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The gorgeous wench on the cover is
none-other than the publisher’s
daughter Kyra Kimball who graced the
cover of Scallywags
Magazine 10 years
ago.
The back cover of Pyrates Way
#29 is of an old sugar mill’s
grinder which pressed the sugar
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some very tasty rum.
byproducts, sugar and molasses.
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rest dried to be sugar. This specific mill can be found in Hernando Park near Tampa, Florida.
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date's been set for November 14, 2015 and
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First, thank you for the compliment. We
work very hard on every issue to cover pirate history, pirate fads, media and collectibles.
Because we try to get the magazine just right
every issue with amazing stories and beautiful
images, there’s just not enough time to put together the quality you expect from us on a
monthly basis.
Kimball Publications also puts out Cos&FX
Magazine, Ape Planet Magazine, and our new
baby, Pitchforks & Torches Magazine will debut
in March of ‘16. Thus, one magazine is available
10 out of every 12 months of the year (as both
APM and P&T mags are only published twice a
year). Feel free to pick up one of the other magazines and take a gander. Thank you again for
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some of the “stuff ” that we’ve put together over
the past few years since the magazine’s become
an online-only publication but sadly, between the
printing cost and the postage cost, the idea of a
pirate magazine has really become way-too expensive. That being said, we’ve been working
out details with a printing firm outside of the
U.S. that will print our pages inexpensively. Our
thought is that perhaps in the near future. . . we
might present volumes called “The Best of The
Pyrates Way” featuring the articles that are
timeless (i.e. NOT events or timely features).
We’ve been approached by several book publishers over the years who have expressed an interest in manufacturing a “Pyrates Way Best Of ”
type-volume, but to date, we’re waiting on the
best offer with the best return for both us and
our readers. . . .. heck, we’re pyrates!
we’ve covered in the magazine on our INDEX
page, so please check it out!
Robert G. Thomas:
I really enjoy your magazine but it doesn’t come out that often.
I’ve read all of the past issues and can’t get enough of all the pirate
stuff you put into it. Will the Pyrates Way magazine ever come out
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there. It gives us the real stuff going on not just on the internet but
at all the pirate events and books and movies.
I love reading the magazine online but it would be way-cool if
you could print the stuff. I’d buy all of it.
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Have you ever thought of doing an article on collectible bubblegum and cigarette cards? There are a lot of pirate ones.
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Discovery and Archaeological Excavation
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Intersal Inc., a private research firm, discovered the
wreck believed to be Queen Anne’s Revenge on November 21,
1996. It was located by Intersal's director of operations,
Mike Daniel, who used historical research provided by
Intersal's president, Phil Masters and maritime archaeologist David Moore.
The shipwreck lies in 28 feet (8.5m) of water about
one mile (1.6 km) offshore of Fort Macon State Park
(34°41′44″N 76°41′20″W), Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. Thirty-one cannon have been identified to date and
more than 250,000 artifacts have been recovered. The
cannon are of different origins such as; Swedish, English
and possibly French, and of different sizes as would be
expected with a colonial pirate crew.
Recognizing the significance of the Queen Anne’s Revenge , the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR), Intersal, and Maritime Research
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precious metals recovered from Queen Anne’s Revenge in
order that all Queen Anne’s Revenge artifacts remain as one
intact collection, and in order for NCDCR to determine
the ultimate disposition of the artifacts. In return, Intersal
was granted media, replica, and other rights related to
Blackbeard’s Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project;
MRI was granted joint Queen Anne’s Revenge artifact touring rights with NCDCR. NCDCR, Intersal, and Rick
Allen of Nautilus Productions signed a new collaborative
agreement on October 24, 2013 connected to QAR commercial, replica, and promotional opportunities for the
benefit of Queen Anne’s Revenge The State of North Carolina owns Queen Anne’s Revenge since the wreck lies in
state waters (within the 3 mile limit).
For one week in 2000 and 2001, live underwater video
of the project was webcast to the Internet as a part of the
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ing north, they sailed through the Bahamas and proceeded up the North American coast. In May 1718, the
pirates arrived off Charleston, South Carolina, with
Queen Anne's Revenge and three smaller sloops.
In perhaps the most brazen act of his piratical career,
Blackbeard blockaded the port of Charleston for nearly
a week. The pirates seized several ships attempting to
enter or leave the port and detained the crew and passengers of one ship, the Crowley, as prisoners. As ransom for
the hostages, Blackbeard demanded that the pirates be
given a chest of medicine. The medicines eventually delivered, the captives were released, and the pirates continued their journey up the coast.
Soon after leaving Charleston, Blackbeard's fleet attempted to enter Old Topsail Inlet in North Carolina,
now known as Beaufort Inlet. During that attempt,
Queen Anne's Revenge and the sloop Adventure
grounded on the ocean bar and were abandoned. Research by David Moore, and others, has uncovered two
eyewitness accounts that shed light on where the two pirate vessels were lost. According to a deposition given by
David Herriot, the former captain of Adventure, "the said
Thatch's ship Queen Anne's Revenge run a-ground off
of the Bar of Topsail-Inlet." Herriot further states that
Adventure "run a-ground likewise about Gun-shot from
the said Thatch".
Captain Ellis Brand of the HMS Lyme provided additional insight as to where the two ships were lost in a
letter (July 12, 1718) to the Lords of Admiralty. In that
letter Brand stated that: "On the 10th of June or thereabouts a large pyrate Ship of forty Guns with three Sloops
in her company came upon the coast of North carolina
ware they endeavored To goe in to a harbour, call'd Topsail Inlet, the Ship Stuck upon the barr att the entrance
of the harbour and is lost; as is one of the sloops".
In his deposition, Herriot claims that Blackbeard intentionally grounded Queen Anne's Revenge and Adventure in
order to break up the company, which by this time had
grown to over 300 pirates. Intentional or not, that is what
happened as Blackbeard marooned some pirates and left
Beaufort with a hand picked crew and most of the valuable plunder.
Blackbeard's piratical career ended six months later
at Ocracoke Inlet on the North Carolina coast. There he
encountered an armed contingent sent by Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood and led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard. In a desperate battle aboard
Maynard's sloop, Blackbeard and a number of his fellow
pirates were killed. Maynard returned to Virginia with
the surviving pirates and the grim trophy of Blackbeard's
severed head hanging from the sloop's bowsprit.
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sands of children around the world. Created and co-produced by Nautilus Productions and Marine Grafics, this
project enabled students to talk to scientists and learn
about methods and technologies utilized by the underwater archaeology team.
In November 2006 and 2007, more artifacts were discovered at the site and brought to the surface. The additional artifacts appear to support the claim that the wreck
is that of Queen Anne's Revenge. Among current evidence to support this theory is that the cannon were found
loaded. In addition, there were more cannon than would
be expected for a ship of this size, and the cannon were
of different makes. Depth markings on the part of the
stern that was recovered point to it having been made according to the French foot measurements.
By the end of 2007, approximately 1/3 of the wreck
was fully excavated. Artifacts are undergoing conservation. The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources set up the website Queen Anne's Revenge to build
on intense public interest in the finds. Artifacts recovered
in 2008 include loose ceramic and pewter fragments, lead
strainer fragments, a nesting weight, cannon apron, ballast stones, a sword guard and a coin.
Goals during the 2010 field season included; staging of
one of the ship’s
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to a Swedish gun that was previously recovered. Nine cannonballs, bar shot halves, an iron bolt and a grenado were
also recovered during the 2014 field season.
On August 18, 2015 the State of North Carolina
passed a new law laying claim to "all photographs, video
recordings, or other documentary materials of a derelict
vessel or shipwreck or its contents, relics, artifacts, or historic materials in the custody of any agency of North
Carolina government or its subdivisions."
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Blackbeard had something of a challenge on his hands
in keeping his pirate crew fit and fighting, an excavation of
his flagship reveals. And it’s because of their sex lives.
Archaeologists have been excavating the famous pirate ship Queen Anne’s Revenge, which ran aground on a
North Carolina sandbar in 1718.
The Queen Anne Revenge Project says researchers
are now recovering many artifacts from the wreck, including a surprising number of medical objects.
This suggests the famous pirate captain had invested heavily in keeping his men healthy.
Syphilis, it seems, was something of a key
concern.
Deadly medicine ... This urethral syringe,
used to treat the sexually transmitted disease syphilis with mercury, was found in
the wreck of Blackbeard’s ship. Deadly
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and cannon undergoing in silt corrosion treatment, attaching aluminum-alloy anodes to the remaining anchors and
cannon so as to begin their in silt corrosion treatment and
continuing site excavations.
In 2011, the 1.4-tonne (3,100 lb) anchor from the ship
was brought to the surface along with a range of
makeshift weaponry including langrage or canister shot.
On August 29, 2011, the National Geographic Society reported that the State of North Carolina had confirmed the shipwreck as the Queen Anne’s Revenge,
renouncing the official scientific skepticism that had been
previously maintained because of a lack of conclusive evidence.
On June 21, 2013, the National Geographic Society
reported recovery of cannon from Queen Anne’s Revenge.
On October 28, 2013, archaeologists recovered five
more cannon from the wreck. Three of these guns have
been identified as 6-pounder iron cannon manufactured
at Ehrendals works in Södermanland, Sweden, in 1713.
Thomas Roth, the Head of Sweden's Armament Museum Research Department, derived the
origin of the iron cannon by a mark on
the cannon tubes.
