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T E E TH RUM DIE BY T H E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R N G ES PYRAT Digitally signed by com.apple.idms.appleid.prd.6d3149786e714c2b4a 55584644506b38366e4a5a49513d3d DN: cn=com.apple.idms.appleid.prd.6d3149786e714c2 b4a55584644506b38366e4a5a49513d3d Date: 2015.10.26 15:21:23 -04'00' TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 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 cane into a juice that gave us two FO R DE The Bermuda Triangle - This mysterious place of lost ships, planes, and people. . . could pyrates be the cause? Enjoy our annual visit to this small but awesome festival in PA just over the DE line. TH E AY W G We Return to Marcus Hook - N Black Sails Season Two Starz brings us a second season of life around Port Royal. Is this series living up to the hype or not? Ship’s Articles Some refer to it as “Keeping to the Code,” a Disney reference. Find out the truth! I LIV with an incredible turn out in the most beautiful of Massachusetts harbors T BLA Ft. Rodman A new pirate festival DIE BY E through history. Before the age of E H comic books was the age of the pulp. T Pirates, Wenches and Treasure made for fascinating stories. RUM H with us as we re-discover the last ship of Blackbeard and its incredible journey Pulp Pyrates - KILL Queen Anne’s Revenge - Come photo by Commodore Black Fox S E PYRAT Seacrets Rum Come The small seaport and resort community of Ocean City, MD finds a brand new spirits distillery putting out some very tasty rum. byproducts, sugar and molasses. The molasses became rum and the rest dried to be sugar. This specific mill can be found in Hernando Park near Tampa, Florida. 1 2 8 15 16 22 26 28 29 40 40 48 Pirate Scratch DVD Review CD Review Pyrates4Patriots Gala Book Review Pyrate Events Calendar DIY Videos Wenches of the Quarter Advertisers Thank You Next Issue HUGE PYRATES WAY NEWS! Angela Hart: I know I could check online, but how does a pirate woman become one of your wenches? EASY. All you have to do is send your photo via email to [email protected]. Please include your wench name and the photographer’s name. If it’s a good enough image, you might just find your photo on the cover! FO R digital a few years ago. Check out our STATISTICS page to see how your favorite issue fairs against the others. PYRATES 4 PATRIOTS GALA!. The date's been set for November 14, 2015 and will feature Captain Fletcher Moone of the Pyrates Royale as EmCee and The Brigands. There will be an OPEN bar and lots of great eats. All ticket holders will receive AY KILL loads of The Pyrates Way since going fully a collectible ticket, full-color program, and The Gala not only celebrates the TEN W 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 enjoying The Pyrates Way! S E PYRAT 2 of today, we've counted 2,354,427 down- DE BLA N TH E Mr. Ex, thank you, sir. I wish we could print 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 monthly? I LIV G DIYES. E B We covered the beautiful cards of both Y in Pyrates Way issue #10. We also types back T keep an index of all of the articles and features E OK, now THAT’s a positive review! The review came in anonymously but it’s great! Thank you SO much. Ex Man Pirate: Your magazine is straight-on the best source of pirate stuff out 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. Jake Jones: Have you ever thought of doing an article on collectible bubblegum and cigarette cards? There are a lot of pirate ones. H Amazon.com Review: If you like Pirate enthusiasm, this magazine is for you! What's really the most great about it is that it doesn't rely on the success of Pirates of the Caribbean to make itself known. Only one article is about the movie and the rest is about a bunch of pirate haunts, fesUM tivals, and fun. I love the originality of the magazine. This isR everyE hook to thing a pirate wants from where to get a real, steel pirate H what's the best pirate rum! T TWO MILLION DOWNLOADS!. As lots of treasure and booty. YEAR ANNIVERSARY of The Pyrates Way but we'll be raising money for the Wounded Warriors Project to help our returning injured troops get their lives back on track. Details will be found at www.pyrates4patriots.org (Please note that all details are subject to change) Discovery and Archaeological Excavation T E TH E AY W N G DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H 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 Institute (MRI) entered into a memorandum of agreeRUM E ment in 1998. H Intersal agreed to forego entitlement to T any coins and 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 QAR DiveLive educational program that reached thou- I LIV 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. S E PYRAT 4 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 largest main deck cannons from to the large artifact holding area on site, taking corrosion readings from anchors E AY DE KILL BLA FO R H 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." N G Tools Found At Site TH E 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 W I LIV 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, weighs over 300 lbs and may be a sister E H T RUM 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: “Eventually the mercury kills you,” she said. DIThe E Bsyringe was not the only fearsome and discomY used by the medicos of the time. forting device T Also found in the wreck were the remains of two clyster pumps — large, clumsy devices used to force medications into the rectum where it was believed it would be rapidly absorbed. Blackbeard, whose real name may have been Edward Thatch, had commandeered the former French slave ship in 1717. S E PYRAT 5 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- E N G 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. W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R H E H T RUM "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 DIE Instead, Intersal and the state struck a contract in wreck. BY commercial media access. This would allow 1998 to limit T from the media rights. The company and Intersal to profit the state also were to make money from replicas of recovered artifacts. Intersal pursued litigation this year in the N.C. Office of Administrative Hearings, seeking $14 million, but dismissed it several months later with plans to file a new lawsuit S E T Non-commercial materials, for example, are supposed to PYRA TH E have time codes and watermarks on them, the company says. 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. 