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Thank you all for fallowing us for the last 5 years. Look forward to many years to come !
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The Battle of Taxel - During the exceptionally cold winter, on the night of May 23rd, 1795; a French Hussar reiment attacked and captured the Dutch Fleet on the frozen Zuiderzee, a bay to the northwest of the Netherlands, nearly 2 miles from the mainland. That battle took place with in the War of the First Coalition, which was part of the French Revolutionary Wars. The French seized 14 Warships and 850 guns. This is the olny time in history where a calvary has captured a fleet.
Many of us know at least one Sea
Creed: Black Flag, and Assassin’s
Shanty by heart or as soon as we hear
Creed: Rouge.
one we can sing along with no issue. Saying this very lightly “Thanks to
The big thing is many shanties that
the Pandic” many pirates and renais
we know and love, that feel like they
have taken to Tik Tok to let out their
have been around for ages, are in fact
creative side and call out to their
less than a hundred years old that
fellow community through this app.
started off as pub tunes that sang about sailing.
One of the shantys that blow up Tik Tok is the “Wellermen”, with many to
That being said, shanties have been
follow. Many individuals or groups
around for hundreds of years. The
have gone as far as taking modern
oldest recorded song is "A-Roving,"
songs and turning them into “Sea
or "The Amsterdam Maid," is perhaps
Shanties”. Other outlets that brought
the oldest of the great capstan
shanties to modern day pop culture
shanties, going back in time at least
are video games suchs as Assassin’s
to 1630. Many believe early shanties
were simply folk songs from that ship’s crew origins. The songs were simple songs with an upbeat tune to help keep the sailors working productively or even to just pass the time. Some large ships were known to even have a small band play (2 to 3 people) instruments. Bonus fact, besides that being their full time job, they were required to rest on the sabbath.
The term “brigantine” for centuries has referred to a sizable two-masted sailing vessel. Brigantines historically were sail and oar-powered, making them very maneuverable and favored as warships. Pirates operating in the Mediterranean favored brigantines for these reasons as well. From the 18th century on, “brigantine” referred to the rigging style popularized by the ships of the same name, having a fully square-rigged foremast and foreand-aft-rigged mainsails with square topsails. Brigantines were popular in British colonies, second in favor only to sloops. Keeping with their unsavory history, fast and maneuverable brigantines remained popular among pirates and used in espionage and surveying. Brigs were originally developed as a larger variant of a brigantine, the
former having two squarerigged masts as opposed to the latter’s one. Having two square sails was intended to give the brig greater sailing power, and require a smaller crew to handle the sails, than a brigantine did. Brigs were able to turn very tightly, and this maneuverability increased its popularity among British Royal sailors and pirates alike. Brigs varied quite a bit in size (75 to 165 feet long), and could carry 10 to 18 guns comfortably; they also had a decent sized cargo area, making them versatile sailing vessels for merchant, military, or private use. Brigs did have several important drawbacks. For one, the squarerigged sails made it very difficult to sail into the winds. Brigs were not ideal for trans-Atlantic trips because getting back home would have been near impossible. Secondly, brigs required large crews for being
typically small ships. Though once popular ships, brigs were eventually beat out by schooners (which didn’t need as large as crew) and steamships (which could sail into winds) in the 19th century. While the brig was rare in the Caribbean during the golden age of piracy, today some of the most iconic pirate ships on the silver screen are portrayed by
brigs. The H.M.S. Interceptor from the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie is one example. That ship is portrayed by a functioning ship, the Lady Washington. Some other brigs in movies and T.V. would be the Jolly Roger, Captain Hook’s ship from the book “Peter Pan” and television series Once
Upon A Time; as well as the H.M.S. Sophie from the film Master and Commander. Away from the big screen, brigs are also modeled and used in the popular Assassin’s Creed video game series. Both the Aquila from Assassin’s Creed 3 and the Jackdaw from Assassin’s Creed Black Flag were brigs.
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Mark your Calendar, and get ready for the Event season to kick off for 2021. As the year goes on, we shall add more events and update any dates that may change.
2021 April
16th~17th - Frankenfeast (Pending)
Bavarian Inn Restaurant, 713 S. Main Street, Frankenmuth, MI 48734
• September
18th - South Haven Pirate Invation
• South Haven, Michigan (Down town) • socially distancing pub crawl starting at 1pm • Meet up at Old Village Harbor @ 6pm
We are looking for events If you know of any close to you or some of your favorites, please contact us. If you are hosting a gathering and want to get the word out. You can stand out from the event listings by having a full page ad. (please contact us for information on full page promotions)
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By now many of us have seen the post and
new ways to harness the wind, has an
memes of the new wind powered cargo ship
opportunity to reduce emissions by 90
Oceanbird with a tag caption going along
percent. Sheets and rigged sails and needing
the lines of “This wind powered cargo ship
a full team to oppitate them will not be
is set to change the way we ship goods across
an issue as these new “sails” have more
the oceans.” Then jokes following “Wind
in common with aircraft wind to catch
powered ships!? What a time to live in!” . So
the wind. Till now it would be unheard
like any pirate we decided to see what this
of trying to transport 7,000 some cars
ship was really all about or was it just a leaf
across the Atlantic by wind till now. The
in the wind of an idea.
