King's Pyrate
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St. Augustine Pirate University is now open with our basic startup Curriculum. We hope you will visit us and have some fun while you brush up on your pirate knowledge, take the exam and download your free degree. We also hope that some of the you pirates will join us in sharing your knowledge with our pirate friends by becoming instructors.
St. Augustine Pirate University
Learn Well and Live Long!
Joe
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Coming Soon!
ST. Augustine Pirate University is a fun FREE web site that refreshes your knowledge with a brief overview of various aspects of Pirateology.
At St. Augustine Pirate University we offer the student an opportunity to earn a free professional degree in their chosen field of piracy. Our degree programs are: Associate, Baccalaureate, and Master Degrees in Piracy, Buccaneering, Privateering, and Re-enacting. It is our hope that you enjoy your course of study while fulfilling the goal of obtaining your degree in piracy or associated careers.
We are almost up and running with our, start up, basic curriculum. Our plan is to become a repository for sharing knowledge of pirate information. We will host all areas of interest from basic history through detailed information of sail handling, navigation, modern reenacting, movies, books, and are open for content.
Of course we are not a sanctioned educational institution. We are an association of pirate enthusiasts who have established this center for pirate "Knowledge Sharing" in a format that measures your pirate knowledge and acknowledges your level, with a free diploma, as a way of peer recognition. We hope that you enjoy the process of refreshing your pirate knowledge and take pride in your accomplishment and that of your Brethren Pirates, Buccaneers, Privateers and Reenactors.
If you are a pirate enthusiast, historian, or have information you would like to share, join us and become an instructor in your area of interest.
Email: St. Augustine Pirate University
pirate_university@josephlosteen.com for questions and comments.
We will post the Site link here when we have the basic site completed.
Live Long and Plunder Well!
Joseph O’Steen
Commodore,
St. Augustine Pirate University.
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I had a USS Constitution model once when i was 11. It was quite large (about 2 and a half feet long)....it was one of those kits built by Revell or whatever. The 4th of july being a big deal in my town meant accessability to lots of fireworks so the poor thing got subjected to lots off attacks with firecrackers. Silly juvenile stuff I did. I still have rolls of miniature rope that came with it (rather thick olive-colored thread) which is impossible to break.
Now I am taking interest in stuff like this but I have to ask myself is the price really worth it? Model Kits Check out the mini cannons too!
Here is my model of the Connie......built it about 15 years ago...she is about 3 ft counting the bow sprit.............Cost about $50 back then.
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I really need to update my pirate site as its grown unwieldy.
I am trying to make the transition from a cobbled together HTML nightmare, to a smooth flowing easy to update site done in CSS.
The end result is that the appearance and potentially flavor of the site is changing at the same time...
I am not sure if its for good or ill, and would like some opinions.
Here is the old
http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com/gofindex.htm
and here is the NEW
http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com/
I would like to think that I have a tough enough skin to handle all comments, so please, if you have some time, take a look.
(so far, the changes only affect the front page)
Thanks, in advance
gof
I love it....very pleasing to the eye and easy to navigate......well done!
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Like a pirate home from the seas, join as we tour the famous the drinking establishments of St. George Street. Be entertained as your pirate guides take you back in time.
* We will show you the best places in town to have a drink Pirate style! As we visit 7 local pubs where you will receive a complimentary beer or mixed drink.
* Meet us under the Black Heart Flag at the center of St. George Street at 5pm. Just look for pirates
* Dress like a pirate or close to a pirate.
* Note: must be 21 to attend. Bring I. D.
* Buy your tickets in advance!
* early tickets $10 per person.
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I'm in need of a picture of Morgan Adams from Cutthroat Adams. I'm looking for a picture of her in the white dress from the slave auction. Done many searches but can't find this one. Anybody got a link.
Hawkyns
Go to this cutthroadisland
They have about 800 photos if you can put up with the site pop ups.
Here are a few for you.
Hope these help.
Joe
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$4.99 and a proof of purchase from certain boxes of Kellogg's cereal, Nutragrain bars, or Poptarts (mine was from Raisin Bran) will get the above mentioned booty!
I thanks ye kindly...Ma'am!
King's Pyrate
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Very Nice...now how much does it cost and where might a pirate find himself such a fine time piece?
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A tourist couple, who will be visiting St. Augustine on the 14th of September to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary, have asked me to conduct a pirate wedding where they will be rededicating them selves to each other in the finest pirate traditions. They will then take the two hour sunset cruise on the Tall Ship Freedom and we decided to help them enjoy their wedding by joining them and see what we can pillage on the waters of Matanzas Bay. We are not planning on diner or any other activities at this time but are open to suggestions.
If you have any questions or have an interest drop me a line.
Yours in Pyracy
Joe O'Steen
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You are quite welcome....Ma'am......btw I have run into lots of Florida pirates with white pants.....lol
Must be a Florida thing.... On the other hand, you make yourselves easy pickin's out of a crowd.
