17 Jas. Hook

The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper. Jas. Hook

... and who could refuse a pamphlet from one of these rogues? Good work, 'Eye' and the crew of Save Shawnee. Jas. Hook

Astonishing news on the festival. I'm glad all the participants are well and return home safely. Jas. Hook

I received a post on Facebook of a photo of Redneck Turtle Burgers. Looks like a swell addition to a pirate feast. It covers your three basic food groups... beef patties, franks and bacon. Jas. Hook

Hummmm... when's the call for extras???????????? Jas. Hook

Somewhat different than the illustrations shown above there is a Gunner's Quadrant photo on page 163 in Battle At Sea, 3000 Years of Naval Warfare by R.G. Grant. Caption - "Gunner's Quadrant: A quadrant was used to determine the elevation of a gun's barrel. A spirit level attached to the pivot arm marked the horizontal, while a plumb-bob measured the required angle" However there is no date listed as to the circa of this particular instrument. Jas. Hook

Just picked up Battle At Sea, 3000 Years of Naval Warfare by R.G. Grant. Not much pirate stuff but an interesting read. B&N marked down to $15. Jas. Hook

Elena - Just reading Battle At Sea, 3000 Years of Naval Warfare by R.G. Grant Page 129, 1550-1830 Chapter, list an English Culverine Cannon (English Civil War Period) 18 pounder, 5.2 inch (13.2 cm) as having a range of 3280 yards (3000m.) No other ranges were listed. Jas. Hook

I could almost feel the blasphemy. Transgressor! Bon Appetite! Jim Jas. Hook

Brit. Privateer - To read some on a prequel of Treasure Island you may like to try John Drake's spin on it in his three book series: Flint and Silver, Skull and Bones, and Pieces of Eight. Jas. Hook

Hawkyns - I believe that Ye Pyrate Brotherhood host this event. Try Karen at lucretia_lacey777@yahoo.comor PM Seabaroness Jas. Hook

Just received Lobcocks and Fartleberries, 18th Century Insults to Confound Your Foes. Francis Grose, Summerdale Press, 2010 Jas. Hook 'Hop the twig you poxy bung nipper before I have you and your fidgeting fambles hauled away in sheriff's braclets and shut in a cell with only the sound of your stinking ars musica and rancid remedy critch for company!'

Hawkyns - Post Memorial Day - Long Island Maritime Museum Piratefest on June 16 & 17 Jas. Hook

Ahoy, ye swabs... Back to sea again with ye Killick - a small primitive stone and wood anchor. Preserved Killick - Personal Steward to Captain Aubrey in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. Bower Jas. Hook