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Avast me hearties!: May 2014

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Musings on being an 18th century pirate in the modern world. Friday, May 2, 2014. Can three take on overwhelming numbers and win? Is a video where some fencers did just that. Ive done that on a smaller scale so I feel qualified to comment on it. Why did the three masters do so well? They did everything right. The masters also use some defensive tactics. The object is to burst a balloon on each fencers chest. The attackers face the masters, exposing their balloons but the masters often turn away, ...The m...

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Avast me hearties!: Searle's Raid 2013

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Musings on being an 18th century pirate in the modern world. Wednesday, March 6, 2013. The annual reenactment of Searles Raid on St. Augustine was held March 1 and 2. This was the last major pirate (privateer) attack on the city and led to the construction of the still-standing stone fortress. The actual raid was long and bloody, ranging from one end of the town to the other. Dinner was served at a historic bakery on St. George although most people slipped across the street to the Taverna for a drink.

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Avast me hearties!: What to do with the women?

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Musings on being an 18th century pirate in the modern world. Tuesday, December 10, 2013. What to do with the women? A recurring question in pirate reenacting forums is what to do with women. The hard-liners insist that there is no place for women in the ranks. The question the historic accounts of women disguised as men and count the pirates who were openly women as aberrations. The second and third option involve women dressing as men but I am going to split them up as two categories. The first is w...

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Avast me hearties!: Whistling in the Theater

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Musings on being an 18th century pirate in the modern world. Thursday, February 21, 2013. Whistling in the Theater. I just ran into this on. E but it is all over the Internet:. Unlike "the Scottish Play" and other superstitions which involve many theories, the whistling superstition seems to be quite straight forward. Back in the day (waaaaaay back) the stage crews were made up of primarily sailors. Why, you ask? What does this have to do with whistling? It is almost impossible to track down the origins ...

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Avast me hearties!: December 2013

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Musings on being an 18th century pirate in the modern world. Tuesday, December 10, 2013. What to do with the women? A recurring question in pirate reenacting forums is what to do with women. The hard-liners insist that there is no place for women in the ranks. The question the historic accounts of women disguised as men and count the pirates who were openly women as aberrations. The second and third option involve women dressing as men but I am going to split them up as two categories. The first is w...

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Avast me hearties!: July 2012

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Musings on being an 18th century pirate in the modern world. Monday, July 23, 2012. I watched Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - On Stranger Tides again last week. That and some news articles on the popularity of mermaid tails got me to thinking about these creatures. These days we think of mermaids as friendly and human-like. Disneys Little Mermaid acts just like any teen-age girl. Anything that Blackbeard was wary of was dangerous, indeed. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Deliver up your treasure. The story of th...

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Avast me hearties!: Mythbusters and Cannons

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Musings on being an 18th century pirate in the modern world. Monday, November 12, 2012. The November 11, 2012 Mythbusters probably elevated what must have been an obscure myth (I never heard it before) into common knowledge. They have done this before. Their pirates wearing an eyepatch to see in the dark is the most infamous example. They also repeated the idea that you never use the edge of a sword to parry a cut (this rule is pretty much limited to 15th century two-handed swords). Every part of this my...

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Avast me hearties!: May 2013

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Musings on being an 18th century pirate in the modern world. Thursday, May 9, 2013. There was a real Captain Blood. He wasn not a pirate but he did manage to steal the crown jewels of England in 1671. He didnt get far and was apprehended along with the jewels. King Charles II pardoned him and given land in Ireland worth 500 pounds per year. Charles may have been impressed with Bloods daring. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Deliver up your treasure. Captain Scurvy's Pirate Jokes. Mail Call on Pirate Weapons.

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Avast me hearties!: March 2014

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Musings on being an 18th century pirate in the modern world. Friday, March 7, 2014. Tricorns are under attack. Some people who claim to be interested in portraying pirates as accurate as possible say that this style hat should not be used and may not have even been around during the GAoP. On the other end, some pre-1840 events have banned "pirate hats" (tricorns). Someone call Colonial Williamsburg and tell them to stop selling all of those pirate hats. So, what did pirates wear on their heads?

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Avast me hearties!: November 2012

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Musings on being an 18th century pirate in the modern world. Monday, November 12, 2012. The November 11, 2012 Mythbusters probably elevated what must have been an obscure myth (I never heard it before) into common knowledge. They have done this before. Their pirates wearing an eyepatch to see in the dark is the most infamous example. They also repeated the idea that you never use the edge of a sword to parry a cut (this rule is pretty much limited to 15th century two-handed swords). Every part of this my...