6 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. T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 7 E BLA AY DE N TH E W I LIV G 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.” A two-year-long restoration of The Black Pirate begun in 1970 by the British National Film DIEwas Archive BY at the request of Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. One original release print and two incomplete negT atives were used to restore the film. In addition to the surviving film, some outtakes and test footage have been found, but have survived only in black and white. These shots were included in the DVD release of the film, with narration by Rudy Behlmer. The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1993. H 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 FO R 94 Minutes • 1926 • b/w silent 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 rate and Governor arrive with ships and troops RU E with the outstop the pirates. There is a fierce fight, H come uncertain. T In the end, the Black Pirate is revealed to be a Duke, and the "Princess" he loves a noble Lady. Even the old one-armed pirate Mac Tavish is moved to tears of joy by the happy ending.[2] Fairbanks biographer Jeffrey Vance maintains that “The Black Pirate was the most carefully pre- KILL The Black Pirate S E PYRAT 8 CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE E FO R H 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. She was used as a slave ship by the French, and was captured by pirates in 1717. Blackbeard used the ship for less than a year, but captured numerous prizes IE using her. UM D In 1718 Blackbeard R ran the ship agroundBatYBeaufort Inlet, North CarE Carteret County. Her crew and supplies were transolina, in the present-day H T ferred to smallerTships. In 1996 a private firm discovered the remains of a vessel likely to be Queen Anne's Revenge, which has been added to the US National Register of Historic Places. KILL BLA DE History N G TH E W I LIV AY 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. S E PYRAT 3 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- T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 9 T H E BLA FO R DIE BY AY DE KILL N G TH E W The 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 them actually true - by Dutch! Experie n c e d RUM were kidE H friendly, T exciti n g a n d edu- I LIV Fort Rodman Pyrate Invasion 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 S E PYRAT 10 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. T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 11 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 12 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 13 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 14 Treasures of Old Musical Blades • 2014 • 17 Tracks -- Reviewed by Commodore Black Fox FO R AY DE KILL BLA N TH E W I LIV G E 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 Eare I’ll Tell ments. Included in this list H T Song From the Me Ma, Byker Hill, Drinking Tomb, Drunken Nights, On the One Road, and Wild Colonial Boy. If you’re looking for a great harmonizing traditional-patterned pyrate H 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. DIE The acappella Wild Mountain Thyme BY out that Musical Blades don’t proves T need instruments to create incredible music. BUY THIS CD. . . that’s my recommendation. S E PYRAT 15 CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE E DE KILL BLA FO R H E H T RUM 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 D become unruly will be asked to leave the event. Anyone whoIE B who drawsYa weapon, whether in anger or jest, will have T said item confiscated and turned over to the authorities. No 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. N G TH E W I LIV AY ENTERTAINMENT 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 S E PYRAT 16 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! SEASON TWO E H T RUM by Matt Fowler DIE BYSails' first season may have kept viewers at Black arm's lengthTemotionally, but there was also indication that the series held promise. Season 2, in fact, is when the show's characters more vividly came to life and an entire backstory was revealed that helped H E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R 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 had premiered. S E PYRAT 17 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 learned in Season 2, we can now look back and know T AY 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 N TH E W I LIV G DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY E 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. Still, sometimes the back-stabbings and double-M Ua crossings piled on too thick. And poor EleanorR got E bit lost in the mire, I'm afraid. Eleanor,H who's still T forced to hard to invest in emotionally. She was switch sides quite a bit during Season 2, incurring the 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 H 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 - a name he intended to be a temporary necessary S E PYRAT 18 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. E H T RUM DIE BY T H E N G SEASON 2 EPISODE 1 “IX” 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. SEASON 2 EPISODE 2 “X” Flint offers advice to Dufresne; Silver attempts to TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R SEASON 2 EPISODE 6 “XIV” 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. S E PYRAT make himself indispensable; Eleanor is requested to 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. T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 20 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 21 Treasure in the Moonlight by Brian Hill and Dee Power • 2015 • 321 Pages E FO R H BLA AY DE I LIV N G TH E W 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. With proper editing, the book I got to page 168 before putting DIEcould have told a better story in half M U BYpage-count. the book down for good.E .R. barely the H of bad T halfway through this Ttome grammar and poor editing is more frustrating to read than enjoyable. -- Reviewed by Noir Cyn The book is a perfect example of KILL “A young woman finds romance on a perilous adventure to solve the mystery of her pirate ancestor’s gold.” S E PYRAT 22 CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 23 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. D o c u mented as far back as the fifteenth century, the seas south- E AY 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 N G TH E W I LIV west of Bermuda have been the sight of strange 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 DE KILL BLA FO R H E H T RUM 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. The area is one of the most heavily-sailed shipping lanes in the world, with ships crossing DIE it daily for ports in the Americas, Euthrough BY rope, and the Caribbean Islands. Cruise ships T are also plentiful, and pleasure craft regularly go back and forth between Florida and the islands. It is also a heavily flown route for commercial and private aircraft heading towards Florida, S E PYRAT 24 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 Stream itself. FO R AY W N G DE KILL BLA I LIV 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 angle. BY pro-paranormal T material is often misleading or not accurate, but its producers continue to market it. They have therefore claimed that the market is biased in favor of books, TV specials, et E Human Involvement 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. In the 1970s and '80s, drug runners often pi-M RU E could rated boats to smuggle drugs. This theory H also