Black Hearted Pearl

Due to my jumping ship and gettin divorced, me ex (in spite) took me racing sailboat in the divorce. Me new mate, gunner Gordon, had acquired a 25 St. Pierre Dory to woo me to the sea, but alas we decided it was not the ship for us. He has his 1000 ton Captain's license, so we're looking for a bigger ship.

http://www.syfy.com/neverland/ Just caught the new series, Neverland, on the sy fy channel the other day. A very interesting take on how Hook and the pirates ended up in Neverland with Peter Pan. It's worth a gander at, my mates.

I just wanted to relate a recent experience my partner and I had traveling. We had travel to Louisana to do some shooting. We ended up staying longer than planned and were wearing the same clothes we had the day before, while shooting, to the airport. In the past, we had traveled in our pirate garb, full of black powder residue from swabbing cannons, and never had an issue. We would stroll past the sniffer dogs and screeners with ease. This time, because my partner had been shooting smoke-less powder, the TSA needed to swab him. They swabbed his hands and swabbed his phone which all came back positive for gun powder. When we explained why we had been in Louisana and confirmed my partner's identity and licenses, we were allowed to proceed. So if you're thinking about taking a CCW course or other 'firearms' licensing course, it might be helpful for verifying your compliances to the laws regarding firearms and the our current government. Sadly, I think this has more to with our current government's attitude toward firearms than about the security of our nation.

I bet if you asked some of those cowboy action shooters, they would know locally, who has it, but then again its going to be a retail prices and not bulk.

You could always use the lead from old automotive batteries.

'Appy Berthday, mate!

It's disappointing to hear about such things. Like Cascabel stated, one negligent accident affects us all.

My first thought---- Spruce Goose. Great Idea, but execution with current material costs unreasonable for anything other than one-off. Remember the Maltese Falcon. It's for sale.

I disagree that the most the museum can hope for is to file criminal charges. I'm sure the museum has already filed a claim with their insurance company. Now there is a bounty on those pirates by the biggest syndicate of all. They will be caught and the museum will be slapped (insurance dropped or premiums raised) for not keeping track of the goods. Visiting the museum will cost more to those who love these places.

Looks like Gibbs is part of the crew. A link to video posted on youtube of shooting in Oahu.

I bet we see quite a few of familiar faces from the West Coast. Unfortunately, I'm too pretty to qualify.

Funny.

I emailed Ms. Callahan over a week ago and have not heard back. I suspect with all the activity on this forum, her 'inbox' is quite full. We look forward to attending, in any capacity we can assist. If you would like to be part of the musical entertainment at the fort, please pm Fayma directly. Fayma Callahan a.k.a. Momma Ratsey Email: faymacallahan@aol.com

Here's another link with a map and directions from the Museum's website. Old Fort MacArthur Days 2010

Me cabin boys and I vote Treasure Planet