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Was born that way mate

I'm full of pirattitude! I love everything about the lifestyle, that's what it is to me and a lot of people, a lifestyle. From sailing to sword fighting, get togethers, drinking with others whiles listening to great music makes life great. It's about being free and by that I mean not caring what people think, going out having fun. If you're an outcast from society because you have tattoos or piercings and aren't social acceptable in a business stand point of view; so what, you're a pirate. To me it's about living life the way you want, having fun and enjoying what life has to offer. We only get one life and I chose not to be a robot, my dream is to live on a sailboat and working for myself. Dressing as a a pirate of old is a reminder to me that they did whatever they could to not be tied down. This might have resulted in illness and death but were that passionate to fight in what they believed in. To me the name pirate is an honor.

This hit me pretty hard being that I live in Washington, like losing a member of your own family.

Fishing (hand basket to put the fish in) sorry I have fishing on the mind

Happy Birthday!!!!

LED

indicator

Happy ta have you aboard, I'll be taken that drink now lass

So how bout it, any resolutions out there? Mine is to get back in shape, I was looking at my drivers license that said 185lbs, I weighted my self a few days ago and I'm pulling 230. Granted I'm 6'2 but still I would be nice if all my pants fit

Coffee....but thinking about the Killian's Irish Red I have chilling in the fridge, it's it 5pm yet?

This is a t-shirt of mine The bacon have smiley faces lol. I get a lot of complements on this shirt. It's a bacon thing

Coffee

Beautiful ship D B Couper

Pyrates, lets bring in the new year with a bang! Be safe, have fun and don't drink all the rum. Post pictures of your new year! It would be nice to see how others celebrate it!

Thanks guys for all the info an help, this is really opening my eyes on the possibilities for Lady Rose. My home town is Spokane WA, not far from the Idaho border, the lake I'm going to sail her on is called Coeur d'Alene lake which is in Coeur d'Alene Idaho. Pretty big, It spans 25 miles long, ranges from 1 to 3 miles wide and has over 109 miles of shoreline for boaters and vacationers to explore and enjoy.

Yeah they are on the Discovery channel every Tuesday around 9

My oh my where has the time gone? I've seen so many of you come and go, new faces, old sea'dogs and I've enjoyed every moment of your company. The people at pyracy.com are like family to me. You've made me laugh, cry(not really), you've given me advice not only about pyracy but real life advice only true friends could understand. Thank you all for such an amazing time, I hope someday I can start making it to these festivals and meet you all in person. Here's to another 5 years sailing under the black flag with you! *pirate group hugs*!

Lol Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) good movie

When I get my 50 foot liveaboard sloop I'll name her "The Grand Ladies Revenge"

I made a new thread for this here, as a project follower http://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=16331

(Please please please feel free to offer me any advice) Other the Christmas holiday I went over to my sisters and to my surprise my brother inlaw wanted to sell me his sailboat (dinghy) for only $50. I would have to be mad....er to pass up that offer so I did what any pirate without a boat would do. I commandeered it, as it were. She floats that's the good news but as the title states this is a "project." She has no mast, boom, center board, rudder or sails. However if I shop smart and play my cards right I can find all that stuff at my local hardware store for until $100. Here are some pictures of the boat in which I've dubbed Lady Rose I was happy to see all the rigging guides are still there with no cracks. The plan will be simple really, first thing I gotta do it clean the boat once spring comes with a little lime, soap and water. For the mast I'm figuring about 8 feet of hard thick PVC piping. No need to get metal for a few reasons. It's a small boat and wont take a lot of stress from the wind. Plus the light weight of the PVC will help limit drag. If I can find wood that would be nice for the look of the boat. Not to mention PVC is very flexible For the boom, same thing with the PBC. I'm thinking to attach it to the mast I'll drill a hole and put a u shaped bolt or horse shoe shaped bolt like this THIS HERE (CLICK) to rest on the mast but let it move free. Then I'll put eye loop bolts at both ends of the mast and boom for the rigging. The rigging is simple, since this is a small boat everything is in hands reach. I don't have a jib sail so I don't need to worry about a line for that. All I need is one line to raise and lower the sail through the eye loop bolts which I can tie off then one line to attach to the boom so I can trim and move my sail. The rudder is a little more difficult to thing of. For the handle I'll use that of a shovel or broom. For the rudder itself I can make out of a play wood fixed with water sealant so it doesn't rot as fast. If you look at the stern there are two loops to attach the rudder so I'm thinking some sort of metal rod to attach to the rudder that I'll slide in place. I just don't really know how to go about it. This is just an example of what I'm thinking For the center board (what keeps me from tipping over) I don't know what to use. I know I want it to stick down at least 3-4 feet because the winds on the lake are pretty big and I don't want to tip. I want to limit my drag as much as I can so I want sharp edges to cut threw the water but to keep it attach to the boat I'm dumbfounded. I was thinking make something in a T shape there the top of the T rest on top of the hole. I need it to be removable for easy transport, air tight seal doesn't matter because the top of the hole is above the water line making it so I can't sink. I just don't know on that one. This is just an example of what I'm thinking Sail, this I could so many different way. Canvas from a fabric store? I need it to be water proof and wind tight. My brother inlaw said a blue tarp? I need it to be heavy and strong so the wind doesn't rip holes in it. Anyway, hope you enjoy my little project. It's a big deal to me, it's my life long dream to live on a sailboat and getting this dinghy is my one foot toward that dream. Again feel free to offer any advice. I'm open to painting the boat to make it look wood, coloring the sails, making something to raise a pirate flag, items to use to name the boat. Anything, thanks! As the boat gets finished I'll update with new pictures!

So this is a show I watch called Ghost Lab, it's nothing like that stupid Ghost Hunters TAPS thing. A good friend of mine is one of the investigators and I can give you her word and mine that it's 100% real, nothing is fixed or staged. What better then the word of a pirate. Anyway they investigated a hotel where Blackbeard was known to stay. Reports tell of a young girl whom Blackbeard would sleep with then later hung from a tree in the back yard. They find an EVP of the girl screaming, maybe from being tortured by Blackbeard before being murdered. Then they find one of a males voice, maybe of Blackbeard himself? If you believe in ghost or not it's still a good watch. Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU4ndPJXIbU Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owlnjkq9B2E Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoGAqpFinr0 Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a2nubaWaoQ Enjoy

No keel but it does have a center board that I can push down once in the water. I've been looking for a website to find this stuff on but I'm having no luck :/

Ill have to check that book out, I do know how to sail, just need to locate the parts I'm looking for to finish the darn thing. Theae are a few pictures of the closet examples I could find. The boat is fiberglass http://www.sailingtexas.com/piceli8ab.jpg http://www.sailingtexas.com/piceli8aa.jpg http://www.sailingtexas.com/Pics/picwalkerbay8ac.jpg http://www.sailingtexas.com/picclassicmarine10ba.jpg http://www.sailingtexas.com/picclassicmarine10aa.jpg

Since my boat isnt historical I figured I'd post this here. I just bought a small sailboat from my brother in law and for $50 I couldn't complain. I'll try to find some pictures in a bit. The boat is about 10 feet long, I guess it would be called a dinghy? It has the hole for the boom but no jib. I'll been searching online but everything Im finding is for bigger boats. So this is a list of the things I'm looking for - Boom - Main Sail - Rigging - Rudder The boat seats 1 maybe 2 people. Thanks for any help