Captain_MacNamara

I concur. Although yes, I am one of those who play slightly out of period for the most part. I come as close as I can, research-wise, and as close as I can afford to SCA period. Yes, I carry a flintlock. It is the closest thing to period I can afford... at least it's not a bloody caplock like most I see carried in one's belt. Like our info page says, "We welcome pirates of all cultures, but the time-frame we officially represent is approximately 1400-1600. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule, and we're NOT authenticity freaks. It helps, however, to be as accurate as you can for the period you portray." All I ask of my crew is to be as accurate/period as you are able. I don't allow the "day glow" dresses and tye-dye pants, nor the doo-rags covered with lots of skulls and crossbones. Alot of that kind of thing around here is widely "accepted", yet those who actually make an effort are usually the ones who get nitpicked whilst the "fun loving" assclowns in their day-glow gear slide right on by. And Master Hawkins... if by some miracle we are ever able to show up on your firing line, we'll just bring the cannon... I'll give you the respect enough to leave the flintlock back in the tent. Although I would *love* to be able to afford a nice wheel lock.

It's too clean... Seriously though, nice outfit!

$2.499 here. Though it will probably go up tommorrow by the time we have to fill up for the event.

Ship me a couple oz.? How much would ye charge? I need to re-harden my Pedersoli Queen Anne's frizzen as well.

I also like hitting the local antique/junk stores... recently, I picked up what looks. feels, and tastes like a solid silver cup for $2.

Is she trailerable?

Aye... and those few are either the "Brasshat" (read asshat) crowd, or members of the Baronial Asskissing Guild. I blow 'em off and 'ave fun anyway. The SCA is a unique animal, and it's where I fit the most.

Hehe... I'm an SCA person, and even *I* love annoying the "SCA Period Nazi's". Most of whom are at the very *least* either wearing modern shoes, timepieces, and using modern camp gear...

Where might I find a fairly easy pattern for early period slops/breeches? Being in the SCA, I go for early period as far as GAOP goes, but late to after period for SCA purposes, which is more than most SCA'ers around here do... Most of them go to wal-mart, find a pattern they like, and modify it to *look* somewhat "ren".

Wouldn't pine tar work for weatherproofing? And be period as well? Or am I making an assumption? The reason I ask is because very soon I will have to be weatherproofing at least 2 hats.

Well, I got her finished a while back, just didn't get pictures until our little "lake adventure". Here's me first sea chest: She's built of pine, put together with wood glue and handmade square-shanked copper nails. The beckets are primarily cotton and tarred. The till box used to be a cedar jewelry box. The wires coming out of the chest in the first pic are speaker wires from my laptop, which is inside the chest. We were using it for piratey music. :angry:

Well, the 'Sea Myst' is going to have to be drydocked for a while. While I did know that life jackets for every person aboard were required, I thought the most that would happen would be that lake patrol would issue a warning and order us ashore. So now, we're not only true sailors now, but true Pyrates as well, having broken laws on the water and all. Here's the tale... The 'Sea Myst' started out as a very old galvanized steel jonboat. Old enough, in fact, that it not only had no HIN (Hull Identification Number), it also had no serial number. No records, no title, nothing. And it's still not registered, as I was under the impression that vessels under 16 feet in length weren't required to BE registered. Yes, I knew we were pushing it with no life jackets, but all of us are excellent swimmers, and have never worn life jackets while boating... had them on hand, yes, bet never relied on them, rather relying on experience and common sense. We had raised the mast, and launched her from a small cove near the boat dock... then we rowed her over to the pier and tied her off for a while while we ate lunch. Lake patrol came by and looked at us and the boat, but said nothing, so I figured we were in the clear. For the record, yes I know. We should have life jackets. However, that's a pretty hefty investment all at once, for 5 or so PFD's that will not be used, as we are all excellent swimmers... not to mention the clutter in the boat of 4 or 5 life jackets. So of course, we had no life jackets aboard. We did, however, draw up a bill of sale for transfer of ownership of the boat to my sister, buying us a 30 day window just in case... I guess you could say a modern version of a forged Letter of Marque. There still wasn't much wind yesterday, so we mainly rowed the 'Sea Myst' out. She caught a light breeze a couple of times and took off, but the wind kept changing direction. It just was not in the cards for us to sail across the lake that day. We got about 40 feet from the opposite shore of our cove, when lake patrol came up on our aft with lights a flashin'. I ordered the Crew to a stop, and we loosed the main and jib sheets, as we had just caught another breeze. I hailed the offensive vessel, who hailed back and tossed us a line to secure the boats together. The first question he asked was "Where's your HIN?" I explained that she didn't have a HIN, nor a serial number, nor a Capacity Plate... That the hull was far older than any of us, and we had been working on the rest. I also begged the question as to the exemption status of vessels under 16' LOD. He said, and I quote "If you have a one person kyak, it has to be registered. Anything that is going to be 50 feet or more from shore has to be registered. If you are in an inner tube, and you're more than 50 feet from shore, you are considered a vessel and have to be registered." At that point, I ordered my Quartermaster to retrieve the "Bill of Sale", as I could see where this was going. I also had her retrieve my ID, so he could plainly see that I was the person listed as the new owner of the vessel. It was obvious that he was rather irritated by the sudden appearance of the "Bill of Sale". He proclaimed that he could draw one of those up in his patrol car, that it didn't mean anything... He was just blowing off steam, however, because he was unable to fine us the more expensive fine for not having a valid HIN/Registration. He also assumed we didn't have a signaling device, any methods of bailing the bilge, etc. we pulled out the ship's bell, our Bos'n had her pipe, we pointed out the bailing buckets, we showed him the emergency signal light, and explained that we did in fact have navigation lights, but they weren't up because it was broad daylight. The fact that we had the other required equipment seemed to agitate him even more. We also had one of our signal cannons mounted to the bowsprit... And the bloody redcoat claimed we were "overloaded". He said we only had 6 inches of freeboard, which we had a good foot. He claimed that we should have 3 feet of freeboard, which was asinine since her sides are only 2 feet deep. Then he finally asked who was the "operator". I told him I was the Captain, and he then asked me about the life jackets... Now we *did* have 3 life jackets, (2 of them were for kids, 1 for an adult), but they had been forgotten in the car. He tried to claim that we were required to be wearing life jackets (Which is an utter load of bollux, I looked it up later and the law is that you must have one aboard for every person, but only those under a certain age had to actually wear them), and that if he fined us for that, it would be a thousand dollars right there for just the lack of life jackets. I once again re-iterated that I was the Captain, and that I should have made sure the life jackets were not "forgotten". So he only fined me, which is what I was going for once it was apparent that we were screwed. Now... I understand that it's my fault. I understand that I tempted fate by not having life jackets. However, I still feel slighted that he wrote a ticket on the first offense rather than issuing a warning... and to add insult to injury, he went and pulled over an inflatable raft that had 6 people on it, no life jackets, etc, and all he did to them was order them back to shore. Of course, the difference was that the raft had 6 scantily-clad young women aboard. So yes, I will be fighting this in court. Most likely in the same garb I was wearing on the lake. :angry: And well... since all boats require registration, life jackets, and a plethora of other "safety" equipment, I am going to hunt down the biggest thing I can afford and just build the damned 'Iron Lotus' herself out of it. Hopefully, a 22 foot or larger sailboat hull.

Got her patched back together, though nowhere near finished. Took her out again today: We've christened her the 'Sea Myst'.

We use Pyrodex in our cannon and flintlocks, but only because real black powder just is NOT available here. I'd have to drive out of state to get it. I would HAPPILY use Goex if it were available locally. Now... the thing about Pyrodex is that it does have to have wadding, otherwise it just goes "foosh". I use a small amount of bread as wadding. Biodegradable, doesn't catch fire, and packs nicely. I've never had much of a problem with it not igniting in my 'lock, but I usually get a good shower of sparks as well.

I hear an.... Echo! Echo! Echo!!!

Inquiring minds wish to know prices for functional vs. decorative cannons... and what sizes they are available in. We can make our own carriages...

For some reason, that kind of reminds me of this:

Better to 'ave corns in th' hat than on th' feet, sez I...

Aye.. The gods know I've done me fair share of things of "questionable intellect"... All I kin say is tae be careful. The closest thing I've ever come to this is with stage weapons, an I were stone cold sober. An ex... I specify EX, got pissed off that I was splitting up with 'er. She grabbed me SCA schlager, an charged me. I grabbed me rapier (both weapons were blunt), and defended me'self. I still wound up with a nasty bit of a scar on me 'ead, an' that's with blunted weapons. I'd hate to 'ave seen wot 'appened if she'd 'ave grabbed the sharp cutlass.

I hammered some out of copper that are similar to the boat nails. Just a preference really on my end, but boat nails "seem" to be right. Felt right, as it were.

Aye... I've tried to wear a pair similar to those, and they hurt my nose. I try to go without my specs at events, even though it's just the SCA... but I have astigmatism, and for some reason get really nasty headaches if I go too long without them. I thought about getting a pair of these, as they look ok and are "period", just not the right period... but still closer to period than my modern frames:

Thanky... she's Danielle, and will be 4 months old this friday.

Me and some of the Crew at Beltane this past weekend. I'm the one in the green:

Indeed... I've sent a pm as well, as we of the Iron Lotus are local here in oklahoma. I'd more than happily give either of them a good home.