Period Pyrate Garb Questions on what really makes up a pyrate's best look? Need a pattern for accurate cap'n coats or slops? Where can you find or make buckled boots and shoes? This be the place to ask and find out, mates.
Pyrate Photographs Have some incredible photos to share with mates all over the world? Got that one-in-a-million cannonfire photo? Need help in taking low-light photographs? Get your info here and share your best photographs.
Scrimshaw, Painting, Wood, & Crafts Have an artsy side to yer personality? Tell us about it mate. . .or better. . .give us links to yer art and share your love of pyratical things.
Pyrate Fiction Be ye an aspiring writer of things pyratical? Well, give your stories a shot right here, mate. . .share with us your best ideas, whether it be one paragraph, a novel or a hiku.
Pyrate Players Those of us who take pyracy into the field of entertainment. These folks are the professional pyrates, paid for their performances whether as an stage act or street performer.
Pyrate Performers Pyrates with musical instruments, whether their voices or something with wood and strings, this is yer place to discuss your trade. Post yer upcoming performances and give lead to your latest CD.
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Those Left At Home Is your sweetheart not part of our pyrate ilk? Got a family member who doesn't "get it"? Discuss your differences and possibly find some help here.
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Pyrate Weddings & Celebrations Have yerself a pyrate wedding or anniversary celebration? Be your son or daughter a future pyrate and forced upon you a pyrate themed party? Having a rum fest at your home and want only the worst pyrates to visit?
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Pyrate Media Have a review of a pyrate book, magazine, CD, DVD, Website or other works? Make your opinion known, mate and ye might just see your words in print in a future issue of The Pyrates Way!
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Boat and Beach Camping Got yerself the opportunity to stay overnight on a yacht? Camping on a white, sandy beach? Need information on having a safe, happy, and very pyratical vacation?
Clothing Captain's Coats, Slops, Shirts, and rags. . . the vendors here want your loot and in trade they'll dress you in your worst, classy or authentic best.
Miscellaneous Whether you're in need of a boat, a tent, a pegleg or hook, a book of pyracy or the latest (or oldest) in pyrate movies. . . this be your catch-all board, mates.
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Universal Pyrate Festivals & Celebrations
International Scurvy Awareness Day May 2 - The Mission and humble goal of LimeStrong is to make sure that every single person in the world (at least those savvy ones with internet access) is aware that the only thing they need to eradicate Scurvy from their lives forever is eat at least a couple of fruits or vegetables a week. That's it.
And that is the reason for International Scurvy Awareness Day and www.LimeStrong.com
Even more than that, Scurvy is one of only two diseases known to modern medicine that can be easily cured by drinking a wide variety of readily available thingytails. Just enjoying a Bloody Mary, Margarita, fruit tart, or even just a cool glass of lemonade twice a week insure that you stay fit and healthy.
International Talk Like A Pirate Day September 19 - They're everywhere: International Talk Like A Pirate Day has truly entered the mass media lexicon. Practically every media reference to the 2007 "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie mentioned the holiday, numerous museums around the US referred to TLAPD as part of a rash of pirate exhibits, they've informally affiliated with pirate festivals all over the world, and they get new Google Alerts to TLAPD references in the news weekly.
Sea Music Festival - Mystic Seaport, CT June - More than 5,000 people gather each year to hear a solid core of performers carry on classic musical traditions of the Golden Age of Sail.
Salem Pirate Faire - Salem, MA September - Winter Island Park is the perfect setting for this day of family-friendly entertainment, a seaside location that helps the cast of Pastimes recreate the exciting and terrifying days when pirates ruled the seas!
Cap'n Nick's Pirate Fest - Newport, RI May - Cap'n Nick's Newport Pirate Walk be proud t' host PirateFest, th' great, gran' celebration o' all things pirate!
Beaufort Pyrates' Invasion August - Beaufort, NC The Beaufort Pyrates' Invasion is being resurrected . . .and will continue the adventure and pyrate encampment on the waterfront of Beaufort.
Adventure Weekend@MD Ren Fest - Crownsville, MD September - Seafaring, pirates and the age of exploration. This weekend we explore beyond the shores of England. Learn about life at sea. Hear stories of great adventures. And of course, matey- there be pirates! Pirate costume contest for both adults & children. Prizes will be awarded for the best pirate costume - head to toe.
Blackbeard Pyrate Festival - Hampton, VA May - Once a year visitors from all over the country enjoy the sights and sounds of 18th century Hampton overrun by pirates.