The 23rd of 31 cannon identified on
the Queen Anne’s Revenge wreck site was recovered on Friday, October 24, 2014. The
newest gun is approximately 56" long,
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medicine ... This urethral syringe, used to treat the sexually transmitted disease syphilis with mercury, was found
in the wreck of Blackbeard’s ship.
Key among the finds was a urethral syringe. It’s use
was no delicate matter.
Chemical analysis reveals the device was used to inject mercury into the crew’s male members in an effort
to alleviate the painful effects of syphilis.
The sexually transmitted disease was rife among
sailors of the era.
“Treating the sick and injured of a sea-bound community on shipboard was challenging in the best of
times,” Linda Carnes-McNaughton, a volunteer archaeologist on the excavation project wrote in a recent paper.
Carnes-McNaughton told science blog Live Science
that Blackbeard’s faith in the era’s doctors was poorly
placed — the treatment was almost as bad as the disease:
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would be rapidly absorbed.
Blackbeard, whose real name may have been Edward
Thatch, had commandeered the former French slave ship
in 1717.
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It had been an easy attack: Most of the ship’s French
crew had been sick or dead.
This alone should have told him something about the
quality of the three ship’s doctors. But Blackbeard
forced the trio — along with the cook — to stay aboard
and support his own crew.
A few months later, the ship ran aground and Blackbeard abandoned most of his crew — only to die in battle a year later.
Treasured Lawsuit
The company that discovered the wreck of Blackbeard's pirate ship off the North Carolina coast says the
state owes it at least $8.2 million for breach of contract.
In a lawsuit filed in Raleigh, NC on July 27, 2015
against the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, Intersal Inc. of Florida says the state violated contractual restrictions on the use and publication of photos and video
of the wreck of the Queen Anne's Revenge and its artifacts.
Intersal wants a court order to stop the violations and
to block further excavation of the nearly 300-year-old
wreck.
Other allegations include: The state broke the contract's
rules that specify how noncommercial photos and videos
shall be published; it violated rules specifying how commercial media companies can access the wreck site and its arti-
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facts; the state obstructed Intersal's renewal of a permit to
look for another shipwreck; the state failed to return copyrighted video to owner Nautilus Productions of Fayetteville;
and the state imposed arbitrary and capricious requirements
on Nautilus when Nautilus wanted to participate in underwater recovery operations in 2014.
Nautilus Productions, which does underwater videography and photography, is Intersal's designated media partner but is not a party to the lawsuit. Fayetteville Observer
photographer Cindy Burnham and her husband, Rick
Allen, own and operate Nautilus
Intersal says the state owes it $6.24 million for publication
of 2,080 photos and $1.95 million for publication of about
three hours and 36 minutes of video - video and photos that
Intersal and Nautilus did not create, but that Intersal contends
were published without following the rules in the contract.
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"The department acknowledges Intersal Inc., and Mike
Daniel's discovery of Blackbeard's shipwrecked flagship, the
Queen Anne’s Revenge , off the North Carolina coast in 1996,
but denies any breach of contract occurred," she said. "We
welcome media and public interest in this fascinating story
that intrigues the citizens of this state and visitors from
around the world."
By law, the state owns shipwrecks such as this and any
valuables in them. It allows independent treasure-ship seeking companies to look for these wrecks and split the proceeds of valuables found on them with the state
But Blackbeard's ship is thought to have been stripped
of its valuables before it sank, so this limited the ability of
companies like Intersal to recover their costs of finding the
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Intersal predicted that its damages estimate will rise as
the company discovers more instances in which it feels the
contract was breached.
"We wish this didn't have to happen. We really feel like
we have no choice here," John Masters, the chairman of Intersal's board of directors, said in an interview.
"We feel like we've been good partners and that we've
acted in good faith and we feel like the state has not acted
in good faith," he said.
In a statement, the Department of Cultural Resources
says there was no contract violation.
"The many treasures entrusted to the North Carolina
Department of Cultural Resources are owned by the people
of this state," spokeswoman Cary Cox said.
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because the Office of Administrative Hearings doesn't have
the power to award damages.
September 2015 Update:
A bill making clear footage and photographs of shipwrecks held by North Carolina state agencies are public
records is heading to Gov. Pat McCrory’s desk.
The final version of a bill otherwise looking at state artifact sales and transfers included a provision offered just
after the company that discovered Blackbeard’s sunken flagship off the coast in 1996 sued the state for violating their
contract.
Florida-based Intersal says the state in part allowed photographs and video related to the Queen Anne’s Revenge be
posted online without required company markings.
The Department of Cultural Resources and legislators
say the records provision inside the bill given final approval
Monday night doesn’t apply to current contracts.
A company said last month the change appeared designed to undercut the contract and its lawsuit.
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pared and controlled work of Fairbanks’s entire career” and “the most important feature-length silent
film designed entirely for color cinematography.”
Vance believes the limitations imposed by early
Technicolor forced him to remove the "pageantry
and visual effects" of his earlier swashbuckler and
produce a straightforward action adventure. "The
result was a refreshing return to form and a dazzling
new showcase for the actor-producer’s favorite production value: himself. Fairbanks is resplendent as
the bold buccaneer and buoyed by a production
brimming with rip-roaring adventure and spiced
with exceptional stunts and swordplay, including the
celebrated ‘sliding down the sails’ sequence, arguably the most famous set piece of the entire Fairbanks treasure chest.”
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the surviving film, some outtakes and test footage
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release of the film, with narration by Rudy Behlmer.
The film was selected for preservation in the
United States National Film Registry in 1993.
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The Black Pirate is a 1926 silent adventure film
shot entirely in two-color Technicolor about an adventurer and a "company" of pirates. It stars Douglas Fairbanks, Donald Crisp, Sam De Grasse, and
Billie Dove.
The film begins with the looting of a ship already captured and badly mauled, by the pirates.
After relieving the ship and crew of valuables, the
pirates fire the ship, blowing up the gunpowder on
board, sinking her. While the pirates celebrate, two
survivors wash up on an island, an old man and his
son. Before dying, the older man (Douglas Fairbanks' real-life father) gives his signet ring to his son
(Douglas Fairbanks). His son buries him, vowing
vengeance.
The Pirate Captain and Lieutenant bring some
crew to the other side of the same island to bury
some of their plunder. They then plan to murder
the other pirates: "Dead men tell no tales." But first,
Fairbanks appears as the "Black Pirate", who offers
to join their company and fight their best man to
prove his worth. After much fighting, the Black Pirate kills the Pirate Captain. The Pirate Lieutenant
sneers, and says there is more to being a pirate than
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sword tricks. To further prove his worth, the Black
Pirate says he will capture the next ship of prey single-handed, which he does. He then uses his wits to
prevent the pirates from blowing up the ship along
with the crew and passengers, suggesting that they
hold the ship for ransom. When a "princess" is discovered on board, he urges the crew to use her as a
hostage to ensure their ransom will be paid, as long
as she remains "spotless and unharmed".
The pirates cheer the Black Pirate, and want to
name him captain. The Pirate Lieutenant jeers that
they can wait to see if the ransom is paid by noon
the next day. If the ransom is not paid, the
"Princess" will become the Pirate Lieutenant's prize
and the Black Pirate will walk the plank.
It is a long wait. The Pirate Lieutenant tries to
attack the "Princess", kill the Black Pirate, and destroy the ship before the deadline. But the Black PiM to
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Queen Anne's Revenge was a frigate, most famously used as a
flagship by the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach). She had
been launched as The Concord by the Royal Navy in 1710, and
captured by France in 1711 when she was renamed La Concorde.
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The pirate Blackbeard is perhaps the most notorious of the sea robbers
who plagued shipping lanes off North America and throughout the
Caribbean in the early-eighteenth century--an era commonly referred to as
the Golden Age of Piracy. Despite his legendary reputation, little is known
about the early life of Blackbeard. Even his true name is uncertain, though
it is usually given as some variation of Edward Thatch or Teach. He is reported to have served as a privateer during Queen Anne's War (1701 - 1714)
and turned to piracy sometime after the war's conclusion.
Maritime archaeologist and historian David Moore spent considerable
time tracing the history of Blackbeard. The earliest primary source document that Moore located that mentions the pirate by name dates to the summer of 1717. Other records indicate that by the fall of 1717 Blackbeard was
operating off Delaware and Chesapeake bays in conjunction with two other
pirate captains, Benjamin Hornigold and Stede Bonnet. Late in the fall of
1717, the pirates made their way to the eastern Caribbean.
After crossing the Atlantic during its third journey, and only 100 miles
from Martinique, the French ship encountered Blackbeard and his company.
According to a primary account, the pirates were aboard two sloops, one
with 120 men and twelve cannon, and the other with thirty men and eight
cannon. With the French crew already reduced by sixteen fatalities and another thirty-six seriously ill from scurvy and dysentery, the French were powerless to resist. After the pirates fired two volleys at La Concorde, Captain
Dosset surrendered the ship.
The pirates took La Concorde to the island of Bequia in the Grenadines
where the French crew and the enslaved Africans were put ashore. While the
pirates searched La Concorde, the French cabin boy, Louis Arot, informed
them of the gold dust that was aboard. The pirates searched the French officers and crew and seized the gold.
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The cabin boy and three of his fellow French crewmen voluntarily joined
the pirates, and ten others were taken by force including a pilot, three surgeons,
two carpenters, two sailors, and the cook. Blackbeard and his crew decided to
keep La Concorde and left the French the smaller of the two pirate sloops. The
French gave their new and much smaller vessel the appropriate name Mauvaise
Rencontre (Bad Encounter) and, in two trips, succeeded in transporting the remaining Africans from Bequia to Martinique.
