Jenny G. Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Am I the only one here... Who has never been aboard a pirate ship? Who has never met a pirate? All my life I have been interested in Pirates. I must admit that most of my fascination comes from reading romance novels LOL! The domineering captain and his captive innocent. In all honesty, you learn alot about pirates, their ships, and the era of time from these novels. In HS and college I wrote papers on famous pirates. I would be interested in learning about how you came to be, and about how I can come to be! Thanks and salute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnwilliam Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Well, Mate Jenny, I doubt that you are the only one on the list in these categories; probably most of us have never been aboard ANY ship! My wife used to work as a living history interpreter at Roanoke State Park, where there was a ship, but she didn't work aboard it. She has a little boat docked at her father's place in Alabama, which we attempt to sail when we visit. Otherwise, the only sailing I've done has been as a passenger aboard modern motorized vessels, and I've done precious little of that. Mate Royaliste on this list has or has access to a real tallship. As far as meeting pirates; well, I daresay ye'd not want to! We play at being romanticized pirates of old, but they were often not very nice people, to say the least, as their "descendants" in the world today are not. Piracy is a for-real problem in the world today, especially in Asian waters. But, we have fun with the fantasy! Speaking of fantasy...I nominate you for the female lead in Hollywood's next pirate flick! The history of piracy would and does fill volumes. No doubt it originated as soon as man first took to the waters. Most pirate buffs consider the Golden Age thereof to be about 1670 - 1730. Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 :) And ye don't hafta go to Asia to get 'pyrated', nowadays, as yer unlce Sammy will rob 'n plunder ye right here at home. And as far as the 'never been on' s, we are gonna change a bunch o' those lubbers this weekend. Pyrate BBQ Sail on the Royaliste, S.F. Bay, anchored in a lee of Angel Island....somewhere ....RRRRRR! grillin', chillin', swillin',...thrillin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Lasseter Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Aye Lass, I been on a few, I 'ave... Lessee... Th' Ark, single masted sloop, river pyrate ship... Tha' one I sailed upon... th' others were at port; "Old Iron Sides" up in Boston, even tho she be a US Navy ship, she be a sight ta behold... Hey Royaliste! How'd ye like one o' the carronades from Her? 32 pounders! The Elissa, she be a merchant in Galviston, TX. The Falls of Clyde, another merchant in Honolulu, HI. Their been a few others, I just can nay remember 'em rightly..... An' me canoe... ol wood 'n canvas Peterborough... a wee pyrate ship! As few meetin' pyrates, I's sure ye 'ave mat a few... bein' in NY n' all... Know any lawyers? Ooops, no, them be sharks... Truly, D. Lasseter Captain, The Lucy Propria Virtute Audax --- In Hoc Signo Vinces Ni Feidir An Dubh A Chur Ina Bhan Air "If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." Deuteronomy 32:41 Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins http://www.colonialnavy.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Now there's a good question! How did we all come to be pirates. And old sea captain on me old ship once told me, "there's pirates all over the world - but only a fee of them can wear the costume." If you're a pirate you know it. You may just not have the costume. I know for myself I was with a Seattle based pirate group, serving as an apprentice. Yer job basically was to be a grunt, serving the crewe. I took to pirating instantly - and the day I finally knew that I was going to be a pirate was standing in the pirate party room during Seafair. It was 5 or so in the morning and I had been serving up drinks since midnight. And as the sun rose, I no longer cared if I had a job, a wife, a place to sleep - I just wanted to be a pirate. And that's when I crossed over - you're either a pirate or your not as we say. And if you are, you can instantly tell those who aren't, costume or no costume. It's more an attitude about life than it is a costume or a character. And so I've been a pirate for 21 years now. I've met heads of state, governors of exotic islands, been far and wide in my travels to places I had never even heard of and have many great people, including my wife, piratin'. It's the "E" ticket to life. Being a spectator at an event is never the same after you've been pirating - you always know what it's like to be on the inside. Let me know if you have any other questions and I'd be happy to answer them for you. Welcome to the sweet trade, lass! -- Hurricane ______________________________________________________________________ http://piratesofthecoast.com/images/pyracy-logo1.jpg Captain of The Pyrates of the Coast Author of "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Year Before the Mast" (Published in Fall 2011) Scurrilous Rogue Stirrer of Pots Fomenter of Mutiny Bon Vivant & Roustabout Part-time Carnival Barker Certified Ex-Wife Collector Experienced Drinking Companion "I was screwed. I readied my confession and the sobbing pleas not to tell my wife. But as I turned, no one was in the bed. The room was empty. The naked girl was gone, like magic." "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Years Before the Mast" - Amazon.