Capt. Sterling

The second heat begins: Archangel crewe 1 competes against the next crew from the Colonial Seaport Foundation (Long Tom, Ahab, Jeff) The Archangel crewe off to ahem a running start "Lawyer" Sterling defending his crewe's every move to judge Dutch Right then, not the best picture, but Capt. Pern has just left the dock Capt. Sterling running to strip off his waistcoat so he can apprehend Pern, as usual Sterling had way too much crap in his pockets that could not get wet Winners and losers taking a breather This time Matt served as navigator (pushing the boat as far as he could, whilst Dutch yelled "Hey you are supposed to be rowing the boat and Israel fired right back that he was rowing). Once again the heat was close until the Archangel crew went into the lead. T'was then that the scoundrel Captain Pern leapt off the dock, swam out and grabbed hold of the Archangel boat (with Israel screaming Why aren't we moving???) and the Colonial Seaport Museum cruised past to victory. Heat 3 tomorrow...

The first competition was the skiff races...each boat had one navigator, one oarsman and one person to make sure the boats did not come into contact with each other. At first Dutch declared that the rower was to be blindfolded and the navigator would guide him. But then Dutch declared there were "no rules!" Well you can just imagine The first heat was crew #1 from the Archangel (Matt Short Thumb, Israel Cross and Sean Merriweather) up against Blackbeard's crew(TJ Savage, Capt. Pern, and Madame Grace). Not only did they have to row, navigate and defend, but they all had to bail as well...as the boat's were just about ready to sink. If you notice some rather wet Blackbeard's crew, tis because Grace and Sean instead of keeping the boats apart, decided to try and yank each other out of their respective boats. At one point Grace had Sean by the waistcoat out over the water, with only Sean's feet left in the boat, but the valiant young snotty regained his seat and then proceeded to use the bailing bucket to pour water all over Grace after holding fast to the blade of Pern's oar. Needless to say, the Archangel crew won this heat, with Israel's great navigation (and the fact he snuck on an extra paddle to serve as a rudder), Matt's superb rowing(he wore his blind fold, just not over his eyes as the one rule did not specify WHERE you wore it) and Mr. Merriweather's unscrupulous behavior.

All photos compliments of Hatchet Meg The Shipwright giving a presentation on the Luna's progress The Crew of the Vigilant giving a lesson on Great Guns...Beast demonstrating Chantey Mistress Willoughby teaching her trade Mr. Lasseter lending a hand on how to drink and sing at the same time. Good form, what?