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GREAT LAKES PIRATES
November 2018
Timber Gray Wolf
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Elise W’nstrom Editor
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Contents 04) nEVER
rENAME A BOAT
06) Captain Jameson von Greywolfe’s Rum Review 10) pEG lEG gUN 12) 2018 Events 16)Legendary Ships 20) Grandiloquent Word of the Month 23) Leche d’hiven Do you have an awsome article that you would want to share? Email us the article and if the staff loves it, You will know soon enough. What will you need? The document in a Word Doc., any photos that would go along withe article and a clear photo of you. GreatLakePirates@gmail.com
Once a boat is named and christened, the name should never be changed because it’s considered extremely bad luck. Many believe (still to this very day!) that changing a boat’s name will bring misfortune on the ship. A boat can be renamed only if certain protocols are fallowed: a bout must be de-named first by writing the boat’s current name on a piece of paper, fold the paper and placing it in the wooden box, which is then burned. The ashes are then scooped up and thrown into the sea!
Captain Jameson von Greywolfe’s Rum Review - Foursquare Rum Distillery It’d be a dreary and rainy Friday nighthere at port. What better way to pass the wet n damp than to do the rum review. It’s been 2 weeks since the last review, and by the hands of one of the crew did this bottle get to my hands. Thank you Alan Leroy Perry for this one. Yes I’ve taken my time with it because I needed it to be just right. On with the review, ancient Mayan and Aztec culture considered chocolate and cacao beans to have ceremonial, medicinal and have monetary value. The money value was such that less than 10 beans could purchase a servant or a night of pleasure. In ceremony the people that would go
under the obsidian knife for their sacrifice to their gods, we’re givin a cacao drink to relax them. Green cacao was thought to have a hallucinogenic effect, and medicinally givin to members to alleviate abdominal pain and as am antidote for poison. Other ailments were also treated with cacao. By its scientific name Theobroma Cacao roughly translates to food of the gods. The Dead Head Rum Company makes its home in Veracruz of which both cacao and sugarcane grow. It is also where the earliest evidence of cacao use dating back
to 1800 BC. Dead Head Dark Chocolate rum is a single barreled aged rum from Mexico. Small batch, handcrafted and aged for 5 years in American white oak. It is then infused with fire roasted cacao aka chocolate and bottled in both 70 and 80 proof, depending on the location of sale. A dark mohogany color with amber highlights on the rim lays in my snifter. Once swirled the crest is thick from where the slow to form legs gather. Once they fall however they are quickly swallowed by the drink of the gods, and leaving only miniscule drops behind. Obviously the most noticeable aroma is the chocolate hence the name, but there are others that one might not notice. Oak spice and caramel join with the faint presence of roasted coffee. There is an underlying note of molasses in the base.
if ice were added. The drink I made is ice 2 ounces dark chocolate rum and a dash of orange bitters with a cherry garnishment. It tastes much like the chocolate orange found during the holidays. Other drinks include the Sunkissed Simian 1.5oz dark chocolate rum 1oz fresh OJ .5 oz fresh lime juice .5 simple syrup and a Grand Marnier float. And the Sunshine Mojito 1oz dark chocolate rum .5 spiced rum, 1oz lime juice, 1.5 passionfruit syrup, 4 chunks muddled mango, 2 muddled mint sprigs topped with 151 rum. So mates have a plundering great weekend. Another review will come soon with luck, so wish me that. Until then me hearties stay safe, stay alert, stay alive, and drink responsibly. Till the next time, down the hatch.
Semisweet and chocolate are first tasted, then comes a more dominant flavor of coffee and caramel. The oak spice in the nose has little to no presence in the taste. There’s a little burn if drank neat. The burn isn’t much but it gets alleviated
Captain Jameson von Greywolfe
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If you are a fan or not of the History Channel’s show Pawn Stars; they do have a number of interesting items that show up on the show. Sometimes items of historical value and other times just straight up odd as can be. One Item that would fit so well i the pirate lore is the “Peg-Leg Gun” that appeared on the show in season 14. The selling came in with an asking price of 15,000 dollars for this one of a kind item. Not knowing enough about this very odd item, Rick called in one of his experts to take a look at the gun. The gun was a flintlock rifled barrel gun made in what is believed the early 1800’s. The lock on the gen end was engraved with a Crown and “G.R.” for King George (Died 1820). The Expert explained; if an British officer had been injured while at sea the carpenter might have made this creation for them. The expert was convinced that the leg was not a movie prop from the work that went into it. Pointing out that if it was just
a movie prop it would not have had a rifled barrel, but just a straight pipe. Many of the items were from repurposed rifle parts or things that could be found on the ship at any given time. After test firing the leg at a range the following morning, the expert valued the leg in the 12,00 to 15,000 dollar range. Stating that any gun collector of odd items would love to have this in their collection. In the end of it, the Seller and Rick agreed on the selling price of 9,500 dollars for the one of a kind Peg-Leg Gun.
