the Royaliste

Ahoy Penny!..Good to see ya!

Should anyone have a really strong penchant for things 'East Indiaman', I've a nice eight reales coin, 1783, from the shipwreck of the British East Indiaman 'Hartwell' complete with COA for a reasonable price. My reales and asstd. coins are becoming hard to keep track of in rough seas.......

Aye!...Now I am the only tops'l ketch on the Bay, it'll be a might lonely 'ere in Sausalito....I'll really miss seein' her, altho' we rarely 'missed'!....Fair Winds and a Following Sea, mates...... ROYALISTE The Only Tops'l Ketch Left on the Bay of ST. Francis

Aye!...Now I am the only tops'l ketch on the Bay, it'll be a might lonely 'ere in Sausalito....I'll really miss seein' her, altho' we rarely 'missed'!....Fair Winds and a Following Sea

Chandlery's have traditionally carried all goods necessary for maritime trades to maintain ship,,, just 'what' depending on era and fashion, or new fangled necessities...A ship's 'chandler' generally maintained stock and issued said goods.........just my .02 marevidis worth........

I'm not sure what the dilemma is, but I'ma big fan 'o sprits'l yards...Add one; lashed to the jibboom just forward on the bowsprit near the cap, inner and outer shrouds, sprits'l furled and gasketed....It'll look shipeshape........

Aye!...After a long battle, I finally chased the bigger leaks outta your bunk!..Now thar be new stripey covers on the matresses all around! sleepin' in a nice bunk is a good thing........

Aye!..'Tis that time again, eh?..New Years Eve Sail, Party, and shore raid to Smitty's, Then....Early the next morn, the Annual Master Mariner's New Years Day Race/ Chili feed!....We'll party and sail on the Royaliste, weather permittin', float back 'n forth to Smitty's, and then...Sail in the race the next day for those who didn't sober up an' leave the night before!!..We've missed the rain 4 of 5 years now, so ye never know

Here's what I know as far as the scheduling thus far. I'm only listing California ports, as I don't believe we'll beat to windward for a start. July 28- Aug. 1-San Francisco Aug. 11-14-Los Angeles Aug. 17-20-San Diego Honolulu and Monterey scheduled on request by SSF; we may do Monterey for a stopover and restocking of whatever we missed leavin' homeport. ROYALISTE Terror 'o the Pacific

Altho' I no longer show any Masonic affiliation for purely personal reasons, I enjoyed the close references me ownself!..With a mum 'twas a point in Eastern Star, an' me dad a past master-Blue Lodge, it was a fond memory flash I hadn't expected.........

Born and raised on the Northern Plains where -40 below keeps the 'riff-raff' out , made mine on Alaska's North Slope....C'mon, this is preposterous..Even when sub-zero, the humidity is thru the roof!..So, pour some gunpowder in the snow,(nevermind the freeze-thaw cycle after 250 yrs.), and light it..take pictures for 'proof'... :)

I really liked this one overall; research on privateering has educated me a bit over the years on 'a Franklin and Wall St.' relationship....Good plot, nice 'history', but......Somebody pull-eze explain to Mr. Bruckheimer 'afore he makes another flick that there are parameters to black powder, and he seems to like makin' it 'go off' after swimmin' in the ocean (Jack Sparrow), and in a ship's hold under the ice for 250 years fulla snow! (the Charlotte)..I kin hardly get it to fire hours later, still in the weapon, much less after a few centuries!...Other than that, a fine movie!

'Best Buy' 'as one in the 'under 5 bucks' bin....a triple, 'Classic Tales' containing David Copperfield, Captain Kidd, and Of Human Bondage.......

If 'e ain't kickin' yet, 'e will be!..Most reputable boat haulers won' touch it...Surely there'll be a gypo trucker in Fla. that'll step up, but the 'regulars' don' like haulin' even well found wooden boats...Now, the rigger's that'll come with the crane rental.....they'll 'ave a good laff in the bar afterwards! ..besides, another ten k an' I'da called it a good downpayment on a well found vessel I have on the market!

Hmmm, methinks I be seein' double!!...Gimmee that bottle 'o rum!...Whaddaya do wif a drunken sailor??

Aaargh!!...Not so, mate!!...I'd be rather pleased to put a broadside 'o heated shot in 'er, firin' for effect!.......... ...Aye!!....Alllllwaaays seeking a new target!

About that 'bridge' for sale ...Words be words, I'd have to see a 'not for insurance' survey by a reputable surveyor to believe the vessel was ever 'worth' 200K...get real folks....take a quqlified tool for wooden boat survey; an icepick or an awl, and see how deep it goes in the 'wood' that's left.....almost any penetration, not firm hardness, and you've got total dryrot.............

