Capn_Enigma

Right, 'cane, I didn't even think of that!

Assuming that you own a classic acoustic guitar, aging it to look GAoP would be a futile attempt. Today's guitar was developed by Torres in the mid- 1800s and thus well after GAoP. Any attempt to make it look GAoP would be the same as if someone said: "Let's take this Colt Sixshooter and make it look GAoP!"

I swear! :)

Oh dear, when I saw the thread's name "Pirate Crochet", I thought it was a question about "Capitaine Crochet", which is the French name of Captain Hook

Perhaps you are talking nappies, but I am talking camcorders for 600 €. I am talking BMW gearboxes for 4,500 €. I am talking BMW motorcycles for 20,000 € and tractors for 45,000 €. I have been working long enough in the merchant navy to see things being committed that would make any Greenpeace member weep. I have also seen people being even killed for less. Compared to those things, the MSC Napoli incident is a nothing but a mere trifle.

That's prob'ly the reason they got this "Buyer Beware" sign on the right side!

Garr! A PC and environmentally conscious pirate!

- The fiddle, predecessor of the violin. Invented around the middle ages. - Bagpipes, same age. - The trumpet, an Old Egypt contemporary. - The flute, invented thousands of years BC. - The drum, about as old. Just off the top of my mind.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary:

LONDON, England -- Dozens of people spent the night salvaging wine and motorcycles washed up on Britain's south coast as it was confirmed 200 tonnes of oil has leaked from a beached cargo ship. Devon and Cornwall Police were meeting Monday with the Maritme and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and other agencies involved in the operation after the MSC Napoli was beached off the coast of Devon with 2,400 containers on board. Read more.

Aside from the James Bond novel/ movie, a moonraker is the square rigged sail set atop the skysail on the royal mast. The moonraker is also called moonsail. They probably chose the word because the moonraker was the first sail visible on the horizon.

Partly. Perhaps you should post your questions here: The Muzzleloading Forum. Or read the Wikipedia article on muzzleloader.

Those plugs close a cannonball hole very nicely once they are bashed into place by sledge hammers from within the ship. Don't forget, if the hole is below or near the water line, the water will cause the wooden plug to swell, thus increasing the force of the fit. For bigger holes or if entire planks have gone missing, you'd want to use a tarpaulin from the outside, though.

Not only was the prisoner with the jars not Rock Brasileiro (as has already been clarified by Brit.Privateer), but he was not the buccaneer who bit into the prisoner's heart, either. That was François l'Olonnais.

Meet Mr Ottocar, my trusty First Mate. Although being a plush vulture and just 4 inches tall, he still is a brave little soul and would take on the previously posted cats anytime.

This would be about 10 US$ and I don't know how much s&h would be, since I live in Germany. Best ask them yourself. Click on the menu point "IMPRESSUM" on the left, there is an email address. They have lotsa other interesting items like quills etc. Disclaimer: I have no connection with them except of being a very satisfied customer of them on numerous occasions.

I usually use this one: It is very small (half an inch), but very stylish for sealing ships- in- bottles, storm glasses etc. It can be bought here (German shop): Siegel Totenkopf

Hasn't this dead horse been flogged enough already?

Night vision for what? Battles (and especially sea battles) were conducted in broad daylight. Reality check, folks, this is not "Master And Commander". The only reason why one would want to have enhanced dark adaption is when descending below decks on a bright sun day. But it is rather silly to presume that someone would voluntarily wear an eyepatch for that reason. All other applications (except for the original one, i.e. the partial loss of eyesight) would greatly reduce the sailor's effectiveness due to loss of depth perception.

That's a load of bull. I am required to wear an eyepatch by advice of my doctor, and let me assure you, it is nothing you'd ever want to go to battle with voluntatrily. After a few days, you lose every sense of depth perception and this sense is vital for any hand- to hand or artillery action. Give it a try yourself. Wear an eyepatch for a few days and try to perform even the simplest tasks like eating in a restaurant (i.e. at a table with whose dimensions you are not accustomed to). But you'd better not be driving with that eyepatch, or things would get real nasty.

The theatrical box office might be under siege, but it fought back and actually gained some ground in 2006. As the box office year, which will conclude with the New Year's holiday weekend, winds to an end, the total national tally is headed toward an estimated $9.42 billion, which would represent an increase of nearly 5 percent compared with 2005's $8.99 billion. Certainly, records were set along the way: The biggest cheers surrounded the record-breaking opening of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," which set both an opening-day and single-day record of $55.8 million when it bowed July 7, supplanting the mark established a little more than a year earlier, when "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith," debuted to $50 million on May 19, 2005. "Dead Man's Chest's" opening weekend of $135.6 million also supplanted "Spider-Man's" $114.8 million record set in 2002. It also took just two days for "Dead Man's Chest" to pass the $100 million mark, another first. Read more.

Happy holidays!

This is the link for viewing the book, in case anyone else is interested.

Is that not also meant with "screws"?

Ah that poor pistol! No flint, open frizzen, mounted like a dead fish against a wall! Sigh! But I guess that's why they call it basswood.