Leaving Bequia in late November, Blackbeard with his new ship, now renamed Queen Anne's Revenge, cruised the Caribbean taking prizes and adding to
his fleet. According to David Moore's research, from the Grenadines, Blackbeard sailed north along the Lesser Antilles plundering ships near St. Vincent,
St. Lucia, Nevis, and Antigua, and by early December he had arrived off the
eastern end of Puerto Rico. From there, a former captive reported that the pirates were headed to
Samana Bay in Hispaniola (Dominican
Republic).
No
historical
records have been
located to chronicle
Blackbeard's movements during the
first three months of
1718, but by April
the pirates were off
the Turneffe Islands
in the Bay of Honduras. It was there
that Blackbeard captured the sloop Adventure, forcing the
sloop's
captain,
David Herriot, to
join him.
Sailing east once
again, the pirates
passed near the Cayman Islands and
captured a Spanish
sloop off Cuba that
they also added to
their flotilla. Turn-
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Meka II) and a half dozen gun boats with exciting stunts and sound production by Lightworks
Productions! One could have reveled in the
sounds of our region’s best maritime music.
There was the boot stompin', glass raisin', traditional and modern celtic sea music by the
high-energy, “throw-your-fist-in-the-air-andsing-along” mix of traditional Celtic drinking
tunes by The Pubcrawlers and Mickey Rickshaw, Traditional music of the sea, pub, and
shore by The Jovial Crew, New Bedford Harbor
Sea Shantey Chorus and music of the sea inspired by a variety of cultures along with stories
of all kinds - many of
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took place July 10, 11 & 12th
of 2015 and this was the first
time for the event. The Pyrates
Way was super-impressed
with how the weekend came together, especially
for “first timers.”
We’ve been to many seasoned events that
didn’t go off as well as this one and we hope to
be back next year to camp out and join in on
the fun.
The event had something for everyone, from
the wee young scalawag to the old salts! Representing the Golden Age of Piracy through the
Revolutionary War, there was plenty of pirates
and privateers on hand to help separate folklore
from fact.
Guests could learn about the pirate's lives in
port and at sea, with various presentations
throughout the living history encampments
within and around Fort Rodman. There were
amazing kid-friendly, exciting and educational
shows.
Whether it was learning how to be a pirate,
digging for buried treasure, hunting down favorite pirates and learning all about the rich history and colorful lore, there were plenty of
activities for the whole family!
Suggested donation for admission to the
Park where the pirate living history displays
were located was $5 for adults and $2 (a buck
an ear) for children under 13. The cost to visit
the Military Museum is free to the public. All
proceeds went to fund the Fort Taber-Fort Rodman Historical Association, Inc and the Military Museum.
Folks were invited to come experience three
days of piratical mayhem, while professional pirates and privateers, from New England to the
Caribbean and beyond, came to defend the
Historic Port of "Bedford Village" in "Old
Dartmouth" (now New Bedford, Massachusetts)!
There were examples of a ship crew's
day-to-day life in port by visiting the encampments of the Crew of the Mermayde,
the Mercury Crew, Fairhaven Towne Militia,
Pirates of the Treasure Coast, Brethren of the
Granite Coast, Valhallas Pirates, The Forsaken,
and many more!
There were land/sea battles with 2
fully-gunned ships (Must Roos and the
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cational performances by professional pirates
including Mary Read, Bob Barbosa (author
of "Patriots of Old Dartmouth"), the Pirates
of the Dark Rose, New England Brethren of
Pirates and Captain Sinbad and the Meka II.
One could shop the wares of New England's best artists and vendors from across the
region. Some of the many vendors at the
event this year included The Olde Ways, Inside My Cranium, Steinhagen Pottery, Red
Beach Leather, Scarlet Scarab, House of
Avalon, and Hawaiian Shave Ice.
Again, all proceeds went to benefit the Fort
Rodman Historical Association, Inc. in their
efforts to help protect, preserve and interpret
the history of our US Military, provide a place
of honor for our local Veterans, and bring
recognition to Historic Fort Rodman, on the
National Register of Historic Places since
1973.
The event organizers would like to thank
the City of New Bedford, the New Bedford
Parks and Recreation Department and Destination New Bedford for their support of this
event.
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Treasures of Old
Musical Blades • 2014 • 17 Tracks
-- Reviewed by Commodore Black Fox
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giant Homer Simpson-head slippers.
(Now try to get THAT image out of
your head).
Back to the music. As always, I’ve
broken down the tracks with comments and these are not discussed in
the order they appear on the CD, in
case you’re following along at home
and listening to the album.
Let’s get the basic Musical Bladessounding tracks out of the way. These
are the tracks that are wonderful but
are typical Musical Blades arrangeRUM
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Me Ma, Byker Hill, Drinking
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This is our followup review of a
two-CD set of wonderful music by our
fellow brethren, Musical Blades.
Much like the first CD, Pieces of
Eight (see last issue for more information), Treasures of Old does not fail to
delight the listener. In many ways, I
like it better than the first CD but both
are a terrific combination of pyratical
musical styles.
I reviewed this CD while sipping a
chilled glass of rum, outside under an
awning, during a heavy rainstorm. . .
the music was a perfect choice for the
atmosphere. It even provoked me to
grab my pipe and put on my tricorne,
which I never do at home. I must say,
the tricorne did not accessorize well
with my Jurassic Park jammies or my
work songs, check out Fire Maringo, and
Waterbound.
There are several rip-roaring songs
with a fast beat and make you get up
and dance or at the very least stomp
your feet with the music like Girls of
Dublin Town, Paddy’s Green Shamrock
Shore, and Rocky Road to Dublin.
My personal favorites (which are
now on the Pyrates Way iPod) are Roll
The Woodpile Down and Foggy Dew.
The Pirate Song, The Parting Glass, and
General Taylor are slower and give you
the chance to check out the incredible
instrumentals that back each track.
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The Pyrates Way magazine is hosting our very first
Pyrates4Patriots Gala in Newark, DE at the VFW Post
457. From 7-midnight on November 14, we'll be enjoying
the music and comedy, free vittles to gnaw on and an
open bar filled with rum, beer, wine, and more.
The Gala's proceeds will go to benefit Wounded Warrior Project as we celebrate the 10-year Anniversary of
The Pyrates Way magazine. We'll raise money via the $40
per person ticket cost, a 50/50 raffle, and door prize ticket
sales (treasure tickets).
We've moved the venue to a much better location with
easier navigation, tons more lodging spots, and 500%
more local pubs!
We will provide you an open bar full of various ales,
wine, cider, rum, and other spirits as well as soft drinks,
water and coffee. These will also be available for entire
night, so we ask that you consume responsibly. Those who
find themselves over-indulging will be flagged and those
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one under the age of 21 will be admitted to the Gala.
We have lots of goodies planned for each ticket
holder. Besides all of the entertainment, honors, drynke,
food, dancing, and treasure, you'll be carousing with pirate crews from all over! We're hoping this becomes an
annual event for pirates and wenches around the world
to meet up at.
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The Brigands are our absolutely favorite pirate band
on the planet. We've reviewed every CD they've recorded,
attended dozens of their concerts, volunteered at their
Salty Ball, and they've even written two songs about The
Pyrates Way. Their raunchy humor and music will get
more adult as the evening progresses, so if ye be feint of
heart when it comes to language and innuendo, bring wax
fer yer ears.
Captain Fletcher Tiberius
Moone (Brad Howard) provides
most of the lead vocals for the
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band The Pyrates Royale, one of the oldest and most experienced alternative folk bands still entertaining. As the
only remaining founding member of the band, Capt.
Moone's 30 year+ experience as a pyrate makes him the
perfect EmCee for this event. He will not only make announcements and introductions but give us a lesson about
beer and sing a few tavern songs that'll put a smile on your
nog and raise yer tankard into the air.
The Pyrates Way magazine's own publisher Commodore Black Fox will be on and off the stage, helping
where he can with door prizes and 50/50 raffles and providing some music.
We'll also take time to recognize the 10th Anniversary
of The Pyrates Way and honor both the veterans and active duty/reserve folks in the audience. We shall also take
a moment of silence to remember those warriors who
never made it back home.
VOLUNTEERS
We believe very strongly that those who volunteer to
help are the primary drivers of our success. We refuse to
rely totally on a volunteer's goodwill, thus as a volunteer,
you will be given a nice deduction off of your ticket price.
Not only will you find a reduction in your ticket price but
you'll receive a special collectible volunteer ticket, a special gift from The Commodore, a T-shirt, and you'll be a
part of the group photo of staff members of the event.
Here's the catch, all volunteers will be expected to
work one full hour of the event and we will try to give you
a job that is aligned with your talents and experience. Remember, TRY to do that, we will need general volunteers
to do lots of different chores, so volunteering will be considered first-come, first served.
Please remember that this our first gala so there might
be a few hiccups here and there but you’ll still be treated
to great food, drink and the best in pyratical entertainment. . . and who knows, you might go home with a big
prize and lots of booty!
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Black Sails is an American dramatic adventure television series set on New Providence Island and a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's
novel Treasure Island. The series was created by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine for Starz that debuted online for free on YouTube and
other various streaming platform and video on demand services on January 18, 2014. The debut on cable television followed a week later on
January 25, 2014. Steinberg is executive producer, alongside Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, while Michael Angeli, Doris Egan,
and Levine are co-executive producers.
