the Royaliste

:) and, by them midgets she pays to hang around wif' her...

:) An' don't be forgettin' a rain check for a future trip on the Tallship...

:) Aye mates..More powder to ye'!...Yo,Ho.. ...workin' out the weekend, Rauls available,so, we'll start figurin'.....Girls,be nice pirates,no swearin'....

:) print up a certificate for compensation in treasure for his loss...remember, we started 'workers compensation' this way back in Port Royal..

:) Yep, it be that time again..New powder in the magazine, and another Tallship, the Lynx, on the horizon, Sept. 19th..Any local talent lookin' to scrap best be seein' the quartermaster...

:) Tell 'em all I got's their 'rehab' on the portside....

:) Gotta put away some powder in the magazine.. 'ave another on me,mate..

:) A belated,mate!..like to be there, but,too many targets here this weekend, Californian's still around, and of course, the 'Chieftain...good luck, and 'appy huntin'..

...the damage looks better ,the more rum ye drink... ..and Lucky, ye'd best bring a note pad, the sewin's gettin' waay behind... :)

:) Done,lass..lighting slow match...

:) Mine,too..Stb'd side, aft cabin....'o course, my side's the Rose...

:) The 'horns' sit port and starboard on the binnacle, balancing each other.....

Naw, it be Labor Day, as surely invented by pyrates as worker's compensation.....firing starboard batteries at sunset, my brothers who toil and sweat for their exsistence,united.... International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Ironworkers....since 1895

:) Used on opposite pole side of a compass, this is for an iron or steel hulled ship, as the magnet counter acts effects of ships hull on compass.This century....generally seen as 'little green and red balls' beside compass...

:) Yep, must be pillagin' elsewhere, that one....

:) History Channel has an episode that explains it as the sung record of the location of Blackbeards treasures, claiming you will know it by the bones of the fifteen men killed on top of the treasure after placing it in the hole....who knows?Could be how 'the island' was named... Pyrate lore as accurate as the teller wants it to be.....

:) My pleasure, twas really grand...yours truely admirin' the scenery on the jibboom in number 79....

'sloops of war 'on the Great Lakes and StLawrence seaway were not large as ships of the line were. Ships of the line and frigates were huge in comparison, and fleets used by Benedict Arnold in the Rev. war were smaller, being constructed in New France and the colonies....some quite small, really large Bateaus. I'll hunt a few Canadian honchos for you to contact....

And for the nautical buffs out there :) yes, I am flying the Jolly Roger OVER the U.S. ensign,yes, I am a pirate, and yes, I am amazed that we weren't boarded over it. For political correctness, your ensign should be flown above any other pennants on your mizzen gaff... ..I hear cannon fire..where's the powder??

On reflecting, 'twas quite a 'blast'!!. At one point, in tight with the othe ships, we pulled our grappling hook from the deck box and swung it like a pocket watch, admireing the finish on their caprails....smiling...then, another broadside as we came accross their bow!

K.I.S.S.- keep it simple,sweety...plywood and paint, works for me,lass..

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