Capt. Sterling

Like we will have time to take photographs???

Damnation, Mr. Bottles as well perhaps....

God bless ye on yer birthday Rats... hope tis grand with many, many more to follow.

actually this narrows it done even more... http://www.richmondairportshuttleservice.com/

http://www.chauffeuredsedanservice.com/Richmond_Airport.html ever hear of this one, says its only fifty bucks from Hampton....

Oi is there some sort of limo/shuttle service to Richmond Airport ??

Jack, now we're talking... just place the fire pit in between the Hide and the Marine tent and once there, we shall shift everything a bit to the right... and I don't have a wedge, just rigging something for the powder mag... nothing more. Mark, you do not have to bring the second wedge, but thank you for the offer. Oh and Dutch, tell the sheep not to be nervous, Gunner cannot make this event and I will be extremely surprised if Cousin Robbie makes it at all....

No, these were actual pockets... honestly, trying to get one's hands through coat skirt slits to a pocket in the waistcoat, especially at that level, just is a nightmare. They don't stay put like a woman's petticoats and pockets. That's why the vertical pockets seem to always be shown with buttons or some elaborate flap. From experience, keep the bottom buttons fastened, and you are good to go... From Historical Fashion in Detail, The 17th and 18th Centuries by Avril Hart and Susan North. pg 96 Pockets such as these (the very narrow, horizontal, open pockets shown on page 97) were intended to remain open, and were therefore furnished with purely decorative buttonholes and buttons. Other style had functional button fastenings to prevent the pocket from gaping open. The shape and position of pockets were experimented with in the late 17th century as tailors continued to develop the new fashion of a closely fitted knee-length coat and waistcoat. There were two styles of pocket, a vertical one with an open slit, placed either singly or in pairs of each skirt front just below the waistline, or horizontal ones, which sometimes had narrow flaps and were superseded by the horizontal style: "Yet he would have it in the ancient mode, with little buttons, round cuffs, narrow skirts, and pockets within two inches of the bottom." (Ned Ward The London Spy 1689)" According to Waugh, pg. 55 There was also a great variety of pocket shapes,their decoration being repeated on the cuffs, but c.1700 pockets became conventional and varied little throughout the eighteenth century. They had scalloped flaps and were always set on a level with the top of the side pleats.

Sorry Jack, not what I meant... the flies need to still be running across the front of the powder magazine..where they were originally in version five, but they need to be in one straight line up to the edge. Put Mark's tent lengthwise, parallel to the right hand set of bushes, (even though they really aren't there any more and back the short end right up along the same line as the wedges. The Hide needs to slide over to the left and the Marine tent needs to go lengthwise, parallel to the street.

Update edit... right then... The English Admiral is an illustration by the Dutch artist Caspar Luyken, drawn some time between the years 1699, when he arrived in Germany to help Christoph Weigel of Nuremberg illustrate a number of books and 1703 when the plates were etched in copper. Neu-eroffnete Welt- Galleria was a collection of 100 costume plates etched by Luyken, the son of engraver Jan Luyken. Honestly tis hard to tell if that is truly supposed to represent a mustache or not, as several other etchings have lines that could either be 'staches or some sort of shadowing... and there is definitely no beard.

I believe the date is 1703 or 1708, don't have the book here but will check after I get back from teaching and give you the exact, but it is early 1700s. I have posted the fellow before due to the mustache.

10' x 20' tent belongs to a group of marines that will be joining us for the festival...

Jack, Dutch just called. We actually gain about six extra feet all the way round since the bushes have been removed. He is also checking into purchasing stakes for roping off the camp and speaking to the police about parking our own vehicles along the street edge during the entire festival which will help keep that side of the camp safe... we have two drains to work around, one being just about where the powder magazine is going which will not be a problem...if the second drain poses a problem for walking, we will place cargo or something on it, so folks aren't tripping over it.... also he is looking into possibly disconnecting the lamp post in the middle of the camp as well... so far so good. Thanks Dutch, we will make this work...

Grand, we've gone from bushes, to no bushes and now trees..Without the bushes perhaps the usable space is actually longer ?? Aye I would like the camp roped off completely with some sort of gate just like the pirate camp will have....without bushes we will need some sort of stakes to drive into the ground and hold the rope... dang, not at all happy... without some sort of barrier, you lot will never get a break as some ped will always be in the camp...so we need to sort this out..but our crewe always makes things work... And the "drynks police", as you call them, do not control the bar scene, or anyone driving through town. Odds of their being such an accident are extremely high, but the bushes would have been that much nicer being so close to the street, including controlling rubbish and the foot traffic... oh well shall have to put the marines on guard duty, they are already becoming an asset. Mr. O'Keeffe will be in town on Tuesday, he will get you the measurements as Pern will most likely have his hands full... and Mr. Roberts, did ye get my message about the extra ten by twenty foot tent?

If Aunt knows her way around a needle and thread, then I highly recommend a trip to the library and getting a copy of Patterns of Fashion Book 1 by Janet Arnold or Cut of Women's Clothes by Waugh. Both have patterns for mantuas, which are both relatively easy to comprehend. Stays on the other hand are a bit more tricky, but as Haunting Lily mentioned, very necessary for the mantua. In which case perhaps Haunting Lily can help a bit more or I could recommend hunting down a copy of Waugh's Corsets and Crinolines as well to help in the stays department.

justaucorps a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn esp. by men in the 17th and 18th centuries. Also called justicoat. Origin: 1650–60; < F juste au corps fitting to the body When you knock it down, justaucorps and frock coat really mean the same thing, the former being the French term, the later more English... some folks in the hobby refer to the older style as pictured in Waugh page 59 as the justaucorps usually just to distinguish it from the later coats with the fuller skirts... and thank you Jib for the compliment.

back stitch the binding on by hand on the front, then fold over the edges and whip stitch closed by hand on the inside

Another Scot...welcome to the pub, Sir.

We don't wait for one day a year, but take the chance to say thank you to the folks that keep us safe every time it comes up... still heartfelt thanks always to all that have been willing to take the risk or make the sacrifice including my Dad, and all my brothers...

Oh I'm not debunking that Hugh, especially since I have been involved with this school idea of Dutch's for well over a year now... but real life does come first as well as paying the mortgage and feeding the kids... and with the economy the way it is, the Far Better Half is having a bit of a struggle contributing at times... so it all falls on me... I not only like my job, but now I really need to keep it... Originally it was a weekend event, now its been stretched out to include weekdays as well... but now that I know all the reasons why and how, makes a hell of a difference...

You'll like it... trust me. Mr. O'Keeffe used it to make my backstaff... tis off by only one degree... but then Mr. O'Keeffe does incredible work

Well done!

Ah Woodes Rogers, my hero! Him and Benjamin Hornigold

Right then told em at work that I will be taking off Thursday and Friday for this.... amazing how enlightening a phone call can be....

Right then told em at work that I will be taking off Thursday and Friday for this....