On July 26, 2013, Starz renewed the show for a ten-episode second season, which premiered on January 24, 2015. The early renewal,
six months before the first season premiered, was based on the positive fan reaction to the show at the San Diego Comic-Con. In France and Germany, the premiere episode was released two weeks earlier on January 10, 2014, on the Pay TV Channel Starz. On January 17, 2014, Starz
released the first episode on YouTube, but later set the video to private.
The series was renewed for a third season on October 12, 2014, and a fourth season on July 31, 2015, both before the previous seasons
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shed light on the first eight episodes' opaqueness.
In fact, looking back, the cloud of mystery that
shrouded both Flint and Miranda in Season 1 was a
big gamble. It's not often that show plays things so
coy now that hooking people instantly has become
the name of the game in TV. But given all that we
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barely blinked. Instead of plotting possible rescue
missions, people scrambled to take her place. And
Max, the one character she had emotional ties with,
way back at the top of Season 1, disavowed her and
took over New Providence.
Bones' motivations also got slightly lost in the fog
of swindles, power plays, and parlays. He returned
(as classic literature pretty much assured he would)
and set about to realign himself with Flint - seeing
the fearless leader as the best of the worst case scenarios. So yes, there were times when Black Sails
spun too many plates for its own good. But overall
this was a much improved season. And once Silver
hatched his plan to lie about the Urca gold being
gone, a lot of the messiness on land got cleaned up.
Flint switched over to Plan B, which involved returning Abigail Ashe back to her father - his old friend while others rushed to scoop up the loot. Once Flint
dropped his desire for he gold, and the fort, the show
pulled itself back together nicely.
Vane remained a cruel, gruesome force this year.
A force who also came to see the larger picture by the
end of the season. Vane actually realized he had to
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evil. A persona that, by the end of the season, he'd
been forced to assume utterly and completely after
Miranda was murdered while the two of them met
with Peter Ashe. A truly tragic full circle event that
created a spectacular bookend for the whole tale.
Season 2, aside from a few faux cliffhangers and
some thumb-twiddling around chapters XII and
XIII, moved at a much quicker pace, gave us more
intrigue at sea, and doled out a lot more action. Yes,
the show is still better when ships and scavenging are
involved, but the land-locked stories did improve.
The love-triangle/mind games between Anne, Max,
and Jack helped elevate and illuminate Anne and
Jack's relationship and Max's quest to retrieve the
Urca gold (thanks to Silver's scheme) helped win
Captain Jack the biggest prize on the show so far.
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wrath of Vane, Hornigold, and Team Jack in the
process. In the end, her dad got murdered and she
got nabbed and turned over to the Navy and people
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that the frustration we felt over the lack of clear answers was intentional. And necessary in order for the
payoff to work as well as it did here, later on down
the line.
Because, yes, Flint was the most interesting character in Season 1. An obsessive, driving force whose
crucial, violent decisions helped wrangle up most of
the excitement. But he was still more or less a blank
slate. We knew his goal. We knew about the gold and
his ideas of pirate autonomy, but never the reason
why. Never the root cause of his passion. The
Thomas Hamilton backstory changed all that. Flint
was instantly a full-fledged, wounded person, and his
relationship with Miranda was not only explained but
made furiously complex. Had they had an affair? Yes.
Was she the one he loved though? No. And, most important, she was not the reason they both had to flee
London.
Flint's relationship with Thomas, both physical
and ideological, was a wonderful, crafty, and heartbreaking reveal that basically helped decipher the entire series. It was the event that started everything and
forced James McGraw to assume the persona of Flint
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rescue Flint from Charlestown - which required
somewhat of a suicide mission - in order to protect
the boogeyman status of all pirates. The other interesting thing that happened to Vane this year, aside
from getting duped by Eleanor, was him outright
murdering nefarious newcomer Ned Low. It's very
tempting for a show to bring in flashy, dangerous
characters to help liven up a season. And that's what
Low's role seemed to be. Hell, the season opened with
him ordering his men to execute an entire ship's
worth of people.
Often though, these new characters enter at the
expense of older ones. It would have been easy for
Low to come in and run roughshod over everyone.
Instead, Black Sails used Low to enhance their already-established characters. Characters who didn't
exactly pop back in Season 1. So Low was sort of fed
to Vane as a way to reignite and reaffirm some of the
show's resident rogues. Why supplant when you can
reinvest?
cret; and Vane is forced to take matters into his own
hands.
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In the Season 2 premiere, Flint and Silver go before the crew to face judgment; Vane revels in his new
position on the island; Max confronts Bonny; and
Eleanor is faced with a new threat.
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Flint offers advice to Dufresne; Silver attempts to
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Eleanor mediates a peace; Rackham learns a
hard lesson; Flint goes back on a promise; and Bonny
goes out of control.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 7
“XV”
Max surveys the aftermath of a massacre; news
from the outside world impacts Flint and Silver;
Eleanor takes a risk that she hopes secures her future;
Bonny comes to a crossroads; and Dufresne provokes
Billy to act.
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depose a captain; and Rackham turns ambitious.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 4
“XII”
Flint lays down the law to Vane; Eleanor makes
an important decision; Rackham sees what Max can
do; and Silver reconnects with an old matey.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 3
“XI”
Flint encounters a problem upon returning to Nassau; an unlikely source provides Eleanor with help; Rackham tries to repair his reputation; Vane discovers a
surprising prize.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 5
“XIII”
Miranda endeavors to save the island; Eleanor sees
old wounds reopened; Rackham is on the scent of a se19
SEASON 2 EPISODE 8
“XVI”
Flint and Miranda prepare for a tough go of it;
Silver becomes enlightened; Eleanor learns Max's secret; and Vane makes a move.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 9
“XVII”
Flint and Miranda come to grips with their past;
Bonny makes clear her intentions to Rackham; Vane
collects a huge prize; and Eleanor issues a declaration
of war.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 10
“XVIII”
In the Season 2 finale, Flint acquires an unlikely
ally; Vane's crew seeks a sea change; and Silver makes
a sacrifice.
The Verdict
Black Sails' second season was wild and wicked.
Great action (from Flint and Silver trying to take the
warship to Flint and Vane escaping Charlestown) was
blended with an awesome and illuminating backstory
that worked to open up the entire series. Some of the
New Providence stuff got bogged down in shifting
partnerships and betrayals, but the Anne/Jack/Max
story worked well. As did Jack's first attempt at being
a "strong" Captain.
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Treasure in the Moonlight
by Brian Hill and Dee Power • 2015 • 321 Pages
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No doubt that was the goal of the
story but to get there takes an awful
lot of over-used and under-needed
nautical terms.
The story pits a financiallystrapped woman named Jill against
“tropical treasure hunters” and “violent criminals” in order to uncover
the secrets of a lost family treasure.
What’s sad is that the book made
for a good idea, combining pirate
lore with modern treasure hunting,
why self-published or vanity publialthough anyone who knows much
cation houses exist. A mainstream
about pirates, also knows that pipublisher wouldn’t touch this kind
rates rarely, if ever, buried their
of unprofessional writing.
treasure. . . they’d rather spend it as
Particularly fond of the run-on
soon as they got ashore.
sentence while adding too many deBetween the nautical nonsense
tails to each, the book was tough to
and the pirate “name dropping”
follow from the first page.
there isn’t much of a story at all.
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The Bermuda Triangle, situated between
Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico has long been
known as a region where many ships and planes
have vanished. One of the eeriest disappearances was of Flight 19, a training mission involving five torpedo bombers. The planes left Fort
Lauderdale on Dec. 5, 1945, on routine training
and never came back. To make it creepier, the
search plane dispatched also vanished.
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the
Devil's Triangle, is a region of the northwestern
Atlantic Ocean in which a number of aircraft
and surface vessels have disappeared. Some people have claimed that these disappearances fall
beyond the boundaries of human error or acts
of nature. Some of these disappearances have
been attributed to the paranormal, a suspension
of the laws of physics, or activity by extraterrestrial beings by popular culture.
History
Though a substantial documentation exists
showing numerous incidents to have been inaccurately reported or embellished by later authors, and numerous official agencies have gone
on record as
stating
the
number and
nature of disappearances
to be similar
to any other
area of ocean,
many have remained unexp l a i n e d
despite considerable investigation.
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sources. Columbus described the light as "a
small wax candle that rose and lifted up, which
to few seemed to be an indication of land". He
received the royal reward for the sighting. His
son Ferdinand also characterized it as a candle,
that went up and down.
Compass problems are one of the cited
phrases in many Triangle incidents. Some have
theorized the possibility of unusual local magnetic anomalies in the area, however these have
not been shown to exist. It should also be remembered that compasses have natural magnetic variations in relation to the Magnetic poles.
For example, in the United States the only
places where magnetic (compass) north and geographic (true) north are exactly the same are on
a line running from Wisconsin to the Gulf of
Mexico. Navigators have known this for centuries. But the public may not be as informed
and think there is something mysterious about
the compass "changing" across an area as large
as the Triangle, which it naturally will.
Located on the 80th degree longitude, the
Bermuda Triangle is one of the two areas on
Earth where a compass will point at true north
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things and missing ships.
The 1492 light sighting was a sighting of unknown light during the first voyage of Christopher Columbus on October 11, 1492, by some
crew members of Santa Maria, Pinta and possibly Nina shortly before the landing on Guanahani. The light was reported in Columbus'
journal, Ferdinand Columbus' Vita del Ammiraglio (The Life of the Admiral), the proceedings
of the Pleitos Colombinos (the long lawsuit involving the heirs of Columbus) and some other
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rather than magnetic north. This compass variation can be as much as 20 degrees, enough to
throw one catastrophically off course. The other
is the Devil's Sea.