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 I woke up one moorning, looked at me arm, and I knew right away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Dorian, I'd really hafta plunder to afford the powder for 32 pounders! Been on 'er meself, nice frigate <me drooling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalinda Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 I woke up one moorning, looked at me arm, and I knew right away! Damn. That's a fine tatoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhand Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Jenny- If yer interested in searching for a few books on pirates, take a look at the "Capt. Twill" section of the board, and under the caragory of "Books", there you will find a goodly selection of suggested reading...mostly historical in nature, sorry no fiction, tho there is a thread somewhere on here on "Bodice Rippers" Also you should be able to locate a local "Crew" in your vicinity on the NQG's Crew listings page. BTW- Nice tat Royaliste, that must've cost ya a few shillings!! Cheers Redhand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Yep, ratholeing enough for another sleeve..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 The whole thing's really a naughty-cal job application. Any applicants???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Rob Carroll Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 I have always had a fascination of pyrates, since I was a wee one. I'm attracted to the sea and feel terrible when I'm not around one. The interest in pyrates as only grown stronger in me and now it has blossomed. Pyrates are the average man or woman with an above average imagination. The pyrate means to me a champion of the working man or woamn, the underdog of society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Bess Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Now there's a good question! How did we all come to be pirates. And old sea captain on me old ship once told me, "there's pirates all over the world - but only a fee of them can wear the costume." If you're a pirate you know it. You may just not have the costume. AAhhh.... so much to think about, huh? In my family's humble opinion I simply had a few past lives as a scoundrel that loved the sea. Their first hint they say was that I never had any fear if the ocean. Would just crawl off the blanket and towards it before I could even walk. Cried when they took me away from it. The smells, the taste in the air, the salt sprays and the stink of low tide and the sounds of the waves. I loved it. Love it still.(shrug) Mayhaps it's where I get the touch for m'weapons into the bargan as well, they've always been like an extension of m'arm. Well, those that have it in their souls know it soon enough. And then... they find THIS pub!!! Well, you may not realize it but your looking at the remains of what was once a very handsome woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 If'n ye been a pyrate that many times over, then ye best scurry on up to our BBQ this weekend! Jeesh! Darkmalkin's crew be puttin' on 1500 miles each way, and ye SoCal folks is only 450..... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Dorian, Me 3 new carronades shipped today!Plenty cannons if'n ye visit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Westyn Elizabeth Roberts Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 My cousins and I (more girls than boys, and there's at 21 first cousins on my mother's side alone) were all tomboys. We liked He-Man and Transformers and Voltron. No girly stuff like My Little Pony or Care Bears for us. Heck no! That was sissy crap! We would make swords out of cardboard and hats out of newspaper and beat the snot out of each other. You see, my mother's family is an old-fashioned Southern one. If you're a girl, you sit quietly, act sweet and hope a man marries you so that you can spit out at least three kids by the time you're a spinster at 21. Not us. We rebelled against anything feminine, and fought for our rights as individuals. We excelled at this, despite the condescending remarks and suggestions that we were nefarious demon offspring and could not conceivably have come from that certain strain of DNA. Ain't family grand? After I got older, I did actually sail on a few ships. At least one of them was a piratey looking ship. I'm not sure if it was supposed to be a replica or just a ratty old sailboat. I wasn't trusted at the controls, however...heh, heh. But, it was fun. Now, I am a pirate online as well as in my writing and acting. I am presently writing a play and a novel (romance, but with a great deal of drama and intrigue, spliced with comedy) about WOMEN pirates. I go to college now (10 years late) for Mass Communications and Journalism, and I am on the Dean's List. That's little old me... Capt. WE Roberts "I shall uphold my indignity with the utmost dignity befitting a person of my undignified station." