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Bright

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  1. If yea know me yea knows I came to these lands to make whiskey but the Spanish and English burned me home and crops and that bees why ayes had to go on account.

    To the town folks ayes bees a bumboat man,lighterman,fisherman,hoyman on occasion and shipswright and axlewright, but better know on the docks as a rigger and pulley man or jacksmith. Ayes have a sharecropper working me lands now and he thinks there will be a good crop of hemp this year. Ayes let em stay in me caretakers place they didnt find it when they burned, till he can build a place for himself and the slaves on a small parcel of land of mine if he makes a profit this year he can keep the parcel and what he has built on it. If not ayes will try anther cropper while ayes been doing so well as a picaroon. When not on board me boat ayes has several lasses of foggers along the coast that takes me in while their husbands bees out of town on business they tend their stores and trades me swag in their shops while their usbans bees away ;-}

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  2. The main capstan was used to weigh the anchors. As ships grew larger, so did their anchor cables, until during the 17th century they became too large and heavy to wind around the capstan. Instead, a messenger cable was wound around the trundlehead and around rollers, forming a continuous loop. The anchor cable was temporarily secured to the messenger using small lines known as "nippers". The nippers were then handed to boys who walked aft along the deck, trying to keep the heavy, wet cable and messenger from dragging. The nippers were removed when they reached the main hatch to allow the cable to be fed down into the hold, where another large group of sailors stowed it neatly.

    Up to 14 capstan bars could be fitted into the sockets around the drumhead on the middle gun deck, and 12 bars could be used with the trundlehead on the lower gun deck. Ten men could be stationed at each bar, and 260 people were sometimes needed to haul in the anchor and cables. Up to 10 tons could be lifted using this arrangement; a cable of 120 fathoms weighs seven tons. The entire process could take between 30 minutes and six hours, depending on the length of cable used. Cable's length - 100 fathoms, or one tenth of a nautical mile

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  3. When I was a young lass in me prime

    Away Santianno

    <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>I'd have those Irish lads two at a time</span>

    along the coast of Mexico

    Ah, Maggie, you're a pirate after my own heart!

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    Is there a recorded version of that song that I could hear somewhere?

    The Bold Marrauder

  4. Yea can hear some I enjoy here ;-}

    http://midsouthbuccaneers.ning.com/profile/EdwardBright

    Come all ye young sailors that follow the sea

    (To me, way hey, blow the man down)

    You must pay attention now listen to me

    (Give me some time to blow the man down)

    I,m a salty old pirate set sail from Hong Kong

    (To me, way hey, blow the man down)

    Give me some whiskey, I,ll sing you my song

    (Give me some time to blow the man down)

    ,

    Twas on a Black Baller I first served my time

    (To me, way hey, blow the man down)

    And on that Black Baller I wasted me prime

    (Give me some time to blow the man down)

    Now when the big liner, she,s clear of land

    (To me, way hey, blow the man down)

    The bosun he roars out the word of command

    (Give me some time to blow the man down)

    Come quickly, lay aft to the break of the poop

    (To me, way hey, blow the man down)

    Or I,ll help you along with the toe of me boot

    (Give me some time to blow the man down)

    ,

    Tis larboard and starboard, on deck you will sprawl

    (To me, way hey, blow the man down)

    For Captain Van Wrinkle commands the Black Ball

    (Give me some time to blow the man down

    ...give me some time to blow the man down)

  5. GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD

    1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

    2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

    3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.

    4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.

    5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.

    6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.

    7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.

  6. Swimming is a good skill to have but it won't help you all that much far out at sea learn to swim then work on drown proofing and even the best swimmers can get caught in rip tide yea have to know how to work with the sea and note try to fight the currents.

  7. Check out the cruise ships see if any go there they are the best bang for the buck in this economy and include a lot of food some Alchol will be extra plus tiping at the end for your wait staff and room steward, but the hardist thing is all the day and night activites they have to choose from, of course you don't have do a thing if you dont want ;-}

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