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oh don't think she didn't b#%$^ about that. the final insult was "oy. ye look like one of them arkangels" that wig came from the ladies over at williamsburg, terry loves me. my other is getting a fluffing now.

Well here is one for ya. Me and Pern getting ready for the Blackbeard Festival. This year I have ended up as the corrupt custom officer Richard Fitz Williams, the Hampton officer believed to be in with Tobias Knight, Gov. Eden from North Carolina's corrupt treasurer who were both in the know with Black Beard. Yes, thats a Capt. Sterling inspired hair do.

I'd leave them, why make more work for yourself. now with that out of the way. I have a couple of barrels and buckets that the rings have been lost/broken and i need to replace them. I have plenty of willow, but have no idea how to do it. can someone offer a tutorial?

I'd leave them, why make more work for yourself. now with that out of the way. I have a couple of barrels and buckets that the rings have been lost/broken and i need to replace them. I have plenty of willow, but have no idea how to do it. can someone offer a tutorial?

ah I learned this one from one of those touchy feely art appreciation classes I had to sit through for work. animals and plants were used as symbolism. it's in the background so it is a symbol rather than a subject of the art itself. depending on the source monkeys stand for agility and playfulness or mischief, mimicry, cunning, benevolence. Sorry Bo, blondie says no to a pet monkey

cross- you may want to reconsider the swimming for leisure issue. Young Mr. B. Franklin was noted for creating paddles to fit on hands and feet then strapped on to speed one along in the water. It seems he made a correlation between large hands and feet in relation to speed. He also wrote about a trip he took across a creek on a windy day by being towed behind one of his kites. 18th century kite surfing by a founding father- go figure. This may be a case of so common it was rarely documented. But it seems to smack in the face our normal perception of the points you brought up about keeping the bodys oils and dirts to keep illness' off you. what this has to do with boots i have no idea *edit. cross, in answer to your query of John Smith. I don't remember any thoughts on swimming, but he was fond of watching the women bathe.

hey bo, great find! I love the picture with the wooden shoe being used as the watering can. Find an online book called market faire- i'll find the author when i get home. He has a section on the different vendors found at a colonial market and i think almost two pages are dedicated to descriptions of sharpeners and their stones. I think the book is $10 or so. he has it locked so you can't copy any of it unfortunately. I think it would go over well as there tend to be a lot of dull blades and axe heads at encampments and lots of people don't have the equipment/patience to sharpen a blade properly.

lookout belowwwwwww

huzzah! congrats Bo, well done my friend. In the words of Jimmy Buffett- "It's alright to be crazy, just don't let 'em drive you nuts!"

bumpitty bump bump. no reason, just because

congrats mate, how ya been

ahoy wilmpirate, thank you for providing information on this. many of us are plan on attending. we could use some more information though. what is the physical address of the event? are there any hotels close by or will camping be allowed? any night time activities for people coming in from out of town? and this one always comes up... any rules about visiting pirates carrying weapons or swords? warning, if the answer is no people will complain, disregard it- its been beat to death in the forums before and the events are always great.

overcorrecting to windward was a common practice. Captains and navigators are well documented to adjust north of the mouth of the Chesapeake to avoid the outer banks. don't assume too much on leeway. it depends on the boat. a faster vessel can override the leeway sometimes- its a wind variable. the other consideration is current- if current is stronger than wind, you can be swept to leeward. its odd to see a square sail pointed almost off the wind loosing ground to current. A squaresails aeordynamic set is dead down wind, which conveniently enough also creates the least ammount of drag on the hull. because you are going with the wind, it makes the passengers feel as if they are standing still sometimes. If a squaresail is filled it will create pull regardless of position to the wind. some points are more advantageous than others and it is up to the crew to balance the hull to sail position to take full advantage of the combination. Some positions are just wrong, such as backwinding and can actually push the vessel backwards. We used to do this on Lasers. Sometimes we would make a windward, leeward race course and sail it with the main backwinded and the boats going backwards.