international seafaring organization (IMO) has set a goal of reducing carbon dioxide
Right off the bat their mission starts off with
emissions from international shipping by
“Thousands of years have passed since we
40% by 2030. Oceanbird will contribute
learnt to harness the wind”. So it kind kills
to changing, updating, and remodeling an
the meme right off there, but there is a lot of
entire industry.
drive for this modern take on sailing a large vessel.
The Oceanbird is built by Wallenius Marine, who has been designing and building ships
Using advensing Swedish technology and
since the mid 90s and drives to be head
of the curve. The vessel is 200m (656ft)
the cost of international trade and on the
long, with a whopping 32,000 tonnes of
products themselves? We can only wait and
displacement. The rigging is made of steel
see, most likely we wouldn’t see a be influx
and composite materials that is able to turn
till the majority of the vessels on the ocean
360 degrees to catch the wind in an optimal
switch or convert it to this system. But we
way. A telescopic construction allows the rig
all can admit to being guilty of wanting
to be lowered from 105m to 45m (344.5ft
something we ordered faster and/or paying
to 147.6ft) when the vessel needs to pass
extra for next day shipping.
under a bridge, or if strong winds make it necessary to reduce wing sail surface to
We do look forward to seeing how this ship
reduce speed. With an average speed of
will change things for the shipping world
10 knots (11.5m/18.52km) per hour. The
with inspiration from the past to fuel it.
average speed of a fossil foiled containership
Also seeing how much effort it would take
is about 24 knots ( 27.6m/44.4km) per hour.
to convert one into a pirate ship. So we hope this has sparked your interest as much as it
With it taking long, but the fuel cost would be darn near cut out, how might that cut
did ours.
Since the dawn of baking desserts, a short bread/ cake mixed with fruit and cream has been around. An iconic desert would be Strawberry Shortcake, the first recorded recipe was in a 1588 English cook book.
• 2 cups soft Southern or other all-purpose flour or pastry flour, or 1¼ cups all-purpose flour and ¾ cup sifted cake flour (8.5 ounces/250 grams) • 1/4 cup granulated sugar (1.75 ounces/50 grams/60 ml) • 1 tbsp double-acting baking powder • 1/2 tsp salt • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening or butter, or ¼ cup each, chilled (1 stick/4 ounces/115 grams) • 3/4 cup light cream, half-and-half, or whole milk (or 1 large egg and ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon halfand-half or milk) • 2 pints strawberries, hulled and sliced (4½ cups), tossed with 2 to 4 tablespoons sugar (adjust according to the sweetness of the fruit) • 1 cup heavy cream beaten with 1 tablespoon sugar and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract for topping
Yield: six 3-inch, nine 2½-inch, or twelve 2-inch round biscuits
Variations:
Large Shortcakes: Grease two 8-inch round cake pans, divide the dough equally between the pans, press lightly to produce an even surface, and bake until golden, about 20 minutes. Invert onto wire racks and let cool for at least 10 minutes. Buttermilk Shortcakes: Substitute ¾ cup buttermilk for the cream, reduce the baking powder to 2 teaspoons, and add ½ teaspoon baking soda
1. Position a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 425°F. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. 2. Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. 3. Gradually add the cream, stirring with a fork until the dough clings together. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface, flour your hands, and knead until just manageable, 6 to 10 strokes. Do not overknead; the dough will still be rough. Sprinkle lightly with flour and pat out ¾ inch thick, about a 9- by 6-inch rectangle 4. Using a floured 3-, 2½-, or 2-inch biscuit cutter or other sharp-edged circular cutter, press straight down to cut out the dough. Reroll and cut out the remnants. 5. Place the biscuits on an ungreased (preferably parchment-lined) baking sheet, an 8- by 1½-inch round baking pan, or cast-iron skillet. Bake until golden brown, about 12 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool for 5 minutes. 6. Split the shortcakes in half horizontally. Place the bottoms on serving plates, spoon about ¼ cup berries over top, and top with a dollop of whipped cream. Place the biscuit tops over the berries. If desired, top with more whipped cream and spoon additional berries over top. Serve at once.
Baisemain: (bayz-MAYN) noun: 1. A kiss upon the hand as a sign of respect or affection.
Used in a Sentence:
"Unfamiliar with ways of haut monde, the modest Ms. Klaptrap was cought off gaurd by the snoutfair's genteel baisemain."
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