Jas. Hook

No fancy graphics that you post but warm birthday greeting just the same.

'appy Birthday M'lady

Jas. Hook

Welcome back M'Lady B -

I've no doubt that you'll shortly be asked to join Captain Aubrey and Doctor Maturin in the great cabin for an evening music interlude.

Jas. Hook

Ahoy all hands... a round o' plunder-me-cherries be on the Black Syren.

April Fools Day!

Jib -

I found it a worthwhile purchase as I don't subscribe to Starz and would have missed it otherwise.

I've since picked up an extra copy of the dvd set as a raffle item for the Brigand's 5th Pirates Ball in CT.

It's always good to complete another solar voyage.

Washington's Partisan War, 1775 -1783 Mark V. Kwasny Kent State U. Press, 1996

Blowing this painting up to 400% reveals that it appears to be quite a spectator sport.

"Want to go on a picnic today hon?" "Nah, let's go and take in the kielhalen, it starts at 1PM."

LW -

If you can dream it... Capn Mac can make it. He is or was a member of the Pub, but I haven't seen him post recently.

I think his web site was Dirk and Arrow???

Arrrrgh... he did me a nice two sided personal flag on a black field . A white diamond with a crossed sword and cutlass beneath and the latin Momento Mori beneath that.

There is an Island next to Cuba called Island of Youth this would have make a good place for Pirate Republic

LW

Sounds like a great place to set up shop, only 134 miles from Havana but I think that the creation of a pirate republic on Isla de Pinos (Isle of Pines) would have be frowned upon by Spain's King Philip V and would have be expunged before the first bottle o' rum was uncorked.

(Castro era 1978 Cuba's Isle of Youth - Isla de la Juventud)

Jas. Hook

Hows ye state o health now Mister Brand, better I hope says I?

Happy Solstice William. Didn't do a pirate marathon just relaxed all day. Finished a book I was reading.

hApPy BiRtHdAy! To Quartermaster William Brand. These December Birthdays just keep coming!

mP

Nita Treasure -

'appy birthday to ye lass!

Decemberists... "Arrragh, aye ain't be staying in here and missing out on the holiday fun."

BCarp -

Love that picture. I only wonder if they are firing gift packages or fruitcakes from the guns?

... and to Captain Jim. 'appy Birthday to all ye December hatchlings.

BCarp -

Neat.

Please post some photos when it's mounted.

No plans set for now, I've been keeping busy with school and theatre. We'll see what happens.

I think I have to get some more information on that Blackbeard Fest you mentioned, Hampton is only an hour from where my sister and her husband live.

Amira -

Web at hampton.gov/index.aspx?NID=2008 has set date as May 30 & 31 2015 with the Ball on Friday night 5/29.

Also check out Facebook

Aye to that Mister Brand. 'appy Birthday to ye Stynky!

Amira -

There's always the Blackbeard Fest in Hampton,VA this spring.

Pirates 5th Salty Ball in February, Manchester, CT

November 17 -

In November of 1718, Spotswood had obtained valuable information on Edward Teach's whereabouts, and he planned to send his forces across the border into North Carolina to capture him. He gained the support of two men keen to discredit North Carolina's Governor—Edward Moseley and Colonel Maurice Moore. He also wrote to the Lords of Trade, suggesting that the Crown might benefit financially from Teach's capture. Spotswood personally financed the operation, possibly believing that Teach had fabulous treasures hidden away. He ordered Captains Gordon and Brand of HMS Pearl and HMS Lyme to travel overland to Bath. Lieutenant Robert Maynard of HMS Pearl was given command of two commandeered sloops, to approach the town from the sea. An extra incentive for Teach's capture was the offer of a reward from the Assembly of Virginia, over and above any that might be received from the Crown.

Maynard took command of the two armed sloops on this day in 1718. He was given 57 men—33 from HMS Pearl and 24 from HMS Lyme. Maynard and the detachment from HMS Pearl took the larger of the two vessels and named her Jane; the rest took Ranger, commanded by one of Maynard's officers, a Mister Hyde. Some from the two ships' civilian crews remained aboard. They sailed from Kecoughtan, along the James River, on 17 November in pursuit of Edward Teach.

... and so the Hampton Blackbeard Festival was created.

Band of Giants - The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America's Independence by Jack Kelly

Wheat Belly... William Davis, MD

An amazing look at the impact of genetically altered wheat on our health over the past 50 years.

This reminds me of the song Fetch Me Old Red Doublet.

Great look Fritz!

Neat! What more can you say.

Jas. Hook

Welcome aboard Jabez!

Glad to see that you are pursuing a more historically accurate pirate than what most folks envision as pirate via pop culture or hollywood.

Jas. Hook

Just finished a second Ferenc Ma'te' book Sea of Lost Dreams. It is the second book in his Duggar/Nello series. It doesn't seem to have a sequel though.