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Smoke , fire , action , loud ,loud scenes lots of battle stuff and treasure at the end ... I guess I kind of liked it I suppose .. :)

Aye I loves great big sea I also has a fondness fer Leahy , Clannad , the chieftans the Rankins an most celtic type o music . Specialy when it involves the sea . Trapper if ye ever travels north of the 49 th pm me an let me know where you'll be singin an I shall bring me crew in to bask in yer lovelyness. Oh by the bye I have a particular weakness fer the harp . Oh yeah and rum .....

My congratulations to ye Lass :) But political sience does that mean PHD stands fer pile it higher an deeper Just kiddin Lass I wishes thee the best in yer career as a educator like .. Oh and oooooh clamps ..... :)

Lady Isabella I hope this doesn't sound to weird but I tie all me own flies fer flyfishin an you might find a good supply o feathers of many types shapes an sizes at yer local flyfishing shop . You might find that they can help ye with some of the more exotic varieties of feathers as well. Good huntin to ye :)

Well there hitman there was never any hard feelins an as I lay to it any disscusin around here is always a lively affair. I know what ye mean by lovin the big ships though as they were the best o there time fer what they did . As fer me avatar it is based on my family background and a fondness fer Celtic history and mythology and also an interest in sight hounds . The irish wolfhound and the scottish dearhoud being me favorites . As fer the java as long as ye throws a little rum in it I guess it'll taste alright.

Couple a points here some just for fun others for the sheer joy ofit.

1 Crow none of the ships (Top sail schooner included) could out run either the moonrakers (who unless some of the raceing rigs have beaten it in the last two years still holds the record for longest distance sailed in a day) or the galley. One praticular form of galley (correct me if I get its name wrong) the trimrine???? held the speed record for any ship in the med until the arrival of the fast steam engine.

2 Hey imagine this take a wind jammer and add half a dozen 100 pounder armstrong breech loaders per side then go and ransack Paris!

3 Hey I really appreciate the posts all

Well master hitman I think that you should have been a little more timeline specific when comparing sailing vessels . I thought that you were refering to vessels used in piracy or suitable for that use. I believe the greek vessel you were refering to was the Trireme and they were in use about c.480 B.C. in the Med and yes they were very fast . As for the clipper ships that is true clipper ships they hadn't really evolved untill after 1849 the first true clipper was the Rainbow designed by john Griffiths and built by Smith and Dimon of new York . Unless you were refering to the Baltimore clippers but they hadn't been developed before 1812 . But the baltimore clipper wasn't really considered a true clipper , both forms of the clipper having been developed after the golden age of piracy I am not sure that this would be considered a valid comparison .

And as mister Hawkyns said to big a crew makes for to small a share. Not that Pyrates aren't a generous sort ..

Tops'l schooner. Small, fast, shallow draft, but with enough deck to hold a 6-8 gun broadside. Everything else listed is too big. I wouldn't want to get into a broadside battle so I wouldn't need the weight of iron that the other ships listed would carry, and the only need for a bigger ship is to carry more iron.

No, I probably couldn't take on the larger ships, but it's a point of diminishing returns. You can take a bigger ship with more spoil, but if you have a bigger ship, then you have a bigger crew and your shares are proportionally smaller. Same result with smaller ships and smaller crews, but with less risk.

Hawkyns

I have to agree with mister Hawkins small and fast not to much freeboard , a harder target to hit and she would easily out sait and outrun any of the bigger ships mentioned .

Been a fur trade reenactor for some time have always had a love of weapons old and new quite partial to blackpowder I am . I have an obsession with tallships , naval warfare and a fasination with the histories and legends o pyracie an I lay to it it may be the Rum what done it to me ... It all just sort of fits together real nice like don't it .

Most o the period stuff Ive seen preserved was browned, forced into a a light, controlled coate of rust with vinegar or urine and then waxed. The Brown Bess may have gotten her name from that process.

The prossess was called browning the steel originally in the white was treated with a mild acidic solution untill a fine layer of rust formed then that rust was rubbed with a fine abraisive and the prossess was repeated untill the metal reached the desired colour . The gun barrel was the oiled or waxxed so that the layer of rust and oil protected the metal from the elements. hence the name " Brown Bess ".

RAIN !!! I wish we was dancin in the rain with ye cap'n but we bin havin some northerlies blow our way . I have near a foot o snow on me front yard an the blasted stuff is still fallin but I hear its gonna stop by sunday an clear fer a bit , predicted temp -10/ -17 deg c I'll be dreamin of a sail on the Royaliste in the warm San Fransico rain . Have a great sail Cap'n we'll be thinkin of ye. Bye the bye how was yer new years sail lots o fire works ?

Happy new year to ye all an I wishes ye all fair winds an followin seas , now after two days o celibatin I has to get back to work to get some rest . So keep yer powder dry an don't let em catch ye nappin . :angry:

I really miss me ex but I guess my aim will improve. I think I shall be spendin me vallintines with me current wife as she treats me so well an all . But a cruise would be nice an romantic like . exspecially if a prize or two might be taken ..

Well there Cap'n I hope ye has a great new years and ye sends the old one out with a bang an bring the new one in with the same . I'll be thinkin of ye as I spend me new year with me loved ones Cap'n Morgan and a 12 year old from appleton's estate , oh yeah and me family to I s'pose. Fair winds an a followin sea to ye Mate.

Happy birthday there Lass set yerself down an have a tankard or two of rum as I raise mine , my tankard that is , in your honor . And may you live to be 120 and may the last words ye hears be mine . " Slaint !"

Happy birthday there Stinky an I raises a toast in yer honor . " May ye be in heaven a half hour before the Devil knows yer dead ." I raise me tankard to ye mate.

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I am not a vegatartian because I like animals, its because I hate vegetables.

Pours Ryann a tankard of Ale fer her.

Vegetables aren't food , vegetables are what food eats !!! If god didn't want us to eat animals he wouldn't have made them out of meat ... :)

Well by battles at sea do they mean just cannons or does that mean you can still use grapplin hooks an and boardin pikes ? Actually up here the ony sea battle that we've seen were during the tallships visit two years ago. pretty sad record eh wot ?

At an Irishman's wake the widow and her young son are standing by the casket when a man comes up and says " it's a terrible thing that yer husband passed away as he was so young , and leavin a fine wife and son , if you don't mind me askin what did he die of ?" At this the widow says " It was goneriah ." The young son thought that he had missunderstood his mother and just let it pass.

This happened a few more times all with the same answer , well the son leaned over and in an angry whisper said " Mother thats a terrible thing that yer sayin about father you know it was diarrea he died of not goneriah . " At this the mother says " I know son but I'd rather have people think yer father died a sport rather than the shit that he was ."

I don't really love animals , and honestly I was just tryin to help that sheep through the fence.

By the gods ye would figure that at 75 the mouse would be wearin long pants by now .

I just saw it last night and were impressed in the extreme. Loved the ships and the gun play brought a tear to me eye the effects were incredible the sound of the French cannaon balls hummin over head brought goose bumps to me hide . Do ye figure there might be another O'Brian film some day ?

Happy birthday there Scupper I wishes ye all the drunken debauchery ye can handle an then some.

Well it looks like an orbit and an aye fer an eye . Nice work Lass. We just bought it and me three year old loves the white pointer Bruce . You know "Fish are friends not food ."

I am assuming the aforementioned aperture is not designed to allow the passing of light sunlight in particular. But is used fer passing something less socially agreeable.

I see in me absence things are still as lively as ever . looks like you have had quite a busy season there Cap'n yer mate in the shrouds looks like he could use a bit of a rest though.