Dutchman

misson, careful what ye ask for mate. all this talk of blood and guts and such. never know what might show up.

misson, i can make a spoon out of bone if you like. i have a chunk left from another project.

well, i'm just excited to be able to not have anything planned. I believe i shall spend most of my time under a nice shade tree with a bottle enjoying company. might even go for a swim to rinse off my togs- its been a year or so since i've done any laundry. hmmm- thats it, i'll do my mending. hey misson, i have a beautiful new coat i'm beating to snot, should match the rest of the worn sailor pretty well.

another approach is candling. these are hollow wax tubes that can be found in health food stores. stick one end in your ear and light the other. a draft is formed sucking out impurities, evil, and that left over jellybean from six easters ago. been used for centuries.

roaches- yummy. how about we whip some up at beaufort?

apparently no discount on the tickets. doesn't seem fair to advertise as hobknobbing with the pirates and not give a break, but not my place to decide. can't decide if i'll be attending the pay to go events or not. anyone know if pirates choice will be attending- might make the decision easier.

NEW ORLEANS - The first archaeological dig at one of the nation's oldest cathedrals has turned up a mix of new finds in the heart of the French Quarter. Discoveries behind St. Louis Cathedral include a small silver crucifix from the 1770s or 1780s and traces of previously unknown buildings dating back to around the city's founding in 1718. The crucifix might have belonged to Pere Antoine, a Capuchin monk who was rector of the cathedral which dominates Jackson Square, lead archaeologist Shannon Lee Dawdy told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Pere Antoine came to New Orleans under the Spanish Inquisition as the Rev. Antonio de Sedella and lived in a hut behind the cathedral, where he was rector from the late 1700s until his death in 1829. The crucifix "was found in a corner of the garden, near where Pere Antoine's hut was said to have been and dates to the period near the beginning of his time in New Orleans (1770s-1780s)," Dawdy wrote in an e-mail. The artifact will be sent to experts for evaluation. Dawdy, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago, and eight students spent a month excavating St. Anthony's Garden, a fenced area behind the cathedral. They concluded their work earlier this week. The cathedral was completed in 1851 to replace one that burned down, along with most of the city, in 1788. Until now there has never been an archaeological excavation anywhere on its property, said cathedral spokeswoman Nancy Averett. After Hurricane Katrina toppled the garden's live oaks and sycamores in August 2005, the cathedral secured a Getty Foundation grant to restore the garden and dig into its history. Finds have included clay pipes, children's marbles, remains of china dolls and bits of what may be some of the first Indian trade goods in Louisiana. The crucifix is about 1 3/4 inches high; the face of Christ might fit on half of a grain of rice. The right arm of the cross and the right side and chest of the figure of Christ are badly corroded. The figure's right arm and much of the minuscule face are gone. Dawdy said the most significant find is probably the foundation of a hut where archaeologists uncovered a mixture of French artifacts from the early 1700s and fragments of Native American pottery, some painted red and others tempered with crushed shells. A thin L of dark soil in a layer several feet below the surface showed where wood walls had rotted — probably from a temporary hut where settlers may have lived while clearing trees for the first settlement, Dawdy said. In the corner of the L was a square post-hole — a sign of French axes. The walls don't line up with the street grid set in 1724, so the hut probably was built before that and may be from the settlement's very start, Dawdy said in an interview. In another pit, Dawdy and her crew found sloping bricks from a colonial sidewalk and — below that — cypress timbers from another building not on any city map. Unlike the hut, those timbers align with the 1724 street grid, Dawdy said Tuesday. She said the building probably dates from the 1720s or '30s. "There are at least six timbers in place — three upright and three running lengthwise," she said. "We just caught a piece of it." She hopes to return for further excavation. "This site is by far the richest and most interesting one I have worked on yet in New Orleans and the excellent preservation of the frontier phase of the city's founding makes it the `Jamestown' of the Lower Mississippi Valley," she wrote in her e-mail.

the Explorer already had an engagement the weekend of Beaufort- sorry. Yes there will be other longboats there... I know of at least two longboats who will be in attendance though. As sterling said more had been invited. And as hard as we played durring Blackbeard- yes, i shall loaf on the beach, in the pub, any darned place i feel. Archangel towing the line eh? must have been an anchor on the other end. sorry, we never saw you once we started in all seriousness though- you're efforts and skills were all appreciated beyond words. Now the O*****r event will result in lots of time on the boat as well as some other ventures for the weekend, that will trully be an event to not miss. we'll start planning that one in beaufort. Mad Dogge, I would suggest attending the beaufort event if possible. I have been assured it will be a grand time, sides i'll be there. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread. Ah a new project i guess. another baldric in the works then.

oh my. those are large pictures... is my head really that big????? thanks for fixin my illiteracy sterling.

ah alas i will be sans Explorer. However, i do have contacts with boats in that neck of the woods. To be perfectly honest I was going to loaf on the beach all weekend and enjoy the socializing that i missed at blackbeard.

nicely done mr b. will you joining us in beaufort?

