Capt. Sterling

Wishing all a happy & blessed new year.

Ahem....... And a merry Christmas to ye as well & the rest of ye notorious lads & lasses.

Wishing ye a very blessed birthday William. Hope ye had a grand day of it.

Welcome to the pub.

Supposedly Luyken was trying to show what was currently being worn around other parts of the world. (BTW landlubbersanonymous, thank ye for sharing that link, I only have the reprint...nice to see an earlier edition. ) Haven't read it in years, but I think the Sea Rover's Practice makes mention that the Spanish were slower to change and retained a mixture of old and new styles in weapons, perhaps that flowed over to fashion as well... although Mister Hook, does have a point, there is a lot of formal attire shown in Luyken's plates...

I'll bring the shackles....

Great news about battery point!

Thank ye so very much.

Happy birthday

Doctor, put an "r" in there, t'is baggywrinkle ...hope yer wrist is all right

I will wager ye won't hold on to that one long...lovely.

Congratulations!

Well done!

As always, wonderful..much obliged

Sniggering...

There was a hurricane at the fort last year? How did I miss that?

No, I meant that ye know a good carpenter..ahem();-)

I thought ye might...but snug's the word, I won't tell O'Keeffe...ahem..();-)