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I had that bookmarked at one time. Looks like out gas is about the cheapest in the country right now.

It WAS $1.80 a bit over a month ago in South Carolina. Now, it is more like $2.29. That is 50 cents up for no real reason I can hear.

Blackjohn found this site and posted it in Pirate Brethren. http://www.carolana.com/Carolina/home.html As I live in Carolina, I found it VERY interesting. Plus, it fits with what I know/could confirm. A nice quick reference for our period, complete with dates. HUGE kudos to Blackjohn for finding this one!

I frequent the local thrift stores, but haven't had much luck in locating period appropriate stuff. I have found some really cool toys and the like, but not much gear, if any.

Lookin good!

It would be fun to pull out an "Indiana Jones" and just blast the knight in the badly made plastic armour. (Kinda like Han Solo and Storm troopers. Same actor. He shoots first.)

"Colossally dorky hobbies" . . . Like playing pirate . . . ? I think a few of us are guilty of odd hobbies. -I am a HUGE fan of Batman and Star Wars.

That's why they are 4 and up, now.

I bought the sloop shown last weekend for my kids and the "dinghy" as a secondary smaller one yesterday. They LOVE em.

What about the one they call a "Pirate Dinghy" . . . Is that a Tartane?

I have FINALLY gotten my kids into the Playmobil pirate toys. Looking at the boats/ships, I have noticed that most are obviously variations of the same molds. This one sure looks to be based on a sloop: It is just missing the topsail and the second jib. What do ya'll think about these:

Language fascinated me, esp. etymology. I also tend to have an odd vocabulary in normal-talk . . . using big-words in their correct meaning. My wife and former work associates (esp. when I worked retail) pick on me about it . . . Some words real roots have little to do with their current understanding. This is a great thread. (Brain, what are we going to do tonight?)

The Yellowbeard movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086618/ http://www.amazon.com/Yellowbeard-Graham-C...6129&sr=8-1

I misread the initial post and though it was the reverse. What offer would I make, rather than what I would accept. That would be an interesting question in itself.

I'll issue a formal "Well, Hello, there!" Are you named after Graham Chapman's film "Yellowbeard" . . . ? Also, are you presently working as a historian, or like many of us History major grads, working in another field and doing history stuff on the side? (I am something between and 'armchair" historian and a professional historian, as a number of history grads are. I am planning to re-enter school for a PhD program in the not-to-distant future.)

Additionally, if you name it "Revenge," you can make it both accurate for some of the most famous pirate sloops and also fairly generic too. That name was used often and repeatedly on pirate boats. If you look under Captain Twill on here and at Pirate Brethren's http://www.piratebrethren.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=27 you should find many topics on ship colors and details.

As for suitable flags . . . Look at http://www.bonaventure.org.uk/ed/flags.htm That is the site of our own Foxe.

Practically ALL of them. Blackbeard used two of them to capture the Queen Anne's Revenge and was killed in a battle between his sloop (Revenge) and 2 under Robert Maynard. The sloop was by far the most common ship used by pirates and most used one at some point in their career. Many preferred sloops to much larger craft, as sloops were faster, more maneuverable, and has a smaller draft. Also, many merchantmen only carried a few small cannon, so as not to interfere with cargo capacity and limited manpower. So, a well-armed and manned sloop could outman and even outgun a much larger merchantman. Sloops ranged in size from 40 to 70-ish feet, with most 50-60 feet (I think). Their firepower ranged from 6-12 cannon, which were called "guns" or "big guns" on the sea, with 4 or 6 pounders as normal for sloops. 10 guns is a typical arrangement. What you have on your hand is THE classic pirate boat. I am interested in making one like that myself. Which kit are you using? -- Edit: It is an ILLUSTRATION . . . I thought you were making a physical 3-D model . . . I stand corrected. Oh, at the time, a ship was only a large 3-master. Sloops were considered boats, not ships.

Um. Yes. I was part of a recon unit . . .

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I was looking for info on gunports and stumbled upon this: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20483/20483-h/20483-h.htm ARTILLERY THROUGH THE AGES A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ARTILLERY THROUGH THE AGES A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America by ALBERT MANUCY Historian Southeastern National Monuments Drawings by Author Technical Review by Harold L. Peterson National Park Service Interpretive Series History No. 3 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1949 (Reprint 1956) I immediately bookmarked it. Ya'll might find it interesting.

Has anyone looked at or own this book? "Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings: How to Build and Use 18 Traditional Navigational Instruments" by Dennis Fisher http://www.amazon.com/Latitude-Hooks-Azimu...0071&sr=1-1 http://www.textbooksrus.com/search/bookdet...paign=WI08gbmkt It claims: (From second shown site) I bought it cheap (Amazon used). I hope it shows up. It looks interesting. I found it looking for info on the use of a back-staff.

What about when the pirates ride the seahorses? They NEED those spurs! Oh, and I would HATE a musket ball in a pirate.