The boundaries of the Triangle vary with the
author; some stating its shape is akin to a trapezoid covering the Straits of Florida, the Bahamas, and the entire Caribbean island area
east to the Azores; others add to it the Gulf of
Mexico. The more familiar, triangular boundary
in most written works has as its points somewhere on the Atlantic coast of Florida; San Juan,
Puerto Rico; and the mid-Atlantic island of
Bermuda, with most of the accidents concentrated along the southern boundary around the
Bahamas and the Florida Straits.
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shipping lanes in the world, with ships crossing
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the Caribbean, and South America from points
north.
The Gulf Stream ocean current flows through
the Triangle after leaving the Gulf of Mexico; its
current of five to six knots may have played a
part in a number of disappearances. Sudden
storms can and do appear, and in the summer to
late fall hurricanes strike the area. The combination of heavy maritime traffic and tempestuous weather makes it inevitable that vessels
could founder in storms and be lost without a
trace - especially before improved telecommunications, radar, and satellite technology arrived
late in the 20th century.
Theories
There are several theories for what happens
to crafts travelling through the Bermuda Triangle and it could very well be one or all of these
causes. The natural causes have been rumored
to be methane traps, hurricanes, freak waves,
glowing water, electronic fog or even the Gulf
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Human involvement can also be the reason so
many have disappeared in the triangle.
This can fall into two categories: acts of war,
and acts of piracy. Records in enemy files have
been checked for numerous losses; while many
sinkings have been attributed to surface raiders
or submarines during the World Wars and documented in the various command log books, many
others which have been suspected as falling in that
category have not been proven; it is suspected that
the loss of USS Cyclops in 1918, as well as her sister ships Proteus and Nereus in World War II, were
attributed to submarines, but no such link has
been found in the German records.
Pyracy, as defined by the taking of a ship or
small boat on the high seas, is an act which con-
vanished, with the exception of the captain, who
was found sitting in his cabin at his desk, clutching a coffee cup (Limbo of the Lost by John Wallace Spencer, 1973 edition).
The NOVA / Horizon episode The Case of the
Bermuda Triangle (June 27, 2006) was highly
critical stating that "When we've gone back to
the original sources or the people involved the
mystery evaporates. Science does not have to answer questions about the Triangle because those
questions are not valid in the first place. ... Ships
and planes behave in the Triangle the same way
they behave everywhere else in the world"
Skeptical researchers, such as Ernest Taves
and Barry Singer, have noted how mysteries and
the paranormal are very popular and profitable.
This has led to the production of vast amounts
of material on topics such as the Bermuda TriDIE They were able to show that some of the
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tinues to this day. While piracy for cargo theft is
more common in the western Pacific and Indian
oceans, drug smugglers do steal pleasure boats
for smuggling operations, and may have been involved in crew and yacht disappearances in the
Caribbean. Historically famous pirates of the
Caribbean include Blackbeard and Jean Lafitte.
Lafitte is sometimes said to be a Triangle victim himself.
It is well known that pyracy occurs in all seas,
around the globe. The US Department of State
cautions against the possibility of encountering,
“vessels ... engaged in illicit activities … near the
Bahamas.”
While historical pyrates like Blackbeard or
the fictional Captain Jack Sparrow of "Pirates of
the Caribbean" may not be likely candidates for
disappearances, modern pirates might be.
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If you have aspirations to be a pyrate, wouldn’t you choose a place where people will cast the
blame for normally suspicious acts on methane,
UFOs and magnetic anomalies? The Bermuda
Triangle is a rogue’s paradise.
Even the new Pirates of the Caribbean V will
involve a scene or two in the Bermuda Triangle,
including an unconventional wedding.
In the animated movie “Scooby-Doo! Pirates
Ahoy!” It features the Mystery, Inc. gang travelling to the Bermuda Triangle on a creepy eerie
cruise, with ghosts, pyrates, and monsters.
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Triangle writers have used a number of supernatural theories to explain the events. One
explanation pins the blame on leftover technology from the lost continent of Atlantis. Sometimes connected to the Atlantis story is the
submerged rock formation known as the Bimini
Road off the island of Bimini in the Bahamas,
which is in the Triangle by some definitions. Followers of the purported psychic Edgar Cayce take
his prediction that evidence of Atlantis would be
found in 1968 or '69 as referring to the discovery
of the Bimini Road. Believers describe the formation as a road, wall, or other structure, though geologists consider it to be of natural origin.
Other writers attribute the events to UFOs.
This idea was used by Steven Spielberg for his
film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which
features the lost Flight 19 as alien abductees.
Charles Berlitz, grandson of a distinguished
linguist and author of various additional books
on anomalous phenomena, has kept in line with
this extraordinary explanation, and attributed
the losses in the Triangle to anomalous or unexplained forces.
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charge unusual rates for passage through the region. United States Coast Guard records confirm
their conclusion. In fact, the number of supposed disappearances is relatively insignificant
considering the number of ships and aircraft
which pass through on a regular basis.
The United States Coast Guard is also officially skeptical of the Triangle, noting that they
collect and publish, through their inquiries,
much documentation contradicting many of the
incidents written about by the Triangle authors.
In one such incident involving the 1972 explosion
and sinking of the tanker V.A. Fogg in the Gulf
of Mexico, the Coast Guard photographed the
wreck and recovered several bodies despite one
Triangle author stating that all the bodies had
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cetera. which support the Triangle mystery and
against well-researched material if it espouses
a skeptical viewpoint.
Finally, if the Triangle is assumed to cross
land, such as parts of Puerto Rico, the Bahamas,
or Bermuda itself, there is no evidence for the
disappearance of any land-based vehicles or
persons. Located inside the Triangle, Freeport
operates a major shipyard, an airport which
yearly handles 50,000 flights and is visited by
over a million tourists annually.
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DiResta: Pirate Chest
Make:
DIY Pirate Tricorn Hat
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love recreating looks from movies and pirate makeup
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PotC Makeup, Hair and Costume!
amorerain28
This video will give you an idea on how to make
your own leather pirate boots.You are going to
have a lot of fun with this project.
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Tiger Lee
This be the 15th video in a "How to Dress Like a
Pirate" series by Tiger Lee of Pirate Fashions. We
be showing off the new Lady Pirate Blouse
Po tC : Sword Tutorial
Indy Mogu
Polymer Clay PotC Tutorial - Aztec coin
SugarCharmShop
Just in time for Captain Jack Sparrow's return to
the big screen, Zack shows you how to make a
foam pirate sword that can be used for both sword
fights and stunts!
Hello guy! is it Sunday yet? let's pretend it is! :)
I've been asked a couple of times to do a tutorial
for the pirate medallion. This is one of those pieces
where it's a bunch of repeats - once you've finished
one small square/area, you have to do the same to
the next,. and the next one.
Indy Mogul's Backyard FX features cheap, DIY
filmmaking tips and tutorials including special effects, props, and camera equipment. 'Build'
episodes on Mondays and 'Original Short' test
films on Tuesdays featuring the build.
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ulp fiction magazines or simply just
“pulps” were the second-most-widely
read over-the-counter material purchased in the first half of the 20th century. Only the daily newspaper outsold
the pulp of the day.
Precursors of modern comic
book, the pulps were filled with action
heroes and over-the-top villains, featuring beautiful,
scantily-clad women in need of rescuing. Many of these
pulp magazines saw their roots in the “penny dreadfuls”
that were later condensed into what is now referred to as
“dime store novels.” However, it is the 10” x 7” pulp
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magazine that we want to focus on here . . . especially
those that include the mysterious and deadly buccaneers.
. . the pyrates!
The pyrates who haunted the pages of such pulp publications as Fury, Argosy, or Adventure were printed weekly
with full color covers and large-sized text which accomplished two goals. One, it made for easy reading and two,
a short story would take twice as much space to print. . .
thus less stories and less authors and illustrators the for
publisher to pay.
Al though the illustrations were often just black and
white line work (such as one would expect to find in a children’s book of the day), the talent exhibited in the art was
museum-worthy. Many a master artist got their start creating line work for the pulps such as Howard Pyle, N.C.
Wyeth, and even Norman Rockwell.
The first of the pulp magazines was Argosy that was
published first in 1896. The illustration-free magazine
was 196 pages, printed on rag or pulp (thus the name of
the magazine type) stock, the cheapest paper for lithographers of the day.
Steam-powered printing presses had become the rage
in publishing houses at the turn of the century and they
continued to advance in technology allowing small publishers to spring up with their own pulps. The new pulp
magazine industry went from thousands of copies produced by only a few publisher to millions of copies produced by 50-or-so publishers (in the United States, alone).
The steam-powered printing press had been in wide-
heavily illustrated.”
With such worldwide appeal, it was not just the illustrators who were making a name for themselves, now-famous names in literature got their own starts during the
pulp magazine era. Careers were begun for
writers like Raymond Chandler, Robert A.
Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, H.P. Lovecraft, and
Robert E. Howard. It was a proving ground
for publishers and a place for print innovation
as well.
By the late 1930s or early 1940s, printing presses had increased substantially in efficiency: a model by Platen Printing Press
was capable of performing 2,500 to 3,000
impressions per hour.
The Pyrates.
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knew much about pyrates, (i.e.
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was expand upon this notion, usually without any regard
to actual history of pyracy. The stories just had to be fantastic, spell-binding, dangerous and of course, sexy.
