Obviously the All Scenario version is significantly different than the Golden version. This structure that sorta looks like an upside down capstan is not on my version.
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Jeff, thanks. I think Jodie is right….this is more like a table in the Captain’s Quarters, rather than a Capstan.
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Pirate Lore, Myths & Legends #8
Well mates, I won’t be providing a Captain’s Log update this week! I’m trying to finish all my wiring inside the Captain’s Quarters and I need a few more parts from Evan Designs that won’t arrive until next week! So, I’m dressing up the Captain’s Quarters on my Black Pearl and I wanted to pay tribute to a couple female Pirates who were notorious for their adventures during the height of piracy!
So, the pics anchoring the windows in the Captain’s Quarters of my Black Pearl will pay tribute to Anne Bonny and Mary Read. These gals are most noteworthy! While Blackbeard, ”Calico Jack” Rackham, “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England and others were looting, pillaging, and robbing the least suspecting, these lovelies created their own legacy and rightful place in History!
Anne Bonny
Source: © Kathy Weiser/Legends of America
Anne Bonny (or Bonney) was a famous lady pirate known for her violent temper and ferocious fighting, operated in the Caribbean, along with the likes of “Calico Jack” Rackham and fellow lady pirate, Mary Read.
Irish by birth, she was thought to have been born around 1700 in Cork, Ireland. Born as Anne McCormac, she was the illegitimate daughter of a servant woman, Mary Brennan, and Brennan’s employer, a lawyer named William McCormac. Afterward, William’s wife made his adultery public, causing his business to decline and McCormac moved to London, taking along his mistress and daughter. There, he began dressing Anne as a boy, and calling her “Andy.” McCormac then moved them to the Carolinas, where he dropped the “Mc” from his Irish name in order to blend in more easily in Charles Town (now Charleston). There, her father attempted to establish himself as an attorney but did not do well. Eventually, he joined the more profitable merchant business and accumulated a substantial fortune. Anne’s mother died when she was just 12.
As a teenager, Anne was described as having red hair and was considered a “good catch”, but she also had a temper and was said to have stabbed a servant girl with a table knife at the age of 13. Though she was considered a highly eligible wife for many men and her father had betrothed her to a local man, Anne resisted. Instead, she eloped with a poor sailor at the age of 16, who also happened to be a small-time pirate. Named James Bonny, legend has it that he hoped to eventually come into possession of his father-in-law’s estate, but that would never happen because Anne was disowned by her father after marrying James.
Sometime between 1714 and 1718, she and James Bonny moved to Nassau, on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, which was known as a sanctuary for English pirates, so much so, it was called the Republic of Pirates. There, many of the residents received a King’s Pardon for having evaded the law. When Governor Woodes Rogers arrived in the summer of 1718, James Bonny became a pirate informant for the governor in exchange for a pardon for his past illegal endeavors.
While in the Bahamas, Anne Bonny began mingling with pirates in the local taverns, where she met John “Calico Jack” Rackham, the former captain of a pirate ship. Disenchanted by her marriage, she became involved with Rackham who offered to pay her husband to divorce her — a common practice at the time — but James Bonny refused.
Anne was determined however and left with Calico Jack in August 1720 assisting in commandeering a sloop and, along with a new crew, began pirating merchant vessels along the coast of Jamaica. Rackham’s decision to have Bonny accompany him was highly unusual, as women were considered bad luck aboard ships. Bonny did not conceal her gender from her shipmates, though when pillaging she disguised herself as a man and participated in armed conflict.
Along the line, Anne became pregnant and would give birth to a son in Cuba. What became of the boy remains unknown. Bonny quickly returned to pirate life.
The next thing you know, the pair were joined by another lady pirate named Mary Read and the trio stole a ship called William, then at anchor in Nassau harbor. They then recruited a new crew and went pirating, enjoying success over the next several months, capturing a number of small vessels and keeping the cargo. When in combat, Anne took part right alongside the men and the accounts of her exploits present her as competent, effective and respected by her shipmates. And though she became to be renowned as a Caribbean pirate, she never commanded her own ship.
Bonny’s name finally got so notorious that Governor Rogers named her in a “Wanted Pirates” circular published in the continent’s only newspaper, the Boston
-Letter.