Ahoy all, The Hampton Blackbeard Festival has moved back to its regular time slot of the first weekend in June. It will be June 3-5. Friday night begins the festivities with the pirates ball. Saturday is a running story line of the city of Hampton and it's involvement with Blackbeard's demise. This includes an on the water battle depicting the famed Battle of Ocracoke. Sunday is a grand day of living history. For more information, please visit the festivals website at http://www.blackbeardpiratefestival.com/ If you have any questions, just yell! Note, not officially announced yet, but BBF2012 will be in July the week before OpSail 2012 is in Norfolk, so plan on spending TWO WEEKS with us!

went saturday and sunday- didn't camp though. We met up with callenish, salty, and wee hamish which was the whole purpose of the trip- got to see that godchild more often! Saturday was delightful and we formed our shopping list. Got to spend some time with old friends and met some new, Blackbeard Festival shoyuld prove to be good this year. Sunday it rained and the crowds were nonexistant, which meant the suttlers were looking to offload cheap- good for me, bad for them. Grace got a new basket and some copper ware. I got another dozen tent stakes and something new for H.M. Custom agent Richard Williamson, God Save The king. *edit, also ran into Susan and o'cin from the crew of the vigilant. Littleneck, you're right about the prices, but on the plus side you can see what fits and inspect for damaged goods to know what you are getting.

we haven't been stopped at the border yet so why worry about some darned yard birds. I have seen drawings of both baskets and the square coops. No idea aboard ship though. I think i know where one or two square cages might be- want me to go looking.

foxe, thanks for posting- good stuff I suspect point towards wind and water is some form of allowing for windage and rock of the ship.

Now and then a bit more of Luna's past comes to light. this is part of a letter Scott, the gentleman we bought Luna from, sent me. We knew Luna was a form of his wifes maiden name of Moon, but this is so great to add. Also, this will appear in our next news letter which goes to print on monday with a guest article by the pubs very own Capt. Bo! I wanted to pass on a little info on why I named "Luna". Lt. Commander L. Guy Moon was my father-in-law. He gave me half of the money I needed to buy "Luna", then known as "The Old Girl" . I felt that a name change was in order, but did not want her to revert back to her original name of "Privateer". As a tribute to Guy, I chose his surname. The color scheme that I chose for her was that of a Luna moth. The attached photo was painted in watercolor by Alex Raymond, originator of the Flash Gordon cartoon series and many tribute drawings done of servicemen during WWII. Pops, your grandfather, is probably familiar with them. Guy was a Navy Chaplain during WWII in the South Pacific. He was asked to pose for Raymond while in Philadelphia , while commissioning a newly launched ship. The original watercolor is on display at the National Marine Headquarters , behind the chaplain's desk. We are currently trying to get an official reprint put on display at the Veteran's Memorial Cemetary in Jax, Fl. , where Guy is buried . Keep up the good work on "Luna". We are all so proud [as would be Guy] of the efforts of all of you at CSF, Scott

yeah, i can see the similarities- what was i thinking.........

Stupid maddogge, stupid rats, stupid stupid maddogge why can't my bedroom be this cool http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Pirate-ship-bedroom/ss/events/en/041911pirateroom

ahhhh, the beetle rainbow fleet. only thing better is a fleet of Herreshoff 12 1/2s. If you can find an older Minuteman cat, they are pretty good one man sailors. They can over power quickly though. Having no keel and barely a skeg, we drop a length of chain over the stern when she is on the mooring to keep her from tracking and capsizing. Tender on the helm, but a joy to sail. http://www.sailingtexas.com/sminutemancatboat15100.html just for grins, here is a 12 1/2. http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1930/Herreshoff-12-1-2-2193496/Northport/ME/United-States I have one in the barn being worked on, well- taking up space. i'll get to her one day. Oy, Double Dutch- any input?

....and on PoDs behalf as the recipient of that one. We were both communicating and figuring out what happened. We identified it was a post issue and worked on a solution to fix what wasn't either of our fault. Communication is key if there is a problem.

michael, i thought about the ceiling too. i want to see how much the floor eats for headroom. I think it's going to make it too low. If its a draw, i might use 2x6 instead of 2x4's for stringers as it would give a bit more false floor height and still leave at least a bit of head room.