Deacon Frye

The link Corsair posted appears to be inoperative at the moment, but here's an excerpt from an article on the matter at another site: http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/2001/jan/titan1.htm Of course this isn't definitive. Clifford and Kinkor would also, of course, be familiar with Oak Island, and this may be coloring their tentative interpretation.

Yesterday, Corsair posted another of his ads for the Whyda store on the Plunder forum. This one had to do with a Barry Clifford expedition to Madagascar. Among other things, it appears they discovered evidence of an underground tunnel complex.

This guy intrigues me, but there doesn't seem to be a lot out there on him in spite of the scope of his activities. Unlike most of the Golden Age pirates, who mostly came to bad ends, some of the Jacobean pirates wound up doing quite well for themselves. Easton retired as the Marquis of Savoy. Peter Easton, The "Pirate Admiral"

Good morning, Royaliste. Didn't see your post there. Guess I'm a little slow this morning.

It was Drake's flagship on his circumnavigation. It was originally the Pelican, but was renamed to honor one of his major backers, Christopher Hatton, the hind figuring in his coat-of-arms.

While patina is particularly associated with the green oxidation on copper and it's allies as capnwilliam notes, it more generally refers to any sort of film that forms on an object over time, but one that is in some way attractive and desirable. John is I think referring to such a patina on steel, of the sort you'd find on an old kitchen knife or gun--not blatant, active rust; just a nice aging effect. The Okapi knives can be seen at their site: http://www.okapi-knives.com/

La Maschera del Demonio, marketed here as Black Sabbath, with intros to the three stories by Karloff. The last story, where a nurse steals a dead woman's ring scared the dickens out of me when I was a young sprout home alone. It's one of those visceral, spine chilling sort of frights.

A world of knowledge at their disposal, and what do they look for? The Penthouse letters. Pirates!

Hmm, tunnels. Makes me think of Oak Island.

Very interesting. Thanks for calling that to our attention, Angus.

I don't know about the Lady, but he did visit the Rose: Patrick O'Brian Visits the "HMS" Rose

The question referred to a British sloop of war in 1775.

If you're gonna do M & C, ya gotta have Sophie vs Cacafuego.

It's pretty standard practice to make several versions of a sword (or other prop) for a major character. Also, if you look at Swatton's site, their appear to be more than one type of sword made for some of the characters.

It's happenin'. A long time Aubrey/Maturin/O'Brian fan here, I've been tracking this movie for a very long time. The fact that it was originally slated for release in the early summer, then delayed 'til August was the only thing that seduced me into watching that silly glow-in-the-dark pirate skeleton thing. Uh oh. I mean that excellent Depp vehicle. Oh well, never mind.

Bob Anderson assisted by Mark Ivie.

I think Clavell probably had this right. All the accounts I've read of William Adams (the real Blackthorne) refer to him as an English pilot who is hired as pilot-major of the Dutch fleet heading for Japan. I think the term at the time was considerably broader than the way it is used later. The term "navigator" would be closer in our terms. A quick web search turns up several instances where pilot and pilot-major are used in this sense in the period.

I thought a lot of those old forts were made of coquina.

I think I'll be voting for Crowe as Luck Jack Aubrey. ~~The deacon, ducking before the rum bottles and pistol balls start flyin'.

Didn't Marcus Rediker write about those "Red" pirates?

Rob Roy and Archie is my favorite. The Duelists would be my choice for most realistic.

I like Howard so much, I had him do me portrait.

Yep.

Here's an interesting one: D4 Free Plans Building one: http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/articles/pius/ More detailed plans (now called D5, but same boat): http://bateau.com/plans/small/D5.php3

I'm not sure what your needs are, Black Davy, but if this is for serious theatrical use, you might want to consider a high-grade aluminum bladed sword of the sort made by David Baker or Tony Swatton. (Thanks to "The Touring Gentleman" for reminding me where the latter site lay.) I'm not in the "biz", but I'm "virtually" well aquainted with some folks who are, and they maintain that aluminum (were talking very high-grade aluminum used in the aerospace industry) offers significant advantages over steel for theatrical fighting. Both of these men have made swords for some major productions (Swatton did POTC, and the upcoming M&C/FSOTW). These will cost significantly more than a costume sword, but less than many really good steel reproductions (I'm thinking of some of the prices I've seen for Baker's work here--don't think I've ever seen Swatton's.)