Timber Gray Wolf
Mark your Calendar, and get ready for the Event season to kick off for 2019. As the year goes on, we shall add more events and update any dates that may change.
2019
January
12th - Renaissance Masqued Dinner and Ball
• 3pm to Midnight • Sullivan’s Black Forest, 281 Heinlein, Frankenmuth, Michigan 48734
February
22nd~24th - Official 4th Annual Michigan Nordic Fire Festival • 620 W Shepherd St, Charlotte, MI 4881
March
8th~10th -Grand Rapids Symphony; Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Fri: 8pm, Sat: 8pm, Sun: 3pm • DeVos Performance Hall, 303 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
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)
ANDREA JONES
Meet and book signing at the Grand Rapids Comic-Con, Friday to Sunday.
Charles II started it’s life as a 46gun Spanish warship named– after Charles II of Spain, commanded by a Captain Gibson. While she was anchored in a northern port at A Coruña, Spain. On 7 May 1694. The crew grew discontented as Spain failed to deliver a Letter of Marque and Charles II’s owners failed to pay their wages, causing the crew mutiny against Captain Gibson. Henry Every was the fristmate at the time of the mutiny as well part of it. Setting Gibson ashore, the crew left Coruña for the Cape of Good Hope. In this time Henry Every was elected captain
and the Charles II was renamed Fancy. Upon arriving at the Cape, Every sailed to the island of Johanna (Anjouan) in the Comoros Islands, where he had Fancy careened – removing barnacles and weed from the section of the hull that was permanently below water, increasing her speed. He also had Fancy razeed, intentionally removing parts of the ship’s superstructure in order to increase her speed. Following this work, Fancy became one of the fastest ships active in the Indian Ocean. Some of the first acts of piracy under the new name was robbing three English merchantmen
from Barbados of provisions and supplies. Every time Henry Every raided a ship, a number of new crew members would be taken aboard. The crew had grown to around 150 crew members. The Fancy next stopped at the island of Johanna in the Comoros Islands. Here Every’s crew rested and took on provisions. At Johanna, Every wrote a letter addressed to the English ship commanders in the Indian Ocean, falsely stating that he had not attacked any English ships. His letter describes a signal English skippers could use to identify themselves so he could avoid them, and warns them that he might not be able to restrain his crew from plundering their ships if they failed to use the signal. It is unclear whether this document was true, but it may have been a ploy by Every to avoid the attention of the East India Company, whose large and powerful ships were the only threat the Fancy faced in the Indian Ocean. Either way, the letter was unsuccessful in preventing the English from pursuing him. Every continued to be active in the Indian Ocean where he worked alongside other famous
pirates of his time, including Thomas Tew. Most notable in his captures was Ganj-I-Sawai, a Mughal ship under the command of Ibrahim Khan during Emperor Aurangzeb’s era. Henry later mounted 62 cannons and four to five hundred musket-armed guards. Cannon fire from Fancy was instrumental in its victory – the first salvo caused a cannon to explode, and a number of gunners were killed. Every’s career ended when the crew returned to Nassau in April 1696, in the Bahamas, where Every returned to Britain aboard the sloop Sea Flower, arriving in Ireland in June 1696, where he promptly disappeared. Although the fate of Fancy is unknown, it was rumored that Every gave her to the governor of Nassau as a bribe. There is supporting documentary evidence that the Fancy was run aground on Providence island and Governor Trott had the guns and everything of value stripped.
Timber Gray Wolf
Kibitz: (Kib-its) verb: 1. To give unrequested advice while watching a card game or preormance.
Used in a Sentence:
“Watching the men play roulette, a passerby began to kibitz and tell the gamblers where to place their bets.�
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We the Crew of the Silver Moon also know for the Silver Moon Imports. Our group enjoys a good sword fight and sharing that fun for your enjoyment. Take a look and follow us on Facebook. Then if you see us at events feel free to come take a photo with us.
2019’s Mermaid Megafest meetings have started and planning for next years event and activities have kicked off. Look forward to up here at Great Lakes Pirates Magazine and on the Mermaid MegaFest Facebook page.