Dutchman

nothing to see here- don't show this to grace, nope it will never fit in the tent honey.... oh wait, to fix the bow. can you run a cross piece below the ropes, nothing major- a 1x4 would work, from left to right spanning the middle to keep it from bowing in?

it can be done...... for a price. bloody pyrates, ya know. actually, the only person that can do it is the site owner, stynky. He's out of town till tuesday. I'll drop him a line.

pictures?

Despite controversy, homecoming is a magical time for teen sailor Jessica WatsonBy: Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com It's the eve of Jessica Watson's return to civilization, after seven months spent sailing around the world, and the 16-year-old Australian brims with excitement. "It's like the day before Christmas except I don't ever remember getting this excited about Christmas," she posted on her blog. An estimated 50,000 fans will cheer as the intrepid mariner docks at the Opera House and steps wobbly from a 34-foot pink sailboat on which she will have lived, with stuffed animals as her only companions, for 210 days. Watson, who has been dubbed "Australia's Salty Lady" by one publication, is timing her arrival into Sydney Harbor for late Saturday morning local time (Friday evening in the U.S.) and she'll receive a hero's welcome despite the controversy now swirling around any record she set during her voyage. She will NOT, as she had originally hoped, officially be recognized as the youngest person to sail around the world alone, nonstop and unassisted-- even though she will now be the youngest person to have done precisely that. The World Sailing Speed Record Council and other record-keeping organizations stopped recognizing "youngest" pursuits recently because they've become so controversial. Thus, the official record seemingly will forever belong to fellow Australian Jesse Martin, who in 1999, at 18 and after 11 months at sea, completed a more drawn out circumnavigation without stopping or receiving physical assistance. What's more, in the past few weeks, sailing purists have argued that Watson doesn't deserve the record anyway because she did not sail far enough north of the equator or log enough nautical miles -- the criteria to earn credit for a full circumnavigation -- during her voyage carried out largely in the Southern Ocean, beneath the populated continents. Andrew Fraser, a spokesman for Watson's team, filed a formal response claiming she met all the criteria. Watson's supporters also include Martin and England's Mike Perham, who last summer became, at 17, the youngest person simply to have sailed around the world, after completing an "assisted" voyage that required multiple stops for repairs. Perham told Australia's Sunshine Coast Daily: "Jessica has definitely sailed around the world and she is only 16. Everyone should be proud at what she achieved." Watson endured gale-force winds that knocked her vessel from side to side so violently that the mast bashed surface water. She navigated through lightening storms and fiery bolts that crackled menacingly alongside her vessel. She experienced freezing temperatures and excruciatingly long bouts of windless boredom and loneliness, and has not enjoyed a cold soft drink or hot shower for more than 200 days. Yet, judging from blog reports she seems to always have kept high spirits and her wits, and even remembered her mum last week on Mother's Day. "I couldn't cook her breakfast in bed or make her a card like she deserves a million times over, so I've saved an extra hug for her when I get in," Watson wrote. "What mum did letting me go and helping me get to the start line while still looking after everyone else is in my eyes much harder than anything I've faced out here." Watson's parents were harshly criticized for letting their daughter go off on such a potentially perilous journey. It did not help that her boat, Ella's Pink Lady, collided during the night with a 700-foot freighter as the sailor slept in a busy shipping channel, during a sea trial in advance of her departure. But her parents did not waver and supporters were as vociferous as critics. In an interview Don McIntyre, a renowned sailor and adventurer, said he was a "passionate believer in the positive values of adventure and responsible risk taking." McIntyre labeled this an era of sedentary lifestyles and childhood obesity, and added: "Our children are being wrapped in cotton wool to the point that we are now developing a whole generation of marshmallow kids, who are not allowed to go out and scratch their knee or get a bruise." Watson is not the only 16-year-old girl attempting a controversial solo-circumnavigation. Abby Sunderland, who is five months younger, was recently forced into Cape Town, South Africa, where she's making repairs to her 40-foot cruising sled. Abby, whose brother Zac last July completed a 13-month, multiple stop circumnavigation, plans only the one stop and if she completes her journey within five months she will unofficially become the youngest person to have sailed around the world. Watson and Sunderland have recently implied that official records are not as important as the fulfillment of dreams. The sheer sense of accomplishment, according to others who have blazed similar paths, will be sufficient reward. "They will have lived in ways most people can never experience," said Pat Henry, who authored "By the Grace of the Sea" after completing her solo-circumnavigation in 1997. "They will have touched the highest points possible as well as the lowest." Henry cautioned, however, that the toughest aspect might be dealing with "the onslaught of attention, and the impact of people again and the unreality of everyday life" upon the return to civilization. Watson, who is about to discover this first-hand, acknowledged on her blog that it'll require a long time for her achievement to fully sink in. "It's just too big to get my head around," she wrote.