I have given this some thought and research. It is my opinion that a pirate is a reflection of his environment. Florida was Spanish and like the other Spanish tropical and sub tropical areas of the Caribbean and Northern South America the typical dress was light colors, particularly white to help reflect the intense heat. Seamen also often wore clothing made from sail cloth. Most countries had bright white sails while English sails were a little more dingy off white. I think that when you see clothing of browns, grays etc…. they are clothes from Europe and North America….It must have been terrible for those who tried to wear their Northern Hemisphere clothing in the tropics. It is uncomfortably hot here at least 10 months of the year.
King's Pyrate
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Hey thanks!
You are quite welcome....Ma'am......btw I have run into lots of Florida pirates with white pants.....lol
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I totally forgot it was on the other night....just goes to show, the Home and Garden network was better.
You can watch the full episodes at the CBS site.
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I had Cascabel eyeing me for the whole month of May! ( Don's 2007 Calendar)
I cut up one of the calenders I bought and framed them for my red room.....here is My Friend Cascabel
Here is Black beard (above the lamp)
Here are some of the others.
The Calender pictures make great wall hangings, when framed.
King's Pyrate
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Captain Eye, you have created a wonderful hideout.......I love the little details that make up the whole.......Well Done!
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I got it near the door ta keep Captain Eye from Stealing me plunder.
I thought the first picture oderlesseye posted with the shouvle was his way of getting past the cannon........
I could always post a watch but Captain Eye has plenty of his own plunder and a long way to sail to get to mine.....I may be safe.....lol
Honesty ain't what it is quacked up to be.....
KP
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King's Pirate...A cannon in your cabin! Planning to create a room with a view?
I got it near the door ta keep Captain Eye from Stealing me plunder......actually it is a wooden replica (easy to pull around) that I use at book signings....hate to leave it to weather in the yard.
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The 'whole enchilada' Will be posted soon.. Thanx for the
warm couddooos.. The deck railing and piratey items will be put back in place today....sooo much more to do... and yes thar will be a party when eye reach the next completion point.
In the mean time, Captain Eye, I have finished the redo of me writing cabin.
Here is something ta wet yer taste then you can look at the rest of them at my Pirate House site.
Pirate House, Captain's Writing Cabin
Now I have more plunder for the blue room.
Fair Winds
King's Pirate
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The cove mural is finally complete..
Hard to tell that this is on a four panel roll up door.
Very good...almost seamless.......now back up and take a photo that let us see how it looks in the overall cove.
What a wonderful hideout you have created.
KP
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1) You have GOT to be the coolest Grandpa EVER!
2) Where DID you get that cannon? I need one
I bought this canon from a local fellow who bought it from the Lightner Museum.....it is a wooden replica ( light weight so I can pull it around at book signings)..the museum used to pull it out front each morning to attract tourist.
I got it for $80 but it is just what I need.
Where I bought mine has several made of concrete....good for static display ...Captain Eye has some nice canon, perhaps he can point ye in the right direction for a good canon.
Here is a little better shot of the canon at a book signing in 2005 at the Rockefeller Mansion in Ormond Beach, Florida
That be my youngest son with me in the photo..."Silver tonged Patrick, the Wench Chaser"......lol
Live Long and Plunder Well
KP
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Here is just to the left of the canon.......looking for some white wainscot for this wall.
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Oh darn ..Oderlesseye trips the security alarm and makes a run for it...
The canon in the background is pointed at the front door fer just such plundering pirates as yerself........arrrrrggggghhhhhh!!!!!
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Ok! Mr. Eye..ye sure make it hard to keep up with your pirate decor...what a great vision you have and the drive to see it through.
Remember my "Pirates are Us" room (your description)..well I decided to redecorate...I want the room to be piratey while using less plunder so I can use some of my assets in other rooms.....so I am doing it with paint......I am not finished but feel I am well on my way....this be the west side of the room,...I'll post more as I get it completed.
Live Long and PLUNDER Well
King's Pyrate
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Does anyone have a link to a site where I can find the lyrics to the new song they all sing in the movie? My web searches have come up zip.
Thank'ee!
Hoist the Colors
The king and his men
stole the queen from her bed
and bound her in her Bones.
The seas be ours
and by the powers
where we will we'll roam.
Yo, ho, haul together, hoist the Colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die.
Some men have died and some are alive and others sail on the sea –
with the keys to the cage...
and the Devil to pay
we lay to Fiddler's Green.
The bell has been raised
from it's watery grave...
Do you hear it's sepulchral tone?
We are a call to all,
pay head the squall
and turn your sail toward home.
Yo, ho, haul together, hoist the Colors high...
Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die
Found the words to Hoist the Colors at
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A smaller side project is a window for the cove. I decided to etch a galleon.
and Walla!
Tis a fine craftsman ye are...looks Great.....makes it hard for me to keep up with ye......lol
Here is my latest project......a Treasure chest to give the kiddies something ta oooo and ah over at me book signings.
Live Long and Keep building your dream room.
King's Pirate
Saint Augustine Pirate Gathering
in September
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I just went to the St. Augustine Pirate Gathering 2007 site and found that it has been canceled for 2007. Thought I'd let you all know.
Joe