For the pulp reader, there were two types of pyrate.
One was the typical historic pirate from the Golden Age
of Pirates and the other would be the-then modern pyrate
that would attack yachts and merchants ships.
There were variations on the pyrate them such as
vikings, oriental pirates, arabian pirates, and even popular
pirates from the planet Venus (via the pen of Edgar Rice
Burroughs).
A pulp pirate writer would naturally
have a dog-eared copy of Charles Johnson’s (William DeFoe) A General History of
the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious
Pyrates, first written in 1724. The other pirate “bible” would be Robert Louis
Stevenson’s 1883 work, Treasure Island.
The “traditional” pyrates would all appear similar in the pulps. they’re always vicious and greedy villains who don’t let a
rape or a murder get in the way of a good
time, especially with a bottle of rum on the
table. They’re literally always in shabby
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They always have a cutlass and a flintlock pistol and
are covered in scars, missing teeth and have one of three
maladies, a hook instead of a hand, a pegleg instead of a
leg or an eyepatch covering a missing eye.
A lot of these blokes have parrots, monkeys, filthy
dogs, or sometimes a goat. . . the good luck piece of any
nautical scallywag.
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spread use for some time, enabling the boom in dime novels; prior to Munsey, however, no one had combined
cheap printing, cheap paper and cheap authors in a package that provided affordable entertainment to young
working-class people. In six years Argosy
went from a few thousand copies per
month to over half a million.
Pulp magazines reached their peak in
about 1938 and several of the publishers
were pumping out a million copies per
week, covering different genres such as
horror, romance, adventure, science fiction, crime and mystery. Of course, each
genre had it’s own formula for stories but
they all had to contain a sprinkling of sex,
as the target reader was a red-blooded
American male!
According to the all-knowing
wikipedia, “Although pulp magazines were
primarily an American phenomenon,
there were also a number of British pulp
magazines published between the Edwardian era and
World War II. Notable UK pulps included Pall Mall Magazine, The Novel Magazine, Cassell's Magazine, The Story-Teller,
The Sovereign Magazine, Hutchinson's Adventure-Story and
Hutchinson's Mystery-Story. The German fantasy magazine
Der Orchideengarten had a similar format to American pulp
magazines, in that it was printed on rough pulp paper and
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According to that incredible source, Wikipedia,
“Stereotypical pirate accents are modeled on those of
Cornwall, South Devon or the Bristol Channel area in
South West England, though they can also be based on
Elizabethan era English or other parts of
the world.”
Their literary conversations in the pulps
would be full of “mates” instead of friends,
“wenches” instead of women, and “doubloons” instead of money.
What you won’t find in these early stories is the use of “Arrrrr” or any form of it.
The pyrate story is often set up in the
following order or formula:
1) innocent people are on holiday
2) pirates attack
3) hot female is kidnapped
4) male hero walks the plank
5) pirates head to shore for party/to
bury treasure
6) male hero somehow not only survives but alerts the local branch of the Royal Navy
7) first shore, then ship battle between pirates and
naval forces
8) male hero gets hot female
9) The End.
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Just as the popularity of pyrates in the pulp industry
had peaked in 1938, within three years the publishers
would suffer, if not completely go bankrupt.
The Second World War’s ongoing
paper shortages had a serious impact on
pulp production, starting a steady rise in
costs and the decline of the pulps.
As early as 1941, pulp magazines had
begun to switch to a digest size; smaller,
thicker magazines and the disposable rise
of the “paperback” had begun. Even those
were quickly reclaimed after being read in
order to assist in the American war effort.
These digests were sometimes a compellation of reprints and some were new, but
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had more money in their pocket and didn’t
have to buy those cheap pulps anymore
and the slick-covered magazine began to be the literature
of choice for the affluent.
By 1957, many of the top pulp publishers cancelled
some of the most popular of titles such
as The Shadow, Doc Savage, Ellery
Queen, The Green Hornet and even
Weird Tales.
Writers and illustrators had also
moved on to support themselves with
the writing of radio and movie scripts.
Some even saw value in the playwriting
for a new invention, television. Others
switched to novels and serial anthologies
of their works. As always, one must find
new avenues to satisfy creativity.
Comic books had also grown from
the pulp and true, there are many innovations which occurred in the pulps that
are now attributed to the comic book.
Even so, with the slow collapse of
the news stand industry and the advantage of home delivery by an ever-growing postal service, pulps were no longer of any value.
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ship's articles or shipping articles
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1. (Nautical Terms) a type of contract by which
sailors agree to the conditions, payment, etc, for the
ship in which they are going to work.
Pyrate articles varied from one captain to another, and sometimes even from
one voyage to another, but they were generally alike.
Each crew member was asked to sign or
make his mark on the articles, then swear an oath
of allegiance or honor.
The oath was sometimes taken on a Bible, but
John Phillips' men, lacking a Bible, swore on an axe.
Legend suggests that other pyrates swore on crossed
pistols, swords, or on a human skull, or astride a cannon.
This act formally inducted the signer into the
pyrate crew, generally entitling him to vote for officers
and on other "affairs of moment," to bear arms, and
to his share of the plunder. The articles having been
The pyrate articles or articles of agreement, referred to by Hollywood pirates as “The Pirate Code,”
were a code of conduct for governing pirates. A
group of sailors, on turning pyrate, would draw up
their own code or articles, which provided rules for
discipline, division of stolen goods, and compensation
for injured pyrates.
Buccaneers began operating under a set of rules
variously called the Chasse-Partie, Charter Party,
Custom of the Coast, or Jamaica Discipline.
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V. That Man that shall strike another whilst these Articles are in force, shall receive Moses’ Law (that is, 40
Stripes lacking one) on the bare Back.
IV. The lights and candles to be put out at eight o'clock at night: if any of the crew, after that hour still remained inclined for drinking, they were to do it on the
open deck.
VI. That Man that shall snap his Arms, or smoke Tobacco in the Hold, without a Cap to his Pipe, or carry a
Candle lighted without a Lanthorn, shall suffer the same
Punishment as in the former Article.
V. To keep their piece, pistols, and cutlass clean and
fit for service.
VI. No boy or woman to be allowed amongst them. If
any man were to be found seducing any of the latter sex,
and carried her to sea, disguised, he was to suffer death.
IX. He that shall be guilty of Drunkenness in time
of Engagement shall suffer what Punishment the Captain
and Majority of the Company shall think fit.
X. No snapping of Guns in the Hold.
John Gow’s articles
I. That every man shall obey his commander in all respects, as if the ship was his own, and as if he received
monthly wages.
II. That no man shall give, or dispose of, the ship's
provisions; but every one shall have an equal share.
VII. That Man shall not keep his Arms clean, fit for
an Engagement, or neglect his Business, shall be cut off
from his Share, and suffer such other Punishment as the
Captain and the Company shall think fit.
III. That no man shall open, or declare to any person
or persons, who they are, or what designs they are upon;
and any persons so offending shall be punished with immediate death.
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with what assistance he thinks proper, and turns the disputant back to back, at so many paces distance; at the
word of command, they turn and fire immediately, (or
else the piece is knocked out of their hands). If both miss,
they come to their cutlasses, and then he is declared the
victor who draws the first blood.)
VIII. If any Man shall lose a Joint in time of an EnDIE shall have 400 Pieces of Eight ; if a Limb, 800.
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IV. That no man shall go on shore till the ship is off
the ground, and in readiness to put to sea.
IX. No man to talk of breaking up their way of living, till each had shared one thousand pounds. If in order
to this, any man should lose a limb, or become a cripple
in their service, he was to have eight hundred dollars, out
of the public stock, and for lesser hurts, proportionately.
II. He that shall be found guilty of taking up any Unlawful Weapon on Board the Privateer or any other prize
by us taken, so as to Strike or Abuse one another in any
regard, shall suffer what Punishment the Captain and the
Majority of the Company shall see fit.
XI. The musicians to have rest on the Sabbath Day,
but the other six days and nights, none without special
favour.
IV. If any Gold, Jewels, Silver, &c. be found on Board
of any Prize or Prizes to the value of a Piece of Eight, &
the finder do not deliver it to the Quarter Master in the
space of 24 hours he shall suffer what Punishment the
Captain and the Majority of the Company shall think fit.
Edward Low and George Lowther’s articles
I. The Captain is to have two full Shares; the Quartermaster is to have one Share and one Half; The Doctor,
Mate, Gunner and Boatswain, one Share and one Quarter.
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board of prizes because, (over and above their proper
share) they were on these occasions allowed a shift of
clothes: but if they defrauded the company to the value
of a dollar in plate, jewels, or money, marooning was their
punishment. If the robbery was only betwixt one another,
they contented themselves with slitting the ears and nose
III. No person to game at cards or dice for money.
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I. Every man has a vote in affairs of moment; has
equal title to the fresh provisions, or strong liquors, at any
time seized, and may use them at pleasure, unless a
scarcity (not an uncommon thing among them) makes it
necessary, for the good of all, to vote a retrenchment.
IV. If any time we shall meet another Marooner that
Man shall sign his Articles without the Consent of our
Company, shall suffer such Punishment as the Captain
and Company shall think fit.
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Several complete or nearly complete sets of piratical
articles have survived, chiefly from the fictional accounts
written by Captain Charles Johnson (Daniel DeFoe) in his
A General History of the Pyrates, first published in 1724.
