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Ahoy all,
Today found Tom W., Larry, Talon, the shipwright and myself onboard Luna. We split our efforts and made progress on projects and getting ready for new projects. We have a major project beginning a week from Monday (yikes, thats a week from tomorrow!). We have found someone who is going to rebuild the bowstem, or front end of Luna! We knew from the start that we had to replace this huge chunk of oak and kicked many ideas around about how to do this. Here are some of the discussions:
- A solid replacement piece of oak weighs close to a ton and would take almost two years to dry once it was cut…. IF we could find a solid piece to start with.
- Piecing smaller blocks of oak together would be weak.
- Marine plywood would be manageable and lighter, but would take a long time to fit and could possibly rot.
So with this in mind, we now beging the dissasembly of the bow. Below are some pictures of what we will be removing.
Luna’s original bow stem, or front of the ship will begin her rebuild next week. The flat beam going top to bottom in the picture is coming out.
The interior of the bow. the beam running up and down the middle of the picture is rotten and is coming out. The worst is visible at the bottom of the picture.
Our gentle reader, you may be asking what we are going to do with this bow….. Stand by for more pictures next week. You’re not going to believe how were doing this!
Talon and I were in the aft cabin installing new but blocks. Not much exciting there but a necessary job. The but blocks ensure that two ends of planks are solidly joined. The ones we worked on today will be visible so they need to be just right.
Now onto exciting work. Tom W. and the shipwright joined forces and began installing the railcaps! These are the tops of the rails on the deck.
The shipwright installing railcaps on the starboard side. We are able to reuse most of the original material. This will be fiberglassed over and a new wood one will go ontop of it.
A new cap is cut and being glued together in place. Unfortunately, we had to use new material rather than the original, but this will be fiberglassed over and great!
A thing of beauty to come! This is the point where the shear, or side profile of Luna changes and where the two sections of rail cap come together. This step will be fiberglassed, but looks mighty plain. Traditionally figures are carved and placed here. Often they are mermaids, fish, animals, ornaments of some sort… Our youngest shipbuilder, Pere, will be taking these two carvings on (one to port and one to starboard) and we can’t wait to have them on board!
And finally, what is Larry working on and whats it for? You’ll see shortly!
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to careen without a tide swing is doable but takes some planning. all of the above techniques are correct but is missing a step in areas with little tide fall. Go to the charts and find a place with deep water next to shore. These can be most often found on the back sides of sandbars or islands at the mouths of rivers with a strong current when the tide ebbs. beach along side one of these, then use the above techniques to haul the vessel over. I would carry cribbing to block up the bow and stern since all the weight and force will be at the widest point of the hull. If you have a few crusty old commercial fishermen I bet they may be able to direct you to where they used to do this in the days before boat yards with fancy lifts.
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well..... the visitor count was over 15,000. As silver has pointed out, unfortunately not everyone was dressed out..... But what a grand time!
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damn near pee'd on myself looking at some of these!
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Ahoy shipmates! hot off the presses is our Fall 2013 newsletter!
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CONGRATULATIONS BO!
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The third attempted, first annual...................
August 7, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ocracoke-Hatteras to present Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree
OCRACOKE--The Hatteras-Ocracoke Council of the Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce will present Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree, a weekend pirate fest Friday, Oct. 25 to Sunday, Oct. 27, on Ocracoke and Hatteras islands.
Chief activity of the jamboree will be a historically authentic encampment Saturday by Blackbeard’s Pirate Crew, a 12-member living history organization from Hampton, VA., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the grounds of the historic Wahab House, 161 Irvin Garrish Highway, Ocracoke.
The festival will begin Friday evening with a meet-and-greet at Hatteras Landing with a dozen of the pirates from the crew. Among the re-enactors will be Captain Horatio Sinbad and the Devilmen of Cape Feare, who will arrive in boats and conduct and authentic ship-to-ship battle on Saturday. The 10-person Devilmen on their longboat The Flory, will battle with Sinbad and his crew on the Meka II.
Other activities for the festival include a scavenger hunt in Ocracoke Village, book signings, sing-alongs and a memorial remembrance Sunday morning at 10 at Springer’s Point, the site of the demise of Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard.
“We wanted to have an event to promote the area in the shoulder seasons on both islands,” said Daphne Bennink, an Ocracoke business owner who spearheaded the event. “This was Blackbeard’s favorite place and we want it to span both islands.”
This is the first year of this jamboree (despite its having to be canceled in 2011 and 2012 due to hurricanes), building up to a grand event in 2018--the 300th anniversary of Blackbeard’s death.
Organizers want the yearly dates for the event to be the last week in October.
