'Beer Belly' Bellamy

As I have decided to become a pirate the question arose how I could get myself a ship.

Unfortunately I live far away from any sea, so only a boat would be suitable, because I have to somehow transport it over land.

As you can't - at least in the middle of south Germany - just walk to the next pirate boat seller around the corner, I have to build such a boat by myself.

To still get it on a trailer such a boat should not be to big, so I made a design (all the members of the "Mercury" will recognise the design, because Mr. Brands "Gullah" was the inspiration for my longboat) with a hull length of about 26' (ca. 8 meters) - this is somehow about the maximum length allowed to transport on German streets.

The designing process is still in progress, but somehow I got stuck in making the plans. So I begun to make a 1:10 model.

While building I got some whole different measures at the model than I have detected within the plans. But I can see this happen in real. But only according to my boat building abilities.

The boat is still very silent future music. Money, a place to build and the whole pirate project is still in limbo. But playing with that in my head makes really fun

Somehow I has to start. I have already talked to my tailor, but the development and the making of a whole new wardrobe will cost it's time (and it's - more specifically - my money). So I will need a preliminary wardrobe.

Some I found in my general equipment and some was recently ordered. But getting a pirate the right outfit is quite a task, because I somehow lack a pirating gentlemen's outfitters in my neighborhood. So this has to do it till my tailor and I get along ;)

Some of the books I use as references

Soon there will be the story of "how I once robbed Davy Jones' Locker" (under the label of 'Big Belly' Bellamy's Pirate Yarn) published - so stay tuned to learn how this had happened and how Davy Jones' Locker became my sea chest ;)