A partial code from Henry Morgan is preserved in
Alexandre Exquemelin's 1678 book The Buccaneers of
America. Many other pyrates are known to have had articles. Few pyrate articles have survived, because pirates on
the verge of capture or surrender usually burned their articles or threw them overboard, to prevent the papers
being used against them at trial.
of him that was guilty, and set him on shore, not in an
uninhabited place, but somewhere, where he was sure to
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signed, they were then posted in a prominent place, often
the door of the grand cabin.
After a pyratical cruise began, new recruits from captured ships would sometimes sign the articles, in some
cases voluntarily, in other cases under threat of torture or
death. Valuable sea artisans, such as carpenters and navigators, were especially likely to be forced to sign articles
under duress, and would rarely be released regardless of
their decision to sign or not.
Some willing recruits would ask the pyrates to pretend
to force them to sign, so that they could plead they were
forced should they ever be captured by the law. Generally,
men who had not signed the articles had a much better
chance of acquittal at trial if captured by the law.
Pyrate articles are closely related to, and in some cases
derived from, privateering articles, which similarly provided for discipline and regulated distribution of booty
(though usually far less equality than with pyrate articles).
By the 19th century, ordinary merchant ships also had
articles specifying wages and rules, which crewmen had
to sign upon shipping aboard. Merchant articles and privateering articles can be traced back to Europe in the
Middle Ages when there was a system of 'joint hands'
agreements between merchants, owners and seamen to
share profits.
Captain John Phillips's articles
I. Every Man Shall obey civil Command; the Captain shall have one full Share and a half of all Prizes; the
Master, Carpenter, Boatswain and Gunner shall have one
Share and quarter.
V. He that is found Guilty of Gaming, or Defrauding
one another to the value of a Royal of Plate, shall suffer
what Punishment the Captain and the Majority of the
Company shall think fit.
II. If any Man shall offer to run away, or keep any
Secret from the Company, he shall be marooned with one
Bottle of Powder, one Bottle of Water, one small Arm,
and Shot.
VI. He that shall have the Misfortune to lose a Limb
in time of Engagement, shall have the Sum of Six hundred pieces of Eight, and remain aboard as long as he
shall think fit.
III. If any Man shall steal any Thing in the Company, or game, to the Value of a Piece of Eight, he shall
be marooned or shot.
VII. Good Quarters to be given when Craved.
VIII. He that sees a Sail first, shall have the best Pistol
or Small Arm aboard of her.
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V. That every man shall keep his watch night and day;
and at the hour of eight in the evening every one shall retire from gaming and drinking, in order to attend his respective station.
VI. Every person who shall offend against any of
these articles shall be punished with death, or in such
other manner as the ship's company shall think proper.
Henry Morgan’s articles
I. The fund of all payments under the articles is the
stock of what is gotten by the expedition, following the
same law as other pirates, that is, No prey, no pay.
II. Compensation is provided the Captain for the use
of his ship, and the salary of the carpenter, or shipwright,
who mended, careened, and rigged the vessel (the latter
usually about 150 pieces of eight). A sum for provisions
and victuals is specified, usually 200 pieces of eight. A
salary and compensation is specified for the surgeon and
his medicine chest, usually 250 pieces of eight.
III. A standard compensation is provided for maimed
and mutilated buccaneers. "Thus they order for the loss of
a right arm six hundred pieces of eight, or six slaves; for the
loss of a left arm five hundred pieces of eight, or five slaves;
for a right leg five hundred pieces of eight, or five slaves; for
the left leg four hundred pieces of eight, or four slaves; for
an eye one hundred pieces of eight, or one slave; for a finger
of the hand the same reward as for the eye.
IV. Shares of booty are provided as follows: "the
Captain, or chief Commander, is allotted five or six portions to what the ordinary seamen have ; the Master's
Mate only two ; and Officers proportionate to their employment. After whom they draw equal parts from the
highest even to the lowest mariner, the boys not being
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Liquors on board, during the
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as the Captain and Officers shall
direct. And if any of the Company be found pilfering or stealing any Money or Goods of
what kind soever, belonging to the said Privateer or Company, he or they shall forfeit his or their Share or Shares
of the Prize-Money or Effects then and afterwards taken
by the said Brigantine, during the whole Cruize, to the
Owner and Company.
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Plunder, shall be brought to publick Sale, and be delivered
to the highest Bidder, for which their Shares shall be accountable, excepting the Captain's Perquisites, which are
such as did belong to the Captains of Prizes, and such
Clothing as the Captain shall think proper to allow the
Prisoners.
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II. That the Captain shall have and receive, for himself, Six Full Shares, and shall be granted all Privileges
and Freedoms which have been granted any Captains of
Privateers: That the Lieutenants and Master, shall each
of them have Three Full Shares, That the Captain's
Clerk, Mates, Steward, Prize-Master, Gunner, Boatswain,
Carpenter, and Cooper, shall each of them have and receive Two Full Shares. That the Gunner's Mate,
Boatswain's Mate, Doctor's Mate, Carpenter's Mate, and
Cooper's Mate, shall each of them have and receive One
Share and a Half.
VI. That as to the Proceedings of the Vessel, and undertaking any Enterprize at Sea, or
on Shore, and into what Port
any Prize shall be Carried that
shall be taken during the
Cruize, shall be left entirely to
the Captain's Election.
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I. That the said Dennis McGillycuddy, for himself,
and in Behalf of the Owners of the Privateer, shall put
on board the said Brigantine a sufficient Number of
Great Guns, Small Arms, Powder, Shot, and all other necessary warlike Stores and Ammunition; as also, suitable
Provisions sufficient for the said Brigantine, during the
whole Cruize; which Cruize is to be understood to be
from the time of the said Brigantine's sailing from the Port
of New York, until the Time of her returning thither
again, for which there shall be no Deduction made out
of the said Company's Shares: And in Consideration
thereof, the Owner of the said Brigantine or his substitutes, shall have and receive One Half of all Prizes,
Goods, Wares, Merchandizes, Monies, Effects, etc. that
shall be taken during this Cruize; the other Half shall be
divided, and paid to the said Brigantine's Company, by
the Captain aforesaid, according to the Rules hereafter
stated.
V. That all the rest of the said Brigantine's Company,
such as shall be deemed able and sufficient Seamen, shall
each of them have and receive One Full Share, out of the
Effects, Plunder and Prizes, that shall or may be taken by
the said Brigantine during the Cruize, Provided, They are
not found guilty of the Faults or
Crimes hereafter named.
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VIII. That if any person belonging to the said Brigantine, be killed in an Engagement, or die on board, his
Share or Shares, of all Prizes taken in his Life-Time, shall
be paid to his Executors, if so appointed by Will; but if
no Will be made, then his Part of what was got as aforesaid shall go to his Widow, or Heirs at Law, if claim'd in
Twelve Months, from the Time of said Brigantine's Arrival into her commission'd Port; and on Failure thereof,
said Share or Shares shall be and belong to the general
Interest of the Whole.
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Privateer’s articles
The articles which ruled a privateer varied only a little
from those of the pyrate. The privateer’s articles, of
course, were backed by a monarch or country and were
therefore considered “legal.”
The following Ship’s Articles were set for the privateer, Mars.
of War, before Orders be given, by the proper Officers,
he or they shall be punished; but if any of the said Company do refuse to make an Attack on the Enemy, either
at Sea or Land, at the Command and in the Manner ordered by the Captain and proper Officers, or do behave
with Cowardice in any Engagement, he or them shall forfeit his or their Share or Shares for such Refusal or Cowardice; and if any of the Company get drunk, or use
blasphemous and prophane Words, they shall be punished as the Captain and Officers shall direct: And likewise if any of the Company do desert the said Schooner
before her Return to New-York, he or they shall forfeit
their whole Shares to the Owner and Company, first paying such Brigantine's Debts as are contracted by the Captain's Knowledge.
IV. That if any Person spies a Sail, and she proves to
be a Prize worth One Hundred Pieces of Eight a Share,
he shall receive Forty Pieces of Eight at Six Shillings. And
the first Man who enters on boarding a Prize in an engeagement, and strikes her Colours, shall receive Half a
Share for his Bravery.
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every one to usurp anything, in particular to themselves.
. . . Yea, they make a solemn oath to each other not to abscond, or conceal the least thing they find amongst the
prey. If afterwards any one is found unfaithful, who has
contravened the said oath, immediately he is separated
and turned out of the society."
and receive the Sum of Pounds, if well furnished. Also
the doctor shall have and receive for himself Three Full
Shares, as also all Medicines and Instruments belonging
to any Doctor that shall be taken.
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omitted. For even these draw half a share, by reason that,
when they happen to take a better vessel than their own,
it is the duty of the boys to set fire to the ship or boat
wherein they are, and then retire to the prize which they
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XI. That if any of the Company in an Engagement
with the Enemy, or in the true Service of the Cruize, shall
lose a Leg or an Arm, or be so disabled as to be deprived
of the Use of either; every such Person shall be allowed
out of the effects or Prize first taken, (before any Division
be made) the Sum of Six Hundred Pieces of Eight, at Six
Shillings; or the Value thereof in Goods, at the Price according to public Sale: But if there be not so much taken
at that Time, the vessel and the Company shall keep out
till they have enough for that Purpose; Provided no extraordinary Accident happens.
XII. That the Division of any Money or Effects taken
this Cruize, Dead Shares shall be deducted out of the
Whole, which shall be divided by the amongst the most
Deserving and them that does most for the benefit of the
Cruize.
