The scuttling of the HMS Antilles Treasure

(Pirates and Wenches party III Oct 25, 2008)


Party Pictures



The ships cap’n got a lesson on why Hollyweird stops with trilogies when it comes to movies….examples are the Matrix movies, Lord of the Rings, back to the future, Indiana Jones….ok a fourth was made but was a huge break between 3 and 4 and of course the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.   StarWars made two trilogies but the first was much more enjoyable to ole Cappy than the newer three.  Me thinks ye see where I be headed with this one.

 

In short….(brevity is something  Cappy doesn’t do well)….the annual Pirates and Wenches party has most likely run its course.

 

This started with a need for the Pirates party codex or rules…..these were generated with the idea that the party is just more than a week before our nation elects a new Pirate King and our group of friends are pretty eclectic ….Cappy didn’t want any big political discussion turning into a drunken pirate brawl.  Cant have just one rule in the code book so there be 10 created and they be below…

 

Pirates Code

 

  1. No INK No Entry….this is a non negotiable.  If ye arrive for this cruise without  ink, ye will be provided with opportunity to partake or receive the dreaded black spot.

 

 

  1. Grog provided and dispensed by the Cap’n, ye don’t like rum? Ye may wish to bring yer own spirits.

 

 

  1. Grub is the price of entry, bring enough to share with yer maties and be creative (but no Salmagundi……)

 

 

  1. The HMS Antilles Treasures is a no smoking ship…Don’t want the grog to ignite nor any of the stores in the hold to be damaged so if ye need to exchange the air in ye lungs for that be a bit more cloudy….all smoking must be done on land and away from all points of entry.

 

 

  1. Leave yer politics on the dock, Ye talk politics…..yer choices be to get marooned or ye walk the plank…..there be no brawling over donkeys and elephants on this ship.

 

 

  1. No, and the Cap’n means, NO porcelain party crashers or any similar ballast shall be brought aboard nor dockside!!  There be no need for a ship’s buffoon or jester.  Don, ye filthy bilge rat ye reading this?

 

 

  1. Please bring a designated oarsman the grog be stout and plentiful and we want no DUI’s once ye go ashore.

 

 

  1. Ye be flogged for excessive or overt displays of affection.  Though we be pirates we be discreet ones, if ye get an itch that ye need scratched….shove off and set sail for another port.  All booty will be surrendered on shore only.

 

 

  1. Landlubbers (no pirate costume) be welcome but be required to lead a toast of the Cap’n & crew.

 

  1. Ye break it ye buy it!!!   See Cap’n for inflated pricing information….remember in the infamous words of Cap’n Jack Sparrow  Rob is a “Pirate"

 

As ye can see the rules be crystal clear….in attendance were a few that have a bit more pirate spirit than ole Cappy liked and saw the rules as a bit more like guidelines that what was intended and did what it was that they wanted anyway.

 

 

This year’s sailing had a mixture of crew…some that have been loyal to Cappy since the first cruise a couple of  sailing seasons ago as well as some new faces. Some of the old crewmembers were pressed into duty aboard other ships for the evening too.  Saturday before “all hallows eve” is a pretty popular night to gather crews for parties so we lost a few and gained some others…   This year there be a couple of crew that came to port from about an hours drive away.  There were others from all over the metropolitan area as well.

 

Cappys boatswain BBDJohn set up a little photo booth at the bottom of the gangplank (stairs) and we captured everyone’s picture.  This novel idea captured the entire crew with the jolly roger draped behind them.  Thanks John!!  John also shared with part of the crew how it be that he come by that moniker.  If ye know John ask him.  If not next time you are in the islands look for a rum with a very funny name.

 

Had some great grub this year too….things like mast mold with pirate fingers…to chocolate covered strawberries with almost anything in between. 

The Grog was the same as in previous years….three different rums…white, dark and a mid range….all Pyrat products.  Pyrat Blanco…. Pyrat XO  and Pyrat Pistol Grand Marnier and Orange, Pineapple and ruby red Grapefruit juice.    To mix use 2 cup measuring cup and a very large punch bowl.  The formula is 1.5 cups each Blanco, XO, Pistol and Grand Marnier.  6 cups each Orange and Pineapple juice and 1 cup ruby red grapefruit juice.  Stir in bowl and fill with ice.  Let sit about 15 min and enjoy.  If you do make this punch warn your guests…it tastes great but not at all overpowering but this quantity of liquor will make even the heartiest of pirates feel the effects after just a few glasses.

 

This year Cappy gave a couple of door prizes.  Enlarged photos that had been taken during his last Caribbean cruise..one was of a sunset and the other was of an orange dingy that had been run aground.

 

Side note;  Many months ago Cappy and a couple of the crew went out one evening and got new tattoos they were a pirate face, with each one being a bit different but all generally the same design.  I bring this up because one of the sailors onboard is a bit of an artist…he fashioned a shirt for Mrs Cappy with her very own logo based off of our tattoos and a baby blanket for our new grandson, Dread Pirate Drake  on one of the sails is his very own baby pirate logo with Dread Pirate Drake written below the boat.  What nice gifts…almost made ole Cappy well up a mite.

 

The bash was fun but ye ole Cappy felt like at the end of the party that the cruises had run their course and the ship she be run  aground and the damn thing be full of worm holes.  Time to scuttle her and have a big fall bonfire!!

 

If the party is to reemerge from the depths of Davey Jones’s locker for a fourth year, at this point Cappy would be totally shocked.  (Play TAPS here!!)



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