Jolie Rouge

Thankee lass.

There ya 'ave it. Ya can't see the dreads too well from the picture, but there I be all the same. I don't rightly know if that be manly enough for ya Grace, but that, some eye liner, an' a fifth o' rum landed me a fiancee', so's it's well enough fer me.

Honestly I've not the foggiest idea how ta post pics here, otherwise I would.

As far as dreads bein' a lot o' work, that depends on yer stock. I hail from a bunch o' very curly haired norwegians, so's my hair pretty much dreads itself. I just 'ave ta be willin ta rip them apart when theys start growin tagether.

AN' WHAT PRAY TELL IS WRONG WIT PIRATES SPORTIN DREADLOCKS AN MAKEUP!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

We could 'ave a ridiculously 'uge bit o' conversin on the rapier thing, but they really were a bit long ta be waving around dueling on the deck of a vessel, so not really.

Careful wit' dem lymericks, that could be a whole nother topic, it could.

A pirate met a wee little gypsy

who could get a bit more than tipsy

He cried ta this day

She's still a good lay

An' if I pinch just right she whips me

Exclusiveness ta whalers aside, it makes sense, "why don't we gam (hoof it, leg it) over ta that boat, an' 'ave a we bit o' a party." Or maybe, "why don't we go ta that whaler o'er there, 'an 'ave a bit o' a gam (Legs=dance=dance=party)?

Me 'umble self 'ave shipped on the Lady Washington (which I consider me home), An' the Lynx (which I consider a yacht). We 'ave three vessels listed now, who else 'as got some ta mention?

Well Grace, there be no actual proof what I 'ave seen. However, Defoe 'as been reckoned ta alot o' works that he didn't personally grace wit his name. When he was penning his works he oft did so under assumed names, being that it was risky ta use yer own due ta persecution from the upper class. Some widely regarded works o' his (sich as Robinson Crusoe I believe) never had is name on 'em. At one point scholars got a wee bit carried away in their push ta 'ave his works get their proper credit, and made a list o' somethin like a couple hundred that they insisted were his. These 'ave since been wittled down greatly, however when it came ta capt. Johnson's piece it was never really resolved. So some publishers credit one name, whilst others credit another. I 'ave two copys of the book printed in the last five years, each with a different author. One 'as a preface for it beein' defoe, one against.

Thankee all fer yer thoughts on the matter, it's been wonderful help that ya 'ave offered it has. I be weel aware that yer average pirate just hackin' away till it works, but who said I be yer average pirate?

I've recently looked in ta the finer points o' deliverin' the finer points to those who need it, and ran across the NAVAL CUTLASS EXERCISE from a naval manual datin' ta the late 1800s. What I be wantin ta know is; do any o' ya pirates out there know o' more cutlass learnin' documents out there, or have ideas, or thougts on usin' a cutlass. I would like ta add that I don't be searchin' fer rapier fencing, or things relatin' ta armored combat, or "hit them with the sharp end". Anything ya got would help me plenty. Thankee kindly.

If anyone be seekin' a hard copy book much like this in ideas, I strongly suggest The Wordsworth Dictionary of Pirates. It be what yer needin if ya haven't got regular access ta the web.

I knows someone what owns one o' these little toys. He says he can't hit a single target with it ta save his mother. 'Course a bunch o' targets may be a different story.

Yer from Bradside? Good stuff lass. I listened to it some on me last tour shippin aboard the Lady Washington

Very well done. Hope everythings trimmin up fine fer ya

By the by, if ye be a poor pirate, an are lookin ta make yerself some slops try here skilts/slops by hand. They look a fine picture when finished, and slops should be in every pirates wardrobe (if nothin' else, there good ta lend ta that new swab who's missin' trousers). They take a we bit o' patience if'n ya 'ave no sewing experience. I would also tell ya ta look into cartridge pleating fer lashin the legs ta the waistband. If any o' the bretheren out there knows where more free patterns sich as these be please post them, an' I'd be much obliged.