<a href="http://s316.photobucket.com/albums/mm339/bbcdutchman/?action=view&current=ediy_9.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm339/bbcdutchman/ediy_9.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> from this weekends event. these are the dirty togs misson mentioned, although i am wearing the cleaner work cap.

misson, we have been using a gibbet for years and have only had one or two disgruntled parents. most of the time the kids are leading the charge to get their pictures taken next to it. If you recall, one was lifted from the festival saturday night- so make sure its well anchored.

ahoy fox, just perused yer other site. have to say i'm not much for ren faires, but i certainly wish you well and keep up the good work.

Dorian, thank you for chiming in with your knowledge. i'd have never given the flag order a second look, much less known what they meant. the smoke still intrigues me. I find it odd that they would be peeling paint off the hull with canvas set- mighty dangerous i think- even if there is no wind. and why test the guns if there is a boat in front of you- not safe. the port ship has men in the rigging working the canvas. arrrggggg! born 200 years too late, darned the luck!

WOW!! so much to look at. where to start. after the fishing and limp sails, the first thing i noticed were the guns run out. coincides with another topic. its flat, i can understand the hatches open for ventilation, but why run them all out? how about the smoke off the port side on the left ship. looks like fire smoke, not cannon. wonder what was going on.

laughing at sterling trying to do the minuet. good sir, can you do that on a scuttlehatch? see ya at beaufort!

are those leather gaskets over the uppers on the constitution shot?

looking at the second picture down, i would say at an angle. look at the red painted bottom. it is tapered to meet the port frame. my immediate reasoning is this- if the port were laid flat, it would create a shelf, pocket the water and potentially leak (yeah i know its a wooden ship- its supposed to) the second would be a swelling issue. if it were laid square and it swole, you would never get it out again. tapered at an angle might reduce this chance. edit- after a second closer look, there are slight protrusions on the hull where the hatch rests against when pulled to. I cannot tell if there is one at the base though.

ah bugger coastie, good finds. there is a pic of a powder bucket that i had been trying to find for some time. i know little about guns aboard, but seems the lack of hatches above deck would help ship water over in the event of a big greenie coming aboard of course might also let ankle soakers aboard too. although these seem to be a bit above deck level and scuppers would still be needed.

http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm339/b...70308_1604a.jpg http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm339/b...70308_1604b.jpg ok, forgive me. i'm not a photographer and there is no way to get away from the lights in the barn. atleast i figured how to post the bloody things. the first is of the front part of the shop with the band saws, the second is a stack of mahogany, the table saw and one of the boats in the rack.

for some, they have not. I have a pair of 14 ft sweeps that i use for my 40 ft sloop on a regular basis. She moves along rather well. of the period- smaller ships had ports built in, while larger had long boats they would put over to pull them around. This was common until practical engines were introduced. I recall Mark twain referencing poling oar in "Life on the Mississippi" for the paddlewheelers when they ran afowl.

thanks for the search

bump. someday i'll have to figure these computer functions thingies out. rather than creating a new thread lets provide a little bit of rescuscitation to this one. my post from another thread.... oh- a computerized router...... oh My shop has the usual assortment of hand tools and clamps and the advantage of a lot of tools left over from the boat yard before dad retired. lots of fiberglassing tools, supplies and molds two band saws- one 12 inch, the other 20- its a monster from the 40's and run like a champ. table saw with six foot tables on either side a drill press a 14' radial arm saw on a 5 foot arm. Its a horse. miter saw router table air compressor w/ ten gallon tank and an old iron ponderosa stove to cook on in the winter

oh- a computerized router...... oh My shop has the usual assortment of hand tools and clamps and the advantage of a lot of tools left over from the boat yard before dad retired. lots of fiberglassing tools, supplies and molds two band saws- one 12 inch, the other 20- its a monster from the 40's and run like a champ. table saw with six foot tables on either side a drill press a 14' radial arm saw on a 5 foot arm. Its a horse. miter saw router table air compressor w/ ten gallon tank and an old iron ponderosa stove to cook on in the winter.