if you already have it done, might be best to post a link to it. You are more than welcome to post here but it will need to fit inside the window unless stynky has a magic button he can push, it will probably still look like a malformed beastie. If its really long, you might need to post it in a couple windows though.

sutler jim, here on the pub, makes nice quakers. i have one that is used for your same needs.

its still an "S", but was shaped like an "f". there is a little indent coming out of the side of either the "F" or "S" of the period font that marks which it is- i think its the "F" but don't hold me to it. There is actrually a full set of rules that govern the "S" that looks like an "F" and how it is to be used.

hmmmmm, well back to CW i go. Wonder where they got the skins from? I forgot about glass as a scraper. Gramp used to use glass to strip the boat mast. Its nice because you can bevel the edge to what ever shape you need relatively easily. Just be sure to put some tape across the back side so you don't cut yourself.

the sand in the wet cloth makes sense- had not heard of or thought of it before. scraping and planing just leave a more briliant surface to finish. sanding scratches the wood, then just fills the scratches back in with dust and despite cleaning still has a flat look. Planing and scraping remove material which leaves the wood cells open and introduces the cells and detail of the wood. I like that a whole lot more than the sanded appearance. On the other side of the coin, scraping and planing are really easy to goof up and a whole lot harder to hide mistakes.

yes, lots of good ones to choose from with many having a special, and often personal, place in the suggestors hearts.

To my knowledge, Robbie has not made fun of anyone, nor pretended to be anyone with a disability or impairment. Naive on the world and slightly misguided, yes. Actually, robbie did quite well merging two groups together who normally do not interact. A comment was made by one of the parents that no one had ever actually gotten the groups to work together like that before and numerous folks thanked all of us for not treating anyone differently and getting them working together. While not being part of either group, he can connect with both. In fact, he got to do many things that weekend, just by going up to a child and saying, hey what are you doing- that's neat how do you do that. If we look at the classic comedians of silent film we can see parts of him from Charlie Chaplain and Buster Keating. He is simply the inept side kick much the same as Costello, Curly, or Harpo. And does anyone know what robbie did that was so offensive? He didn't know the rules of stool ball and had both groups working together, in a big intermixed cirlce, to teach him how to play. By the end of the thirty minute game, there were three worn out pirates and forty kids with smiles on their faces.

over in the armory, there wasa thread on refinishing a gun. it got me to thinking about various finish preparations. Sanding- sand paper as we know it didn't come to be until the early 1900's. while convenient, sanding scratches the surface of the wood and leaves a fine powder, which fills back into the scratches. no matter how fine the grit, these scratches can be seen under low level magnification. to achieve a nice finish, lots of cleaning must be done before treating and even then often produces a low luster shine. Oddly enough, sanding was done aboard ship prior to the GAOP and fore quite some time after in the form of holystoning. a square soft stone, usually a sand stone, was placed on the deck with a little water and sand underneath it and a sailor would scrub the decks removing grime and splinters. Planing- a plane removes layers of wood, but results in a much more even and uniform surface on longer pieces of wood. a hand plane usually does not work well for removing layers of paint or oil finishes. Scraping- like planing removes material and opens the wood cells exposing the grains patterns and characteristics. while not an easy task, a card scraper can be used to strip and prepare a gun stock to allow the wood to show through oils. how does anyone else like to prepare?