On November 15, 1720, Rackham and his crew were attacked by Captain Jonathan Barnet, an ex-pirate who had become a commander in the British Navy. Under a commission from Nicholas Lawes, the Governor of Jamaica, Barnet and his crew made a timely attack on Rackam’s anchored ship the William. Most of Rackham’s pirates put up little resistance as many of them were too drunk to fight. They were celebrating all night because they managed to capture a Spanish commercial ship. However, Read and Bonny fought fiercely and managed to hold off Barnet’s troops for a short time. In the end, the women were overwhelmed and Rackham and his crew were taken to Jamaica to stand before the court. As word leaked that women pirates were part of the crew the trial became a big sensation.
Captain Jack and the male members of his crew were tried on November 16, 1720, and were sentenced to hang. Anne was allowed to visit Rackham one last time before his execution took place, but rather than consoling him, she stated “Had you fought like a man, you need not have been hanged like a dog.”
Anne and Mary were tried a week after Rackham and his men were executed. After being convicted, Read and Bonny both “pleaded their bellies”, asking for mercy because they were both pregnant, and in accordance with English common law, both women received a temporary stay of execution until they gave birth. Mary Read died in prison from fever in 1721, but the fate of Anne Bonny is unknown.
Though there are no records of Bonny’s release or execution, it is said that her father bought her freedom from Jamaican Governor Lawes and she returned to Charleston, where she gave birth to Rackham’s child.
Afterward, the stories vary as to how she lived the rest of her life. One tale says she remarried in 1721 to a man named Joseph Burleigh, with whom she had eight children and died on April 25, 1782, in South Carolina. Others say that she settled down to quiet family life on a small Caribbean island or that she lived out her life in the south of England, where she owned a tavern and regaled the locals with tales of her exploits. Another story says that her father married her off to a Jamaican official, where she changed her name to Annabele and lived her days out, having eight children and dying at age 88. The truth remains unknown.
Mary Read
Source: www.annebonnypirate.com
In the long and interesting history of piracy, Mary Read managed to prove herself as one of the most famous female pirates of all time. Although much of her earlier life remains unknown to modern historians, her time as a pirate remains well remembered today. Even though she was active for only few short years, she has done so in a time that is today remembered as a height of the Golden Age of Piracy, when the seas of Caribbean trebled under the reign of hundreds pirate ships led on by charismatic Blackbeard, wildly successful Bartholomew Roberts and cruel Edward Low.
The only records about Mary's early life come from the pen of Captain Charles Johnson (some believed to be an alias for English author Daniel Defoe), but many historians are criticizing the accuracy of his stories and lack of sources. According to him, Mary was born around 1690s by the widow of sea captain. Since her early life her mother dressed her as a boy in an attempt to secure monetary help from her husband family. This ruse quickly became natural to Mary, and she started liking dressing as a man and working male jobs. Mary quickly found work as a sailor, and after several years at sea she enlisted in English army. During her time in Nine Years War or War of the Spanish Succession, she fell in love with Flemish soldier, revealed himself to him and decided to leave military. They managed to go to Netherlands where they bought small Inn and lived happily until her husband sudden and early death. Devastated by her loss, she again took an appearance of a male sailor, and promptly went to the New World seeking better life.
Upon arriving into Central America, she quickly became accustomed with a pirate life when her entire crew was captured and forced to serve on a pirate ship. In 1718 she accepted the Kings Pardon and became member of the legitimate privateer crew, but that lasted only until her crew mutinied against their captain. While being stationed in New Providence, famous pirate gathering point, she became acquainted with thepirate captain John "Calico Jack" Rackham and her lover Anne Bonny. Mary quickly managed to find her way on board their ship where she still worked dressed as a man. The two women on board quickly became friends, and Mary soon revealed her gender to Anne. Captain Rackham who did not know this secret soon became agitated with their friendship, thinking that Anne is having a secret affair with Mary (known to him only by her fake name Mark). After seeing Rackham rage, both girls soon revealed this secret to him and later on to entire crew. During the several next years that Mary spent on board, both women openly worked on ship dressed sometimes in female clothes, but they also took a part in every pirate raid that Rackham found in the open seas. The stories of pirate crew onboard Rackham's ship "Revenge" soon became well-known across the Caribbean.
According to the legend Mary was a fierce fighter. According to one story she also developed an attraction to the one member of the Rackham's crew. When she saw that her relationship with that pirate has created tensions between the crew, Mary decided to try to save her lovers life from the bloodthirsty pirate who challenged him to the duel. She carefully executed her plan and challenged this pirate to the duel just an hour before her lover was scheduled to fight. Using her knowledge gained as a young sailor and a soldier, she quickly killed bloodthirsty pirate and saved her lovers life.
