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Sell some...name the price.

I saw the Atlantic Sea rats in the 'Habberty Grace' maritime festival on saturday , tho rather briefly. There looked about four or five of them by their tent not far from the Chesapeak canoe co. and a black 52 chevy pickup.. They had an array of weapons on display, some of them being native american, like a thing that resembles an axe handle (which I call a "King Philip's hammer") with a ball on the end, only this one had a one inch animal tooth protruding from the ball....not something that would feel too comfortable on the ol' noggin. Costumes great...and dirty.

Blackbeard's treasure on tv news

Just got Pew's sketchbook.

Happy Birthsday to you Rumba...today is your day

I was on Block island a couple of days ago....decided to go up into the old cemetary to do some period grave rubbings for the pyrate sketchbook project. Found a pair and made the 'understatement of the year' in the pyrate sketchbook thread when I said these people probably knew Captain Kidd , and then realized the understatement when I got home to read The Pirate Hunter . Pg. 233 reads: Kidd sailed back out to his rendezvous point, off Block island. he stopped briefly close to shore to land two small cannon (weighing 300 pounds each) and ammunition, to be cared for by his friend Edward Sands, trying to cover every possibility, was preparing just in case he needed to make a rushed getaway in some other ship and needed to retrieve extra firepower. His wife might soon be staying on Block island: he wanted to protect her. pg 240 reads: Sara Kidd reached Block Island and stayed at Newshorum (today spelled "New Shoreham") at the house of family friends, the Sands, where Captain Kidd already dropped off two cannon. ~ Sarah Kidd wanted company at the reunion, and invited along mary Sands And her husband Edward, 30. Kidd Anchored at the east end of Block island and the men rowed out Sarah, and little Sarah, and Mary and Edward Sands. I couldn't get a full grave rubbing because the stones are 7' X3' each, and my tracing paper was about 11"X17". it is kind of hard under these situations because the lechins (fungus) and the New England weather has done a number on them for the last 300 years, but they are quite legible. Read the epitaphs here. On the left is the grave of "Captain" Edward Sands, died 1708, and on the right is his father James Sands, died in 1695. In reference to the ship being anchored off the east end ,I reckon he meant the old harbor. The east end of the island is no where near as breathtaking as the southeastern portion of the island , in this case ,Mohegan Bluffs (....you west coast people can laugh)

I was on Block island a couple of days ago....decided to go up into the old cemetary to do some period grave rubbings for the pyrate sketchbook project. Found a pair and made the 'understatement of the year' in the pyrate sketchbook thread when I sad these people probably knew Captain Kidd when i got home to read The Pirate Hunter . Pg. 233 reads: Kidd sailed back out to his rendezvous point, off Block island. he stopped briefly close to shore to land two small cannon (weighing 300 pounds each) and ammunition, to be cared for by his friend Edward Sands, trying to cover every possibility, was preparing just in case he needed to make a rushed getaway in some other ship and needed to retrieve extra firepower. His wife might soon be staying on Block island: he wanted to protect her. pg 240 reads: Sara Kidd reached Block Island and stayed at Newshorum (today spelled "New Shoreham") at the house of family friends, the Sands, where Captain Kidd already dropped off two cannon. ~ Sarah Kidd wanted company at the reunion, and invited along mary Sands And her husband Edward, 30. Kidd Anchored at the east end of Block island and the men rowed out Sarah, and little Sarah, and Mary and Edward Sands. On the left is the grave of "Captain" Edward Sands, died 1708, and on the right is his father James Sands, died in 1695.

Dutch in New York, who woulda thunk? Painting says: Kaaterskill Ketch, Hudson River 1645

bbc, check your PM.

bbcdutchman, for your benefit, I will email you some pictures of what it looks like today, particularly Hall Spars, Burton St, and around the Lobster pot, up the roard towards the bridge and such. I think you will get a kick out of it.

Valid question and concern. Today it cost me $6.75 for zone 3 parcel post via USPS, therefore to not put undue hardship on anyone, particularly those mailing from coast to coast, please PM me and I can help out.

bbcdutchman wrote bbcutchman, you are the best The sick thing is I am exactly 2 miles from there right now. And FYI, in 1772 and , 1775 the HMS Rose bombarded the very town.

I have the entire weekend off, so I'm on vacation. Therefore this is the only time I can actually get it done. I kind of got carried away but I had fun. "I christen thy sketchbook from the rocks of Mohegan Bluffs on the southeast coast of Block Island" The book I bought, The box it comes in I made from teak, in the style of hatches of sailing ships, specifically for this project, though not my best work (it has a few nicks from the saw). I did it specifically to contain a number of gravestone rubbings I did, particularly the two below (from Block Island) of Captain Edward Sands (died 1708) and his father James Sands (died 1695)...you know these people knew Captain Kidd because his wife lived on the island.