kass has all the articles posted on her site, including pics. https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/articles.php?c=8&w=103&r=Y

same venders as the blackbeard festival, scarlet scarab is on line. if you order anything before the delyaville festival ask him to bring it with him

greg and scarlet scarab will be there

hey mate, bring it up to the festival. we can do it there. would make an interesting living history exhibit.

hey folks, here is a rough line up of who is coming. Vendors Greg Hudson Scarlet Scarab Crews Blackbeards Crew Vigilant Archangel Willoughby and company Individuals STYNKY Dorian +1 Adam Cyphers Davey Dog Crusher Callenish, Salty, Hamish Possibles Plank house crew jolly jack tarr capt scurvey hawkyns Those camping, we can set up beginning any time on thursday. water and ice will be available, bring your own coolers food is on participants except for saturday nights dinner. The cafe at the museum will be available for lunch on saturday for a nominal cost for us. No open fires, we will have one central pit going. otherwise brazers or barrels, we will have some wood. Those arriving saturday for the day, please be sure you let me know you are coming by the 21st. be in site by 10 am please.

oh trust me robbie was there in full form, he even has a friend..............mcgee. its hard to tell which is the smart one. So Sterling, do you remember the conversation going around the camp fire about Robbies Raiders? Looks like he has a crew of his own forming, bloody ship of fools! Anyhow, seems Mcgee doesn't swim so well and ole Robbie took off after another save. He's ootching for a red cross medal or something i guess.

um beth...... the navy sells the decomissioned ships for scrap, and they are called decomissioned for a reason. they actually have to be rebuilt and powered in most cases. I rebuilt a pair of scarabs. they came to us with the engines and electronics out, the hulls had been run through with a forklift resulting in around 50 holes down each side. Sad, sad shape. the long and short of it was $130,000 to finish each out and they were never right after that. The guy that we did the work for sold them at a loss. There are lots of good deals to be had on reposessed and abandoned boats. The local paper here has eight that the titles are being reclaimed, ranging from 50 ft trawlers to a 36 ft sailboat. The excuses are unable to make payments to unable to pay yard bills. Remember, boat= Break Out Another Thousand. If you are serious about it, take a weekend and just go wander around any boat yard that has a travel lift and see whats still on the hard. Boats should be in the water or being worked on in most parts of the country now. any that aren't are most likely having financial woes. you will see lots of for sale signs. *edit- regards to silvers post. the navy DOES give ships away, but there are all sorts of hoops to go through. Primarily there has to be an established organization with a financial infrastructure to support the upkeep of the ship for X number of years. This includes the cleaning and removal of hazardous substances like lead or asbestos.

hey hey hey, we're missing another important land mark when you turn 21 in virginia..... someone else who can pick up gun powder on the way to an event-

waxed bamboo tube, although if you wish to keep them flat a leather portfolio wrapped in oilskin.

yeah so the name is now officially the Deltaville Colonial Maritime Festival, but were still doing school of the sailor on Friday.

HUZZAH

i jnow fighting tops on some of the girls would hold a dozen or so marines. So logisticaly, I'd say doable, but might not be the smartest thing to do with all the powder raining down on sails. I bet boarders away might have a reference if any book does. Anyone with a copy mind looking.

thanks Bo. Don't forget folks, we will be doing a dead mans chest as well. We will also have a thieves market where you can bring previously loved gear that may not fit or is no longer to your taste. I just hung up with another crew. weare now looking at five now possibly six crews attending, plus numerous families attending, vendors and lots of individual interest. Did I mention we're going to have fun? edit* ok and now a native american tribe has joined the fun, or atleast a couple of folks from the tribe who will be PC. This may not be a kid friendly venue now. Anyhow, they have offered to do some native craftmanship. Flint knapping, fishing, or anything else we may find of interest. Does anyone have any suggestions?