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As always, a yeoman's job for you and the BiBs. We are very excited about the 10th anniversary event and our crewe looks forward to seeing you all beachside for the most memorable PiP and FTPF ever!!!! Everyone with a sensitive nose post camp upwind of the Pyrate of the Coast. We live the true pirate's life while we're there. If a bath is needed, the sea water beckons for a midnight dip. -- Hurricane

First, that much lead ain't going to kill you. I grew up in a generation of lead paint and stuff... there's many more things out there that are going to kill you long before a little bid of lead transfer from a mug. I don't know if it works in your situation, but I sealed a gas tank once with a bar of Ivory soap. Just run it around over and over around the base. It may stop the leak without using any modern contrivances. It worked great stopping gasoline. Since it's on the exterior and not interior, nothing should taste soapy. If it does, just add a little gunpowder to get rid of the 99 44/100% pure taste. - Hurricane

As long as they're not Spaniards, we're good with them. We buccaneers kill the Spanish in their sleep by stuffing Paella down their miserable gullets... -- Hurricane

We have used steel stays inside the boots to keep them up. Sew them in on the bottom and the top, inside the lining if possible. Work great! The wenches tie their boots under the bucket and above the calf just below the knee - the wider calf then keeps them up. Hurricane

Wow, I guess I just never gave this much thought. I have clothes in my kit that are 15 years old, and some newer pieces. People back then did get new clothes on occasion, you know. And then it wore naturally over time. When a frock coat wore out, people would often take it to the tailor who would then reverse the fabric and resew the lining back in, so basically the coat was then wrong side out but relatively new looking again. If you're trying to represent the person in the time period, you wouldn't artificially age anything - Hawkyns is dead on on that account. I see the folly noted here on how to age weapons. Why would anyone want to age a weapon when keeping a weapon in good working, like new order was the norm? Trying to look tattered and torn artificially doesn't make any sense, since clothing was in different stages of repair and aging all the time, just as it is now. The only difference was people didn't wash their clothes as often. If you want to be authentic, learn about the magic of Fabreeze and quit washing all your stuff in a washing machine after each wear. That will help it look authentic. And if you have a stain you like, throw the garment in the dryer and heat set it permanently. -- Hurricane

We should ultimately have 10 of us, but with the even far enough away, we aren't submitting names since things seem to always change, eh William. Spike already has the body count for our crewe on the beach, and we'll slot any additional names later after we see who is still alive by December. -- Hurricane

It was a blast again. Loved the ball on Friday night, all the great pirates and wenches, the VFW gang - my little girl homey crewe there - the entertainers... can't wait until next year. I promise I will bring along Diosa next time. -- Hurricane

That is absolutely appalling. Too bad they can't do the same thing to her... even just a little while, so she could feel the pain and agony. It's teens like this that give me little hope for our future. -- Hurricane

It's a fun idea, but Sir Henry was still in Jamaica in 1671. He didn't return to England until 1672, when was was transported aboard the Welcome to London. -- Hurricane

Good suggestions as always, Mission. By the way, the schedule on the Pirates in Paradise was updated about a week ago so the entire's weeks activities are as up to date as they can be in June. As everyone knows, things change constantly once September rolls around. And if anyone has a question, feel free to holler. -- Hurricane

As anyone from Eastern Washington would know, a good sheep is hard to bleat. -- Hurricane

I do all my stitching on a high tech, computerized sewing machine. But I am looming my own fabric and shearing my own sheep. Just want to be different. :) -- Hurricane

I like the guy immensely. He's the reason I get to go to the Bahamas each year on the government's dime. A right good egg in my book. -- Hurricane (aka, Gov. Woodes Rogers)

Michael's correct. The whole event starts revving into high gear about September and the forms have traditionally been out October with the packets coming a week or two before the start of camping. -- Hurricane

Now that's funny! You know I do all 10 verses of that song. Or nine if I'm drunk. -- Hurricane

For those with little sense of history here, the event dates back to 1920. Many standing presidents have been featured at the event, which is basically an awards banquet and presentation of scholarships. For those still seething about the last election, even President Bush attended it and made fun of himself. It has become something of a tradition. The president basically has dinner and delivers a speech, like he does countless times a year and over the years it has taken on the characteristics of a roast. It's a tradition that began when Calvin Coolidge showed up at the dinner in 1924. And old Cal wasn't even funny. Find your sense of humor, mates. Wow! -- Hurricane

If I recall from my own readings, most pirates only carried one gun when boarding. They delivered the first shot as they boarded and then used the gun as a club until it was no longer useful. Then they simply left them on deck and used their preferred weapon, the cutlass, to hack their adversaries. Where the buccaneer rifles were prized by their owners and the ship's long arms were well maintained, I'm not sure the individual pistols were that important, since they were dropped in a boarding. I can't see anyone seriously fighting with a gun, trying to return it to anyplace on their person in a battle, since they'd never have time to reload it anyway. It would just get in the way. - Hurricane

Let us know what we can do to help you make it a longer event. At your command (and disposal)... -- Hurricane

The video of it is here: It's about 8:55 into the schtick... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/09/f...h_n_201264.html -- Hurricane

That is misconception about all sources of authorship - book authors, journalists, broadcasters, etc. No one is without subjectivity. It is human nature to include certain information that jibes with what you know or think or believe to be true and omit others, even if they may be more factual. That certainly is the nature of journalism. These folks are on deadline. They have editors to please. And they need to write stories that will get into the paper or on the evening news. Accuracy cannot ever be guaranteed, not can objectivity. Reporters are employed by a business that has to make money. They are employees who must satisfy the boss. They're aren't free to report what they please. When I was a reporter I often used part of a quote and not another part. Or I created a quote out of the garbled notes I had taken. The problem is few people speak in sound bites. And a reporter doesn't take everything down verbatim. There's no time. So you do the best you can, write the story as fast as you can, and move onto the next one. Just the nature of the beast... in short, objectivity in any form of writing is a myth because a human is involved in the process. -- Hurricane

Not at the moment but in the past the Mallory Todd, the Adventuress, the Schooner WOLF and many 23 through 28 footers back in the Pacific Northwest. Loved sailing up in the San Juans there. Nothing beats a salmon just an hour out of the water for breakfast. -- Hurricane

No problem. As soon as a few more details are confirmed, I'll be posting the 2009 Pirates in Paradise schedule on the site. Lots of stuff for the 10th anniversary celebration! -- Hurricane

That's why I'm a writer, not a mathematician. :) the full festival is Nov. 28 - Dec. 6 this year. For those planning for the future, the festival traditionally starts on the Saturday following Thanksgiving and goes 10 days out so that two weekends are covered with events and activities. The fort fest is the second weekend, covering Thursday through Sunday each year. So, in 2010, PiP should be Nov. 27 through Dec. 5 with the Fort Fest, Dec. 2-5, 2010. Hope that makes more sense. -- Hurricane

The festival is Dec. 28 - Nov. 6. The 2008 schedule is still up, so the days are one day off right now. -- Hurricane

That is so funny. And so true. Thanks for sharing it! -- Hurricane