W.B.Kurgan

Haha They weren't Mooncussing, Moonraking or Wrecking since they didn't actually cause the ship to run aground. They were looting though! There is an old story about Moonraking relating to smugglers taht google will bring up several different version of! It also explains why Moonraker means Simpleton!

Thank you blackjohn! That was driving me crazy!

I hope you good people can help me! I'm absolutely sure I used to know another term for "wrecking" (the practice of taking valuables from a shipwreck which has foundered near or close to shore), that implied that the ship had been deliberately lured into danger, for example by faking the signals from lighthouses: A sort of Piracy without the Pirate ship! Any ideas what this practice was known as?

So embarassed! I'm sorry I ever drew your attention to this rubbish! This show was so awful I couldn't bring myself to watch the second part. Sorry, me harties!

I don't know if this has been posted before, but for those in the UK with access to Cable or Satalite TV there is a new Pirate show on this Sunday night! I just saw a trailer for it and although it looks a bit cheesey it could be quite good fun! From the Sky One website