Read me mind on the whaleboat, but I'll pass on the 'bridge'....I build 'em, (if'n ye find a buyer, I'll sell ye a quantity! )

..That said, the sea has ne'er rotted a vessel away; that be the work 'o fresh water with bacteria and fungal spores, as salt water be symbiotic with wooden ships. This one has seen toooo much mother nature out 'o the water, meanin' total restoration, which is infinitely more expensive than even new construction in vessel restoration. It takes a rather 'historic' ship for such an undertaking. We are finishing up on the Thayer here in S.F....Big bucks, no whammy, mates....'ere's the marshmallows, who's bringin' the graham crackers???

Myself and several members of the Wooden Boat Magazine forum 'ave mulled this 'n over..for about 60 seconds, long enuff for the opinion of 'where's the marshmallows?' (an ancient rite, performed by groups of wooden ship owners, not enjoyed by modern flubberglass owners).. No respectable shipwright would take this one on, you need to have a vision of completion in your mind's eye even to begin.We generally hate to impune any floatin' vessel, as 'one man's castle'..etc., but..this 'n ain't floatin' so..If you do the work, most likely100k just to float..30k in canvas, minimum...the 'Rondezvous' in Monterey looks 'spiffy', and needs 500k....(in comparison).. Those of you who have helped in any replanking or framing on the Royaliste will understand the labor AND expense involved...A used powerplant will run 5k for a Cat or Detroit, 3k for a used Perkins.. It is considered the same as most sailboats with an engine, name 'Auxillary sailing vessel'...Doubt even a miracle could make her CG certified nowadays..decent shipbuilders mahogany(5/4 or 6/4) for underwater planking runs around 80 bucks for a 12 footer, and by the looks of it, theres a forest of replanking necessary. Spars are the hard part, as no matter how reasonable you may find them, they are all long, and require a full size 40' to haul 'em down the road. Imagine hauling a pair or three of full grown spruce or doug fir from Canada to Florida and the cost. Lastly, as far as 'haulin' it off and'..... Been there, done that..it's a rather large federal law covering polluting U.S. waters for 20 some miles, and I doubt it'd make it that far to put a round in it..Disney might want it for a fireship!

Aye!...Go to the website here entry point for new scallywags , click the 'join' barrel, and then watch out for bloody pirates in your email, lass!

No truck with that, mate..But, just because the Royal Navy did something or other, whenever thru history, really doesn't mean a lot as far as the rest of the sailing world at any given time. I have been told you are quite the RN buff; not my cup 'o tea, (aye, we threw it in the harbor) Many countries and individuals had their own interpretations of world domination. Also, n'er said a word about your sealegs, just the 'purely historical' angle, which doesnt parallel any sailors I know on this side of the pond. Fair Winds, may history serve you well, it does me just fine. I'm hoping for a few really grand reenactments in the next few years, hop aboard, show us wot ye'er made of!!...

Wasnt intendin' on any 'match', mate...And no broadside or whatever intended, with this many members, I cant really tell one 'capt.' from the other, cept. 'Flint!'...no need to ruffle your feathers...............and seein' as how one 'o yesterday's 'birthday' pirates turned '12', I'm watchin' me vocabulary closely hereabouts.........

Hawkyns...A family I grew up near, whose son was my best friend until 'Nam was of Italian heritage. I've seen photos, early daugerrotypes(sp), and painted portraits of their family all the way back to 16- somethin'.....all males received an earring at their 13th birthday.....quite a lot of seafarers in their line....all us kid's ran from his mom when she grabbed the needle every time one of us turned 13!......... ..........she caught me!

One capt.s 'opinion', big ocean.......Your conclusion, not 'we'....general or fashionable have little to do with the life of the average seaman, only cobs under the flag of the RN, and the RN were the cops of their day, not the gospel.......'rare' and 'didn't' are very different concepts.........and lastly, as I mentioned, us sailors have little regard for a need to 'gather evidence'. This idea of 'burden of proof' is great for those non sailors. Any sailor with a history of sailing believes many a concept that has no basis in fact; it's what keeps us sailing ahead of all types of adversity, both natural and man-made. In other words, 'it all works for us'... :) .....Besides, I have no interest is supportin' anything mentionin' pirate proof, just relayin' some very common observations by a lot of sailors who are also not stereotypical........we'll leave that to schoolgirls in plaid uni's, and and 'soldiers all in a row'.......seamen plied the waves right beside the stereotypes...be they simple mariners, merchants, or marine salvors........