Updates will be posted on the website www.piratejamboree.com and the Facebook page: Ocracoke/Hatteras Pirate Jamboree. -
Ahoy one and all! Despite not posting lately we have been hard at work onboard Luna between our festival obligations. Here we have a couple of pictures from our latest efforts.
This is the poop deck, so yes, the Captains cabin is now roofed over! The clamp at the back is holding a stick which will mark the railing height. ( 42 inches). It's not really obvious in this photo but the deck has a heck of a camber, or curved slope, to it so we will not be regularly using this area- also the boom will be at chest height here so under sail it will be a no go place. The main companionway is to the left forefront and the deckhatch is about center.
And here is a view of the cabin top/poop deck from the port side looking back. Pretty, isn’t she!
Our shipwright coming up from the cabin! what a great look! the cabin face is spanish cedar and it is beautiful! The camber is evident in this shot.
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Should be friday/saturday. We are still awaiting dates, but they say the third attempt of the first annual Ocracoke festival will be better than the previous festivals........
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http://www.mysticseaport.org/locations/exhibits/figureheads/a while back i found a thesis someone did on the collection at Mystic Sseaport but cant put my hands on it right now. if you do a search you may be able to find it. It was a bit beefy to download but it had a great history and pictures of all the ones in their collection.
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I talked with Bo the other day- one proud papa. One of these days I'll get to meet him!
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http://www.marinersmuseum.org/visitor-information/pirates-pack-park
Ahoy all!,
Join the Mariners Museum in Newport News Virginia, September 21st, as we Pack The Park to break the Guiness World Record for the largest gathering of the Brotherhood. 15,000 pirates are needed for this venture so plan now.
Blackbeard's Crew and the Colonial Seaport Foundation have been asked to spearhead the encampment and living history programs. If your crew is interested in attending and camping, please contact me. If you're interested in hoteling or rv'ing there are plenty of places close by and we'll help you drop anchor.
There is plenty of space for all types of piratically themed (and kid friendly) vendors. While we are not coordinating the vendors, we can get you in touch with the museum to get your space.
More info to follow!
-dutch
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ahoy all,
Has anyone else suffered from the Hampton cruds? I've been down with a nasty cold for the last week. I can't thank everyone enough for the great turn out for this years festival. I got to meet more Pubsters this year- what a great time. We are meeting Thursday and I would like input to take to the committee to improve next years festival. So please post away.
On an exciting note, 1st Mate Mat donated a beautiful dagger to the Foundation and we began a silent auction at the festival- we will be posting pictures of it shortly and continuing the bidding until the 4th of July!
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replied to D.man via pm.
replied to D.man via pm.
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oh man. a full day of recovering needed for this years festival. Thank you one and all for another great year! We truly took hampton by storm and rocked the city. We have learned a valuable lesson though. 6 pound cannons should not be fired under bridges............. anyhow, we are meeting next week to start planning for the 15th annual blackbeard festival.
oh man. a full day of recovering needed for this years festival. Thank you one and all for another great year! We truly took hampton by storm and rocked the city. We have learned a valuable lesson though. 6 pound cannons should not be fired under bridges............. anyhow, we are meeting next week to start planning for the 15th annual blackbeard festival.
oh man. a full day of recovering needed for this years festival. Thank you one and all for another great year! We truly took hampton by storm and rocked the city. We have learned a valuable lesson though. 6 pound cannons should not be fired under bridges............. anyhow, we are meeting next week to start planning for the 15th annual blackbeard festival.
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one week to go!
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http://now.msn.com/bacon-hot-dogs-are-coming-out-from-oscar-mayer?ocid=ansnowex
mmmmmm- bacon hotdogs............... i see a new camp food.