Ugh! Those San Diego people!....First, they take away the America's Cup out of Newport and never return it,...then they take our ship. I'm goin'on the account! Oh well....Getting a new ship modeled after the HMS Suprise is better than nothing, even if she's steel-hulled.

Pirates of the New England Coast 1630-1730: Same pirates, Kidd, Tew, Quelch, Lowther, Low, Bellamy, etc....just one big happy family, that ol' brethren, they all know each other. This is the book I'm reading now. Some passages from Captain Charles Johnson. This is the re-print of George Francis Dow book of 1922. Most of it from Boston and Newport newspapers. Much of it goes beyond New England, which is the Caribbean and Africa. Some period illustrations. my favorite chapter is Philip Ashton's personal account of being captured by pirate Ned Low, and then being marooned on an island off Honduras in 1722.

I know, it has been rumoured often whether there will be a sequel to M&C, here's such an example of a rumor in sunday's 7/27/08 issue of the Providence Journal Link, you can find the paragraph that says: "The makers of Master and Commander, starring Russell Crowe, bought the Rose to star in the movie as the Surprise and paid Bailey to bring the ship to the West Coast for the filming. It was hoped that after the movie’s release, Newport might be able to buy Rose, but the movie studio decided to keep the ship for a possible sequel, Bailey says". ...basically, the state of Rhode Island has the blues for the HMS Rose enough to want to build it's own, since it can't get the ship back. The Rose used to be in Newport long before it made it's way to San Diego.

Who is the crew I see around Ct and RI ocassionally? I was passing through New London CT, and I stopped for about 10 minutes at the pier festival. I didn't have time to approach or ask, since I was with people, and somewhat in a hurry. I have see these faces around RI . One of them has a dark crimson shirt. sound familiar?

That's exactly what the tour guides at Gettysburg say. A majority of the wounds get infected and turn gangrenous, then fatal. And if I may be so permitted to go slightly off topic, something reminded me of a bizarre situation of the french composer J.B. Lully who was performing in front of King Louis XIV whereby he accidentally impaled his toe while slamming a staff (like the ones used by bagpipe band leaders) at the ground to the rhythm of the music. The toe became infected with gangrene and he died a few months later in 1697. You get the idea in this film I just find it amusing.

I think I'll most likely be there, though most likely it will turn into a family day.

I am mailing mine from an undisclosed pyrate location, note the postmark.

The article tells of no specifics. I occasionaly do pick up the Asbury Park Press, and missed this one. Lehigh area? Bethlehem/Easton/Allentown?

A couple of things, first the bad news. it's been over a year since Pusser's as changed the proof of their rum from 47.75% to a measly 42% alcohol, has anyone noticed this? You can't find the good stuff anywhere. I drink so little rum these days, but I have always looked forward to this once-potent spirit, which, I can recall, was so pungent that the fumes alone were intoxicating. It had the characteristic of an industrial-stregnth cleaning solution meant for hospitals and institutions....yes it was THAT potent. You treated it with respect. On an unusual note, I found this bottle of Hurricane Rum for $19 for 750ml. This is one of those peculiar instances of a New England distilled rum, this one being from Nantucket. The only other such rum I know of is Thomas Tew rum from Newport, R.I. I don not know of any other rums from the United States. The history of new England rum goes back to the Revolutionary War & the slave trade. This is another example of small-batch micro-brewers trying to cash in on the history.

Pyrateleather has the best looking sketchbook, and is making me me jealous. Hats off to ye, I'm looking forward to seeing it. I don't have the expertise in leather myself, but in keeping with the siprit of the project, I did manage to snarf something from this street vendor I found while walking down the street , and will add some appropriate pirate-like embellishments and my artistic touch which I thought could be applicable to the project. I'll suprise the rest of ye who are involved, when you recieve it in the mail. I just couldn't resist. Hopefully 'withoutaname' might find this of interest since you are in the city , however I might say they are not as cheap as expected. (corner Broadway & Spring)

personal hygiene or hearing device? 1600’s – 1799 Dating as far back as the seventeenth century, sailors would use a device called an Ear Trumpet to communicate with each other over long distances. The devices were eventually used by individuals afflicted with hearing loss. Though people used these devices for many years, the business of selling Ear Trumpets did not begin until the turn of the nineteenth century.Site

1729 engraving of Armed Ship in Boston