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Lasseter Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Dorian, Me 3 new carronades shipped today!Plenty cannons if'n ye visit! AAaaarrrgghh!!! Cannons!!! Cannons, cannons e'ery ware!!! Hehehehehehe.... I'll be workin' a cannon 'r two, a mortar 'r two this up commin' week! Then, I'll be goin' inta withdrawl, then iffn all goes well, I'll sees ya in September.... (innat a name o' a song?) But I digress.... Cannons! Woo Hoo!!! (ahem) AArrgghhh!!!! Truly, D. Lasseter Captain, The Lucy Propria Virtute Audax --- In Hoc Signo Vinces Ni Feidir An Dubh A Chur Ina Bhan Air "If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." Deuteronomy 32:41 Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins http://www.colonialnavy.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Maudlin McCrumb Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Then, I'll be goin' inta withdrawl, then iffn all goes well, I'll sees ya in September.... (innat a name o' a song?) If it isn't, my dear, I will write it for you... If I don't live fairly close to the ocean I lose my ever lovin' MIND! Portland is too far inland.. though the river is good for watching ships! "You have a woman's skin, m'lord! I'll wager that hides never been rubbed with salt and flayed off to make stockin's for a pirates best cabin boy!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalinda Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Really do envy all of you that are near the sea. And my heart goes out to those that are landlocked like me... I grew up in Texas, and every summer meant 2 weeks on the Gulf. Dad was into the ocean in a big way...and boating was part of life for two weeks every year. I moved to Florida (Fort Myers) when I got out of college. Opened a photography studio in an old train depot across the street from the marina. Got to know some of the boat owners, er Captains...and had the luxury of sailing from time to time. Party boats are part of the Florida Gulf scene, but I'd never equate that to sailing at all. But I did enjoy those, too. But the first real voyage, as it were, was when I spent some time in the UK in 1999. Did several short sails between Wales and Ireland, across the Irish Sea. That's when I first learned what being sea sick really meant. The Irish Sea, at that time at least, was incredibly rough. Thought I would die and didn't enjoy it at all the first few times. There is a putrid shade of green that a fair-skinned lass becomes... Fell madly in love with the ships over the years. Boarded them in New Orleans, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Florida, and the Bahamas. Cannot explain how on earth I ended up so far inland and one mile high...except that a man had something to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Lasseter Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Aye, I spend more tyme at th' rivers edge than some think I should, I want ta be out on th' water... Nay, it not be the ocean, but the area is one o' the largest inland ports in the states... lotsa trafffic... I have fond memories dodgin' brage traffic in a 17 foot wood hulled canoe wi' me brudder (not Angus) an' some friends... Paddlin' down ta the one island an' uain' th' big rope swing ta go swimmin', or just explorin' tha' island... Tho e'ery tyme I get ta th' sea shore... Ahhhhhhhh.... home.... Truly, D. Lasseter Captain, The Lucy Propria Virtute Audax --- In Hoc Signo Vinces Ni Feidir An Dubh A Chur Ina Bhan Air "If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." Deuteronomy 32:41 Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins http://www.colonialnavy.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDianae Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Aye Rosalinda, 'Tis a hard thing growin' up land-locked, all the while feelin' the pull of somethin' wild, untameable in yer blood and never quite knowin' what it be....until ye saw the Great Mother Ocean. Ye know ye've cross the Tide Line. That which marks the difference between a landlubber and those who hear the Ocean's Song. I've played some both above and below Her briney surface. Did ye know that there be 'seasons' below the surface, just like we have on land?! A marvelous revelation, that! "Mother Mother Ocean, I have Heard your Call. Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall. You've seen it all... You've seen it all..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalinda Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 feelin' the pull of somethin' wild, untameable in yer blood and never quite knowin' what it be.... Aye...that's the feeling, allright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Oh, I thought it was 'little critters' ...P.S. Ain't gonna start a new thread, but thanks to those who offed a hand in the matter of my daughter; I have her now...in for 72 hour observation to see what went on..Thanks, Gary, Captain, the Royaliste, occupied america Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalinda Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Oh, I thought it was 'little critters' ...P.S. Ain't gonna start a new thread, but thanks to those who offed a hand in the matter of my daughter; I have her now...in for 72 hour observation to see what went on..Thanks, Gary, Captain, the Royaliste, occupied america Fantastic! I bet that's a relief! Best of luck and I hope nothing went on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Me too, girl. Positive for several drugs, dunno about HIV for a while.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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