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congrats shipmate
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14th Annual Blackbeard Pirate Festival Announces Complete Schedule--Demise of most daunting colonial pirate celebrated May 31- June 2 in downtown Hampton;Prepare to Walk the Plank!!-- Hampton, VA- Pillage and plunder your way through the coastal seaport city of Hampton, Virginia this May 31-June 2 when the 14th annual Hampton Blackbeard Pirate Festival returns for another year of swashbuckling excitement! Celebrate Hampton’s rich maritime heritage by commemorating the demise of our most infamous visitor, Captain Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard the Pirate. Beginning May 31, roughly 50,000 seafaring attendees, as well as Blackbeard and his crew, will once again invade downtown Hampton during the 14th annual Blackbeard Pirate Festival! Interact with Blackbeard (personified by first-person interpreter Ben Cherry) and more than 100 other authentically costumed pirate re-enactors as they run rampant on the streets of America’s oldest continuous English-speaking settlement. The festivities kick off Friday night, May 31, 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m., at the Crowne Plaza Hampton Marina Hotel with the 14th annual Grand Pirates Ball (creative black tie or period attire enforced). The celebration, a recreation of Blackbeard’s Party at Okracoke, will feature Caribbean food, adult beverages, live music, and more. Though the festival is free, there is an admission charge for the ball. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased beginning May 1 at http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=22339. Saturday’s activities include a swarm of extemporized street skirmishes between pirates and militia (costumed interpreters), a replica of Blackbeard’s pirate camp, complete with living history interpreters teaching the skills of the sailor circa 1700, and the trial and escape of William Howard, one of Blackbeard’s fellow pirates with ties to Hampton. Don’t miss the exhilarating re-enactment of the classic sea battle between Lt. Maynard and Blackbeard, featuring two full - scale replica vessels in the Hampton Harbor. At the conclusion of the sea battle a presentation ceremony takes place in which Blackbeard’s severed head will be bestowed upon Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood (1710-1722). Visitors can participate in the festivities when they join Blackbeard’s funeral parade, Hampton’s own version of Mardi Gras, and share in the booty from the treasure chest.This year, the Hampton Blackbeard Pirate Festival welcomes three tall ships to the downtown docks: MEKA II, Serenity, and Bonny Rover. Based in Beaufort, NC MEKA II has an overall length of 54' and is a 2/3 - scale replica of an 17th Century, two masted pirate brigantine armed with 8 cannons. Her homeport is Beaufort, North Carolina where locals and tourist take pride in her ongoing efforts to preserve maritime heritage. The 65’ gaff rigged schooner Serenity was built in 1986 in North Carolina. Serenity is currently offering Pirate Cruises and Private Charters for Yorktown Sailing Charters in Yorktown, VA. Bonny Rover, a gaff-rigged topsail schooner, is an updated design of an 18th-century revenue cutter. Free tours of all three tall ships will be given over Blackbeard weekend.This year, the event will once again feature the Blackbeard children’s area, highlighting the Little Swashbuckler’-s Stage. The stage will host several performances, including special performances and a variety of musical acts. In addition to the children’s area, guests will have the opportunity to stroll through Blackbeard’s Pirate Camp where they can learn how to use a cutlass, load a cannon, or even sing a sea chantey at Pirate’s Cove. At Mill Point Park, visitors can also explore a collection of 17th& 18th century period vendors selling items such as jewelry, clothing, art, and personal accessories. Another highlight of Pirate’s Cove is the Silkie’s Hyde Tavern, a rustic tavern-style throwback to what a Hampton bar would have looked like in the 18th century. Feel free to rub elbows with some of the local swashbucklers and be served by wenches. Other weekend amusements include jugglers, musicians, a pirate procession, street entertainers, cannon fire at Battery Point, period weaponry demonstrations, bird shows, and more. Head downs Queens Way to check out the Blackbeard stage, complete with daytime pirate entertainment. In addition, Hampton Youth Bands, Ohana Style, Blue Ridge Country, DFD, The UnXpected, User Friendly and Inferno; and the USAF Blue Aces, will provide live music over the weekend. Saturday night will conclude with a dramatic fireworks display at 9:00 p.m. over the Hampton River! 14th annual Blackbeard Pirate Festival Full Schedule Friday, May 31 Grand Pirates Ball 7pm-11pmCrowne Plaza Hampton Marina HotelTickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased at http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=22339. Saturday, June 1- Sunday, June 2 Bunch of Grapes Tavern:Saturday, June 1