bear some truth during wartime. T 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. H 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. S E T determined the Triangle to be no more danger- PYRA TH has The marine insurer Lloyd's of London E Skepticism ous than any other area of ocean, and does not 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 25 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. T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 26 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 27 DiResta: Pirate Chest Make: DIY Pirate Tricorn Hat Critical Hit BY T AY DE KILL BLA N So I finally saw Pirates 4 and it was amazing! I always love recreating looks from movies and pirate makeup looks awesome for parties or just dressing up for the sake of it. TH E W I LIV G 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. E FO R In this episode, Jimmy fulfills a childhood dream of having his own pirate chest to store his booty-OK, make that pocket change, but it's still a very DIcool E box. H Idecided to see if I could make my own tricorn for my Halloween costume this year. I think it came out quite well... Somehow I wound up losing me voice during the UM R time that I was making this, but what can you Edo? It came out well and was surprisinglyTH easy to make. DIY pirate boots made with real leather EDDIE M S E PYRAT Lady Pirate Blouse 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. 28 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 29 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 30 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 31 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 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 32 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. FO R AY DE KILL BLA N TH E W I LIV G E The swashbuckling pyrate was one of the favorite go-to story lines for pulp magaRUM zine writers. The genre’s readersEalready knew much about pyrates, (i.e. THships, cutlasses, treasure, and cannons) thus all the writer had to do 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 DE oldIsea-worn BY clothes with either a bandana or tricorn on their heads and some of the T times both. 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. H 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 S E PYRAT 33 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. E KILL BLA FO R H E H T RUM 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 DIEthere were no illustrations outside of often BY the cover. When theT war was over, Americans 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. N G TH E W I LIV AY DE Two of the very pulps in this article will be combined for one, big $75 door prize at our Pyrates4Patriots Gala in November. Get your tickets NOW! www.pyrates4patriots.org S E PYRAT 34 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 35 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 36 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT ship's articles or shipping articles pl n 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. 37 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. VIII. No striking one another on board, but every UM R man's quarrels to be ended on shore, at sword and pistol. E H (The quarter-master of the ship, when the parties T will not come to any reconciliation, accompanies them on shore 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. gagement, 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. AY DE KILL BY IX. If at T any time you meet with a prudent Woman, that Man that offers to meddle with her, without her Consent, shall suffer present Death. BLA FO R VII. To desert the ship or their quarters in battle, was punished with death or marooning. E II. Every man to be called fairly in turn, by list, on 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. W G III. He that shall be found Guilty of Cowardice in the X. The Captain and Quartermaster to receive two S shall suffer what Punishment the time of engagements, shares of a prize: the master, boatswain, and T gunner, one E H Captain and the Majority of the Company shall think fit. share and a half, and other officers one and quarter.E P YRAT N Captain Bartholomew Roberts’ articles 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. I LIV Pyrate Ship’s Articles 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 encounter hardships. H 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. 38 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 E BLA AY DE G X. That whoever of the Company shall breed a Mutiny or Disturbance, or strike his FelDIE BY low, or shall Game with Cards or Dice for Money, or any Thing T of Value, or shall sell any strong Liquors on board, during the Voyage, he or they shall be fined 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. H III. That the doctor of the said Privateer, or whoever is at the Expence of the Chest of Medicines, shall have E H T RUM VII. That all the small 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. N 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. I LIV 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. TH E 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. W 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. FO R V. "In the prizes they take, it is severely prohibited to 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. KILL 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 have taken." S E PYRAT 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 39 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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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 Fort Rodman Pyrate InvaDIE sion and the Marcus BY Hook Pirate Festival for T letting us capture their moments for the magazine. S E PYRAT 40 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 rum. T E N G 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 TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 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 41 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 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 42 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 43 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 44 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT 45 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT “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. 46 “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 E H T mium rail for more of a variety to be offered 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. RUM DIE BY T E BLA AY DE N TH E W I LIV G 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 H FO R 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- KILL 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. S E PYRAT 47 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 D M I E RU BY around the globe. . . . stay tuned! E T TH COMING IN FEBRUARY 2016 H E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R NEXT ISSUE S E PYRAT 48 T E N G TH E W I LIV AY DE KILL BLA FO R DIE BY H E H T RUM S E PYRAT