Fells Point Pyrate Invasion - Baltimore, MD April - Established in 1726, Fell’s Point is Baltimore’s original deepwater port, and this second annual event pays tribute to the history and derring-do of its brave privateers, who helped the American navy fight off the British in the War of 1812.
Pyrate Attack & Encampment - Havre de Grace, MD May - RE -ENACTMENT OF THE ATTACK ON HAVRE DE GRACE DURING THE WAR OF 1812. The public is invited to visit the Lock House grounds where the attack will take place and on which the various military units will have their encampments. There will be musket-firing displays, marching and drill, a candlelight tour of the encampment, War of 1812 military hospital and a variety of other historical attractions.
Pyrates of the Intracoastal - Boynton Beach, FL October - We invite you to travel back in time to a period when our country was about to be born and let "Pirates of the Intracoastal" be your guide.
Pirate Gathering - St. Augustine, FL November - Avast me hardies, we be calling all Pirates, Privateers, Buccaneers, Freebooter and general scurvy dogs of all ages to join the "Crew of the Black Heart" as we celebrate the Golden Age of Piracy in the nation's oldest city.
St. Andrews Pirate Fest - Panama City, FL November - The St. Andrews Fall Seafood & Pirate Fest invades the St. Andrews Marina with seafood, music and lots of pirates!
Drake's Raid - St. Augustine, FL June - This military display is intended to symbolically commemorate the temporary abandonment of the city of St. Augustine by Spanish colonial forces.
Isle of Eight Shrimp Fest - Amelia Island, FL May - more than 300 juried Fine Arts & Crafts exhibitors, 75+ Antiques & Collectible vendors, Fun Zone with kid friendly activities, live entertainment from three stages and Pirates!
Pirates Week - Caymen Islands November - Music, street dances, costumes, games, food and drink, "pirate invasion", Kids Day, glittering parade, sports events, Heritage Days, fireworks! It's 11 fun-filled, festive days in the sun with something for everyone, and a lot of it FREE!
Kansas City's Pirate's Ball Please Join Us At This Pirate Themed Costume Ball For Charity- The Evening Will Include Music, Revelry, Dancing & Drinking, Costume Contest, Games, Auction & Raffle Items. Special Guest Performances By: Musical Blades, Chuvani Bellydance, Pavlov's Hips and more! Kansas City February 28th, 2009
It'll be run by Festivals International, which handles the Iowa, Nebraska and Des Moines ren faires. The festival will be in Bellevue, Nebraska, just south of Omaha. The website url is http://www.midlandspiratefest.com but currently just goes to the Fest Int main page, though the the festival is listed there.
Shipwrecked Music Festival - Columbia, MO August - Welcome to the Shipwrecked Pirate Music Festival! Its great to have ye aboard! Yer all invited to come and hear a full weekends worth of the best pirate bands to sail the seven seas!
Buccaneer Days - Corpus Christi, TX April - The "landing of Alonzo" has been replaced by the invasion of the city by Pirate Queens who represent a period when pirates took refuge in Corpus Christi Bay some 300 years after its discovery.
Pirate Invasion@Scarby Ren Fest - Waxahachie, TX May - Ahoy, ye landlubbers, prepare to be invaded by the scourge of the seas! Don yer seafaring duds and bust down the gates of Scarborough Village. Even the pub sing will be in the key of Rrrrr.
Pirate Invasion@Tenn Ren Fest - Nashville, TN May - A crew of scurvy pirates has landed on the shores of Covington Glen. See swashbuckling swordsman duel faster than you can say "Yarr!"
Port Washington Pirate Fest - Port Washington WI June - The Port Washington Pirate Festival has become the “must attend” event for boaters, bikers, re-enactors & families alike from all over the Midwest & beyond.
Buccaneer Days - Catalina Isle, CA October - For that little bit of pirate in each of us, join the Buccaneers for a great day of fun. Don your best pirate attire for the costume contest, and compete in the Treasure Hunt for the grand prize. Enjoy great food and dance he night away.
Pirate Festival at Historic Fort York - Toronto, CANADA April - Fort York is brought to life with redcoats, musket and artillery for the 194th anniversary of the Battle of York. Enjoy a Battlefield Walking tour, or catch a performance of the Fort York Regency Dancers as they demonstrate English Country dance. Special tours, kids’ drill, military music. http://www.fortyork.ca/events.htm