IX. That if any of the Company do disannul any of
the Officers Commands for the Good of the Cruize, or
the general Interest, he or they shall be fined and punished as the Captain and Officers shall direct. And if any
of the Company do Assault, Strike, or Insult any Male
Prisoner, or behave rudely or indecently to any Female
Prisoner, he or they shall be punished as the Captain and
Officers shall direct. And if any of the Company begin
an Attack, either by firing a Gun, or using any Instrument
XIII. That any Prize or Prizes that shall be taken during the Cruize, shall be with all Speed sent into the Port
of New-York, in order that the same may be libelled
against in the Court of Admiralty for Condemnation, and
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to no other Place whatsoever, except said Prize shall be
so disabled that she could not proceed to said Port: And
any Person or Persons which shall be aiding or assisting,
or shall give his or their Consent for sending any Prize or
Prizes, into any other Port but the Harbour of New-York
aforesaid, shall forfeit his or their Share to the Owner and
Company; and that no Division shall be made till they return to the Port of New-York.
XIV. That in Case any neutral Property, or any Property whatever, be taken and sent into Port, and after Condemnation be had, an Appeal should be entered by the
Claimants, then, and in such Case, it shall be Lawful with
the full Consent of the Captain and Company of the said
Privateer, for the Owner, or his Attorney, to compromise,
compound, and settle, by giving up any Sum or Part of
he Prize, as shall seem most advisable to him for the general Interest, that the Captain and Company may receive
each and every one of them their just and lawful Right
and Prize-Money, and not be kept out of their Money
until the Appeal may be determined in England; and in
Case no such Compromisation can be made, then a certain Sum, shall be lodged out of the Prizes before taken,
to prosecute the said Appeal: And it shall likewise be lawful for the Owner or Agent of the said Privateer to discharge any Capture that may be made during his said
Cruize, without the formality of a Prosecution, in order
that all unnecessary Charges may as much as possible be
avoided.
XV. That it shall not be lawful for the said Officers
and Company, or either of them, to demand or sue for
the Prize-Money so to become due to them, or any Part
thereof, until fourteen Days after the Sale of such Prize
or Prizes, the settlement of the Accounts relating to the
said Cruize, and the actual Receipt of the Money by the
Agent appointed to manage the Affairs of the said Cruize.
XVI. That if it should happen, that the said Briganteen, by Means of any Fight, Attack, or Engagement, be
lost, sunk or disabled, so as she may be thereby rendered
unfit for any further Service as a private Vessel of War to
cruize; that then, and in such Case, the Owner of said
Brigantine, shall be entitled to take to himself, and for his
own sole Use and Property, any Ship or Vessel taken during the Cruize, with her Guns, Tackle, Furniture, Ammunition, and Apparel, not exceeding the Value of the
Brigantine at the Time of her Sailing; which Ship or Vessel so taken shall be to the Owner in Lieu of the said Brigantine.
XVII. That in Case of the Death of the Commander, the next in Place shall strictly observe and comply with the Rules, Orders, Restrictions and Agreements,
between the owner of the said Brigantine and the said
Commander.
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As always, there are many, many folks to
thank for each issue of The Pyrates Way and
Number 29 is no exception. First and foremost, we couldn’t do this without you, the
gentle reader. Thank you so much for keeping us going for these last 10 years.
Both the front and back covers were shot
by our own Steve “Commodore Black Fox” Kimball. Thank you to the beautiful Kyra Kimball
for allowing us to capture her soul and place
it on the cover and thanks to Cynthia “Noir
Cyn” Kimball for assisting in makeup and dress.
Thank you to the organizers of both the
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To those clever pirates at Starz, thank you
for giving us the information about the second season of Black Sails.
There are lots of online pirate DIY people
to thank for their thoughtfulness to help others with their piraticalness.
Our very hot Wenches of the Quarter always make for a wonderful segment including
Regina, Grace, Therasa, Tracy, and Candace
whose photographers remain anonymous and
Azula, whose image was captured by the always-crafty Sam Moody.
Finally, a thank you to Seacrets Spirits for
allowing The Pyrates Way to sample their fine
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Every year The Pyrates Way packs our cameras and a hot, saucy wench or two and visit the
Marcus Hook Pirate Festival in Marcus Hook,
PA. . . about 15 minutes from our headquarters
in Bear, DE.
The 7th Annual Pirate Festival was held on
Saturday, September 19, 2015 from 11am to
6pm.
This festival included a full pirate encampment with period tents, demonstrations and
showcased their wares, firearms, cannons and
beer making.
In the Park area they had games, food, live
pirate music (featuring The Brigands and the
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called New Sweden. A map dated 1676 even
refers to the strip of land lying between
Tinicum Island and Fort Cristina as “Laplandt.” By the early 18th century, the area was
under British rule and Marcus Hook was a
bustling community and market town, a public
market there having been chartered by William
Penn in 1701. By 1708, Marcus Hook rivaled the
neighboring settlement of Chester in size, both
places being described in period documents as
having nearly 100 houses.
By the middle of the 18th century, Marcus
Hook had become a major regional center for
the building of wooden sailing ships, and re-
Pirates For Sail Choir), face painting, pony
rides, petting zoo, crafters, beer garden and
much, much more, including Minnow, the Mermaid.
Catey Hill from WJBR 99.5 hosted the event
from 12 to 4pm. All funds raised during the
event went towards the ongoing restoration
project of the historic Plank House, aka Blackbeard's Mistress's House.
HISTORY.
The town of Marcus Hook was occupied by
Dutch, Swedish and Finnish settlers as early as
the 1640’s, when it was part of what was then
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mained so until the late 19th century when demand for larger-tonnage vessels began to outpace that of the smaller sloops and schooners
built at Hook. In fact, the only iron-hulled
American merchant schooner still sailing, the
Pioneer, was built in Marcus Hook in 1885.
The Marcus Hook Preservation Society are
the owners and caretakers of this one of a kind,
hand-sawn plank log house. It is not only our
mission, but our desire to restore this house to
museum quality.
www.marcushookps.org
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“We are always looking for ways to improve
the brand. The brand is not just the bar, restaurant and nite club. The brand is part of the
products that we sell, so we wanted to have our
own beer as the first step in that direction,”
O.C. Seacrets, Inc. Vice President Gary Figgs
said.
Seacrets Tropicale went on tap at the bar
and grill last summer to test the product. It is a
crisp and refreshing wheat ale brewed with hibiscus flowers and clover honey. Hibiscus flowers give a slightly pink hue to the refreshing but
subtly complex ale.
“It did so well here we wanted to expand it,”
Figgs said. “Currently, we have about 250 accounts between Maryland and Delaware for
both bottles and draft that launched this past
April, so it’s only been a couple months since it’s
been out there but it has been well received in
the marketplace.”
Once Tropicale was on the streets, O.C.
Seacrets Inc. was ready to further the brand into
its own line of spirits starting with spiced rum,
which fits in with the establishment’s theme.
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“We are Jamaica USA. We are a big rum
house, and we wanted to find spiced rum with
a certain flavor, so we went out to try to find
someone that would be creative,” Figgs said.
“There are a lot of craft breweries out there but
there are very, very few craft distillers … Like
the beer, we wanted to find someone that would
make a product from scratch. We didn’t want to
put our label on somebody else’s product.”
O.C. Seacrets Inc. reached out to Zack King
of Delaware Distilling Company in Rehoboth
who crafted not only an unique spiced rum but
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along with the craft beer,” Figgs said. “It has been
very well received at Seacrets as we are pouring
it here as well as selling it at bars and restaurants
and package stores in Maryland.”
As of May, Seacrets Spirits hit the bar and
grill as well as is being distributed to about 25 accounts throughout Maryland. According to Figgs,
the plan is to expand into a different state each
month.
“We want to see growth not just in additional
accounts but also in additional states,” he said.
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Seacrets owner Leighton Moore designed
Seacrets Spirits label artwork as he has done with
all of Seacrets’ logos in the past.
“He is very hands on. He wanted to go with a
‘Taste Worth Fighting For’, so it obviously has a
pirate ship on the label for the liquor,” Figgs said.
Besides the Tropicale and spirits, Seacrets also
sells its own brand of Honey Mustard and Jerk
Marinade in about 500 grocery stores across
Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Washington
D.C., and Virginia.
seacretsspirits.com
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Seacrets Handcrafted Vodka is seven times
distilled with a wheat base that is smooth with a
slight sweetness on the back end.
Seacrets Handcrafted gin is also seven times
distilled with a wheat base that is smooth with a
hint of juniper berry, coriander, and fresh tropical
fruit like mango, lime and papaya. This gin is a
citrus style, not a London dry, but the juniper
berry will not overwhelm the palette or take over
the other flavors.
“At Seacrets we have always had a premium
rail, such as Bacardi or Smirnoff or Jose Cuervo,
so we will be adding Seacrets Spirits to the pre-
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also a gin, vodka and white rum.
Seacrets Spiced Rum is a blend of spiced and
barrel aged rums as the base with a taste for hints
of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, clove and ginger.
Fresh Madagascar vanilla beans greatly contribute to the finish while natural sweeteners like
agave nectar and blackstrap molasses are added
for color and flavor.
Seacrets White Rum is full flavored handcrafted and small batch distilled Caribbean pure
sugar cane rum.
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Find out what you missed at the Pyrates4Patriots
Gala as we show you all the drunken revelry, prize
winners, and entertainment that made the event SO
incredible. Don’t worry, we’ll be back in November
2016 with the Second Pyrates4Patriots Gala at a
bigger venue with MORE pirate bands from
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