11:00am House of Cadarn
12:00pm Shadow Players
12:30pm Picaroon School of Piracy & Privateering
1:00 The Brigands
2:00pm Stephen Christoff
2:30pm Calico Jenny
4:00pm Shadow Players
5:00pm Picaroon School of Piracy & Privateering
5:30pm Clan MacCool
6:30pm Wenches of Syrens Call
7:00pm The Brigands
8:00pm Pub Sing
Sunday, June 2
12:00pm The Brigands
1:00pm Calico Jenny
2:00pm Clan MacCool
3:00pm The Brigands
4:00pm Pub Sing
Lil Swashbucklers’ Stage Schedule:Saturday, June 1
10:00am Meet Captain Jack
10:30am Cliff Long
11:30am C Shells
12:30pm Meet Captain Jack
1:00pm Bawdy Buccaneers
1:30pm Pep the Juggling Pirate
2:00pm Shadow Players
2:30pm Picaroon School of Piracy & Privateering
3:00pm Pep the Juggling Pirate
3:30pm C Shells
4:30pm Cliff Long
5:30pm Meet Captain Jack
6:00pm C Shells
7:00pm Cliff Long
Sunday, June 2
12:00pm Meet Captain Jack
12:30pm Picaroon School of Piracy & Privateering
1:00pm C Shells
2:00pm Pep the Juggling Pirate
2:30pm Bawdy Buccaneers
3:00pm Picaroon School of Piracy & Privateering
3:30pm Meet Captain Jack
4:00pm C Shells
Pirate Hunters’ Camp:Saturday, June 1
10:00am Darcy Nair
10:30am Robin Welch
11:00am Stephen Christoff
11:30am Clan MacCool
12:30pm Motley Tones
1:30pm Darcy Nair
2:00pm Bawdy Buccaneers
2:30pm House of Cadarn
3:30pm Wenches of Syrens Call
4:00pm Calico Jenny
4:30pm Bawdy Buccaneers
5:00pm Stephen Christoff
5:30pm House of Cadarn
6:00pm Darcy Nair
6:30pm Robin Welch
7:00pm Stephen Christoff
Sunday, June 2
12:00pm Darcy Nair
12:30pm House of Cadarn
1:00pm Wenches of Syrens Call
1:30pm Motley Tones
2:30pm Calico Jenny
3:30pm Stephen Christoff
4:00pm House of Cadarn
Blackbeard Stage :Saturday, June 1
10:00am Bawdy Buccaneers
11:00am Darcy Nair
12:00pm Robin Welch
12:30pm Wenches of Syrens Call
1:00pm House of Cadarn
2:00pm Wenches of Syrens Call
2:30pm The Brigands
3:30pm Motley Tones
4:30pm Ohana Style (Youth band)
5:00pm Rellen (Youth band)
6:00pm The UnXpected (Youth band)
7:00pm Jack DeWitt (Youth band)
8:00PM Blue Ridge Country (Youth band)
9:30pm The Blue Aces from the USAF Heritage of America Band
Sunday, June 2
12:00pm Stephen Christoff
12:30pm Robin Welch
1:00pm Bawdy Buccaneers
2:00pm Stephen Christoff
2:30pm Wenches of Syrens Call
3:00pm Darcy Nair
Battery Point:Saturday, June 1
10:30am Hawk & Owl Show
11:00am Motley Tones
12:00pm Cannon Shoot
1:00pm Cannon Shoot & Demo
1:15pm Cutlass Lessons
1:55pm Cannon Shoot
2:00pm Robin Welch
3:00pm Oreo the Bad Pirate Bird
3:30pm Darcy Nair
4:00pm Small Arms Weapons Demo
4:30pm Crudbeard’s Cannon Lesson
5:00pm Cutlass Lessons
5:30pm Walk the Plank
5:55pm Cannon Shoot
6:00pm Cutlass Lessons
Sunday, June 2
12:00pm Hawk & Owl Show
12:55pm Cannon Shoot
1:00pm Crudbeard’s Cannon Lesson
1:30pm Small Arms Weapons Demo
2:00pm Cutlass Lessons
2:30pm Robin Welch
3:00pm Oreo the Bad Pirate Bird
4:00pm Cannon Shoot & Demo
Living History- Orders of the Day: Saturday, June 110:00am Cannon Barrage to open Festival Battery Point10:00am Address by Governor Spotswood Bunch of Grapes Tavern10:15am Tavern Talk Bunch of Grapes Tavern11:00am Naval/Pirate Skirmish Waterfront11:30am Merchant Vessel Seizure Waterfront12:30pm Skirmish Battery Point12:30pm The Press Gang Carousel Park2:15pm Blackbeard’s Last Fight Waterfront3:15pm Dockside Processional & Trial Bunch of Grapes Tavern5:30pm Pirate Funeral Corner of Wine & Queens Way9:00pm Fireworks Battery Point Sunday, June 211:55am Cannon Fire to Open Festival Battery Point12:45pm Pirates Strike Back Waterfront3:00pm The Press Gang Carousel Park6:00pm Festival Closing Cannons Battery Point The Blackbeard Pirate Festival is schedule as follows: 7:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m. on Friday, May 31 (Blackbeard Ball- Ticketed Event); 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 1; and Noon- 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 2.
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what ho!! Good fortunes! And we have a rum sponsor! Goslings has signed on board to be our rum sponsor. I found out tonight there are a few rooms left at the crown plaza in downtown hampton out of our block. If anyone is interested in a room let me know and I'll provide a password to get the pirate rate for ya. One room per requestor please.
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hey shipmate, your link is dead. went to the facebook site, but alas- no info on your fine vessel. have you got plans online or something for us to take a peek at?
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Ahem.... 30 DAYS TO SHOW TIME KERMIT! New vendors, New boats and crews, same fun. Im afraid the hotel is sold out and the camp is overflowing. The closest hotels are by the Hampton Coliseum, about ten minutes away.
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check out colonial williamsburg as well. not only do they have lots of info on line they also have colonial newspapers on line as early as 1733(ish) a tiny bit late for some of our stuff,but a good source all the same.
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looks great! good work