JohnnyTarr

Dear Cheeky Actress, I am shur that whatever you wear would look great on you. The woman makes the outfit after all.

I am very disapointed in my last haul. It shall cost me more in repairs, and paying the crew than I almost managed to capture. So it seems that I will not be able to make it for this weekend. I must find cheeper entertainment or go back out to sea. I will miss meeting you all. I hope to be able to goto Bristol for Labor Day weekend.

Hey Patrick, keep in touch I would like to know how you are doing.

I just wanted to put in my vote. I like legs. I mean a dancers or gymnasts, nice with form and muscle. Then I like eyes. The eyes are windows to the sole. Then she has to be able to laugh because I do alot of stupid things and laughing helps.

Maybe someday I will go back to Pennsic. I think that I will try to plan my next trip for PiP. Not this year but soon.

Thank you for the redirection I will most likely be out for the next few days reading that thread. That is just what I wanted.

Ok while not really pirate related, I mean what would a pirate need a tent for? Either he sleeps with a woman, in a ditch, or on a deck. But we are reenactors and since work quite a bit on land. So I am in the market for a nice tent. But on priceing them out I figure that I could make one for cheaper. I would like to know the difference between sail canvass and tent canvass. A few pictures of GAoP tents would be great too. I am guessing that what ever the armies used.

This is great. A clay pipe piece 330 years old and Grenadoe are great finds. I love the Pirateolgy book I got one for my birthday. I even spent the time to translate the map. Please keep them comming I am finding this thread very interesting.

If your interested in underwater archeolegy try the NUMA web site.

With all of you out there I suspect that you have found some interesting things on the web and elsewhere. I am interested in finding out what you thought was the most interesting thing that you found.

I am looking for working flintlock replicas. Now I can either find non-fireing or ones that cost alot more than I am willing to spend. So how much should I be looking at to spend on one?

Thanks all I hoped that this would be of interest to some. Here were people that risked their lives to get others out of trouble. It had to be the worst of the worst conditions.

Bill Wangemann column: The Great Lakes: A notorious graveyard Storms on these inland seas can seemingly pop up out of nowhere —summer storms with gale force winds, driving rain and hail are not uncommon and have sent many a stout ship and her brave crew to a watery grave. However, the storms of autumn and winter are the worst on the Great Lakes. Ships can be assaulted by near hurricane-force winds, driving snow and sleet that can cause near whiteout conditions. The most treacherous month to sail the Great Lakes is the month of November; during this month more ships have been lost than any other. Even modern, powerful steel ships have been lost during the gales of November. It was on Nov. 10, 1975 that the modern steel-hulled, 725-foot Edmund Fitzgerald was lost with her entire crew on Lake Superior. Sailing on the Great Lakes has always been a hazardous profession, especially in the early days. About 1845, ships began to use the inland waterways on a regular basis. There was no accurate weather reporting, charts of the lakes were either poor or just non-existent. Stubborn captains, even though on occasion they did have charts, refused to use them. Wind, fire, ice and collisions took a terrible toll of these early mariners. In the early days of sailing on the Great Lakes there was no organized system to assist ships in distress. In the late 1860s, pressure was being put on Congress to organize a life-saving service on our ocean coastlines as well as the Great Lakes. In 1871, the United States Life Saving Service began to have a presence on the Great Lakes, as life-saving stations were constructed at frequent intervals around the lakes, and in many cases were manned by full-time crews. Sheboygan was no exception. A life-saving station here was built and manned in the mid-1870s. Our first life-saving station was located directly across the river from today's Coast Guard station. Most of the men staffing these stations were experienced sailors or fishermen who had spent most of their lives on the lakes. The life-saving station in Sheboygan, as did many stations on the Great Lakes, had a lookout tower built on the roof and was manned during daylight hours during the shipping season. Beach patrolmen also patrolled the beaches looking for any vessels that might be in distress. If a vessel was noted in distress the patrolman had to race back to the life-saving station and alert the crew who would then man open boats and begin rowing toward the stricken vessel. Sheboygan's life-saving crew was called out many times to come to the aid of stricken vessels and to rescue their passengers and crew. The station here, for many years, was commanded by Captain Oley Groh. The log books of the Sheboygan life-saving station which still exists, kept by Captain Groh, give a fascinating insight to the station's daily operation. The lifesavers on the Great Lakes carried out their duties with courage and dedication for over 44 years before becoming a part of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915. Today's Tidbit: It was reported that at an unnamed life-saving station a crew of lifesavers, at the height of a roaring gale, were seen rowing out into the lake lashed by huge waves. An onlooker shouted to the coxswain of the boat, "You fools, you'll never get back!" Where upon the coxswain replied, "The book only says we have to go out, it doesn't say we have to come back." All of the columns I wrote in 2004 have been compiled into a book, "Grandma, What Did You Do Before TV?" available at the Sheboygan County Historic Research Center in Sheboygan Falls and other locations. For more information on this book, e-mail schrc@execpc.com or call (920) 467-4667. If you have comments on this column, please feel free to contact me at wwangemann@charter.net or (920) 458-2974.

Thank-you Captain Straw. I am an old hand at the Bristol Ren Fair. I go back as far at King Richards Fair and I think I still got the pictures I took there. My usual route is to go left at the old front gate till I get to the corner. There is a bar right there at the top of a small rise and right behind that is a bakery (or at least was the last time I went). I have always stoped there to get a cinnimon (?) bun. From there it is to the stages. I have three cds of MoM and one of Molly and the Tinker. I always have fun when I go. I will know soon if I will make it or not so we all can just take over the Pig n' Whistle. It will be a shame that Bounding Main will not be playing that weekend though. If I do come watch out for my camera I get the best blackmail with it.

Aug 19 might even be possible for me. Not to sure about that right now the loot from my last raid is starting to run thin.

Me Johnny Tarr

Yes a ringtone would be great. How can we steal it?

Ok for once I can say that I only recieved one good comment from this board. Come on people I know that you can do better than silly remarks. Now this week is payday and I am planing to goto the lumberyard to get a start. I am starting on frame #3 because it will be removed at the end. I will keep you all posted as to how it is comming along because I know that you all are just so interesed in it.

I found a great web site for FREE boat plans. http://www.svensons.com/boat/?p=SailBoats/Falcon This is the one I am looking at. Now my problem it time and money :) Any advice on what I might want to watch out for before I start?

This is my favorite part of this whole site. I hope that someday that I will have half of the knowledge of sailing and pirates that you all have here.

A great day was had by myself at the event. Some very beautiful ships I got on board a few and got some great pics. I didn't get to see a single on of you all there though. I don't have the plauge and scurvy isn't catching. You all afraid of me?

Well I do hope that I can build it better that Sparrow. I mean he is a captain and all.

Ok so I am a reader, I might not be able or know how to do actual research but I read alot. After talking to my wife I have found that she missed the SCA. Now I am a little more open so I did some research and found out about people called Sea Dogs. I also remember seeing some actors at BRF calling themselves that. So now I would like to branch out and read some about them. Any help?

Ok calligraphy got me closeer. I will keep on that search. I know some friends of mine that maybe of some help in that area. Thx.

The one I want to know about it the first one we see. You know the one he makes his grand entrace in. To me it looks like a rowboat with a sail. Is that an accurate discription of it? I would like to figure out just how big that boat would have been and if I can get plans for it.