A word o' warnin on store made clothes. Fer those o' ya who be seekin piratical dress, an' sail at the same time, be wary o' certain company's mentioned here. Fer instance Jas Townsend, while they be makin' right accurate, an' pretty clothes, they DO NOT withstand the rigours o' boat life. Though this company be the only one I've had witness ta the products fallin apart at right inconveniant times (I be fity feet up in the air, stay tagether ya bloody coat), I've definately decided ta cast a suspicious eye on all sich companys, an' have decided ta tailor me own garb when ever it be within me meagor abilities ta do so.

Aye she's still carryin' the six pounder carronades. Lovely little guns they was.

"Well, lass, if yer man be aboard the Lynx, ye might start lookin' fer a new one as I'm I sendin' her ta Davey Jones locker in Sept.! "- Royaliste

Ye'd be a bit late in sendin me under, I jumped ship from the Lynx sometime ago with little love lost, but that be a different yarn says I. However, If yer gonna be overhaulin her, here's a couple o' pointers. First, She sails at a pretty clip she does, but she tends ta come about lazy like. Also, work her quarter deck. She boasts four swivels there, but when I was gunner, the old man didn't seem ta like usin' em, so's ye might have that te yer advantage. Hoope I've helped wit' yer assault.

Oy Roberts. On #6, if Bootstrap Wasn't cursed they wouldn't be needin' young Will.

HA!!! YA BLOODY FOOLS!!! THE MONKEY UNLIVES!!!!! Er, 'scuse me. Make sure ta watch the after credit shot. Oh, an' the movie was BLOODY FANTASTIC!!!!. An' just ta brag, I 'ave bits, an' pieces of the Interceptor replica that they blowed up. Deck boxes, an' Rammers, an' barrels, an' whatnot. They let the Lady Washington crew salvage bits after we watched it go at ILM.

1. Aye they was most likely hanged (ya don't always 'ave time ta put all that in movies

2. Couldn't say

3.Jack wasn't cursed 'till the cave scene. He was yarnin' wit' Barbosa, an handlin' the cursed gold from the stone chest. As he's droppin' the pieces back in the chest he palms one, henceforth cursin 'imself fer an otherwise fatal confrontation wit undead pirates.

4.He aquired that compass that points the way ta the island (they don't say how). If my reckonin' be true (an' it always be true says I), Jack led

the Black Pearl ta the island before they mutinied, then they got themselves cursed. Jack himself not cursed.

5.Clap yer deadlights on three fer this one.

6.Who knows?

7.Poor old Bill.

8. Port Royale at this time period 'as been rebuilt after most of it was swallowed up by earthquakes, an' tidal waves. After it was rebuilt the British rooted the pirates out, an' cleared the detris as it were, which is why they sail fer Tortuga.

9.the sail were allready set when Jack, an' Will comandeered it. After that if the weather be fair, an ya didn't have ta beat ta weather ya could probably do it wit two blokes.

Hope that put ya back on course mate.

Yer's truly,

Jolie Rouge

Crew on the Lady Washington

Anyone interested in the war of 1812 should read "Life In Nelson's Navy." Fer some reason the author's name 'as slipped it's cable from me mind, but no matter. Tis a good, if sometimes ponderous book, an' it's from the british perspective. It does how ever give loads of information on the period. I read it on the Lynx, a schooner based loosely on the original 1812 Yankee privateer of the same name.

Aye. An' credit where's credit is due. Don't ye ferget all the 'ard workin' privateers what helped earn American independance.

Tis a right admirable point on the royal navy, but yer average pirate didn't hail from navy ships. From what I've read yer average pirate would 'ave hailed from merchant ships, or if they was lucky a privateer. There's no promise that any privately owned vessel is gonna 'ave decent, or regular training especially the merchantmen who were known fer never doing anything above, and beyond getting cargo around. Aye, the British navy was well trained, which is why yer average swab on the account RAN FROM THE NAVY when ever possible.

On the rapier subject. I see's the rapier as a precise tool requiring great skill. now try ta do all that fancy leg work, an' accurate pokin' o' people on a rollin' deck in a seaway, it's gonna be bloody hard if not impossible. Fer my money I'd much rather bash someone in the head wit' the guard on me cutlass, then hack em as they lay on the deck.