The captured crew of Captain Rackham's "Revenge" was promptly transported to Jamaica where majority of them was hanged for the crimes of theft, murder and piracy (tarred body of Jack Rackham was hanged near the entrance of Port Royale's harbor as a warning to the would-be pirates). As for the woman, they both received delay of their execution after they managed to prove to the court that they were pregnant (Anne with Rackham, and Mary most probably with her lover crewmate). Mary Read never managed to leave the prison - shortly after receiving her sentence in early 1721 she died of fever (or by other sources during childbirth).
The legacy of Mary Read is not a big one, but she still managed to survive several years as a pirate crewmember of a small time pirate captain who never received the height of fame such as some of his counterparts (in addition to his female crewmembers, Rackham is also known for popularizing his famous Jolly Rodger flag - white skull with two crossed cutlasses). To this day Mary and Anne remain the only two well documented female pirates who operated during the years of "Golden Age of Piracy", and although some of the historical records that were recorded by Captain Charles Johnson are still disputed today, these two women remain remembered fondly in the modern popular culture. Stories of their lives (and deaths) as full members of legitimate pirate crew have fueled imagination of many modern artists and since the rise of the romanticized view of pirate life their reputation continue to grow with each year.
I’ll post the next Captain’s Log once I finish up the Captain’s Quarters!
Ahoy all!
Rick
Well mates, I won’t be providing a Captain’s Log update this week! I’m trying to finish all my wiring inside the Captain’s Quarters and I need a few more parts from Evan Designs that won’t arrive until next week! So, I’m dressing up the Captain’s Quarters on my Black Pearl and I wanted to pay tribute to a couple female Pirates who were notorious for their adventures during the height of piracy!
So, the pics anchoring the windows in the Captain’s Quarters of my Black Pearl will pay tribute to Anne Bonny and Mary Read. These gals are most noteworthy! While Blackbeard, ”Calico Jack” Rackham, “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England and others were looting, pillaging, and robbing the least suspecting, these lovelies created their own legacy and rightful place in History!
Anne Bonny
Source: © Kathy Weiser/Legends of America
Anne Bonny (or Bonney) was a famous lady pirate known for her violent temper and ferocious fighting, operated in the Caribbean, along with the likes of “Calico Jack” Rackham and fellow lady pirate, Mary Read.
Irish by birth, she was thought to have been born around 1700 in Cork, Ireland. Born as Anne McCormac, she was the illegitimate daughter of a servant woman, Mary Brennan, and Brennan’s employer, a lawyer named William McCormac. Afterward, William’s wife made his adultery public, causing his business to decline and McCormac moved to London, taking along his mistress and daughter. There, he began dressing Anne as a boy, and calling her “Andy.” McCormac then moved them to the Carolinas, where he dropped the “Mc” from his Irish name in order to blend in more easily in Charles Town (now Charleston). There, her father attempted to establish himself as an attorney but did not do well. Eventually, he joined the more profitable merchant business and accumulated a substantial fortune. Anne’s mother died when she was just 12.
As a teenager, Anne was described as having red hair and was considered a “good catch”, but she also had a temper and was said to have stabbed a servant girl with a table knife at the age of 13. Though she was considered a highly eligible wife for many men and her father had betrothed her to a local man, Anne resisted. Instead, she eloped with a poor sailor at the age of 16, who also happened to be a small-time pirate. Named James Bonny, legend has it that he hoped to eventually come into possession of his father-in-law’s estate, but that would never happen because Anne was disowned by her father after marrying James.
Sometime between 1714 and 1718, she and James Bonny moved to Nassau, on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, which was known as a sanctuary for English pirates, so much so, it was called the Republic of Pirates. There, many of the residents received a King’s Pardon for having evaded the law. When Governor Woodes Rogers arrived in the summer of 1718, James Bonny became a pirate informant for the governor in exchange for a pardon for his past illegal endeavors.
While in the Bahamas, Anne Bonny began mingling with pirates in the local taverns, where she met John “Calico Jack” Rackham, the former captain of a pirate ship. Disenchanted by her marriage, she became involved with Rackham who offered to pay her husband to divorce her — a common practice at the time — but James Bonny refused.
Anne was determined however and left with Calico Jack in August 1720 assisting in commandeering a sloop and, along with a new crew, began pirating merchant vessels along the coast of Jamaica. Rackham’s decision to have Bonny accompany him was highly unusual, as women were considered bad luck aboard ships. Bonny did not conceal her gender from her shipmates, though when pillaging she disguised herself as a man and participated in armed conflict.
Along the line, Anne became pregnant and would give birth to a son in Cuba. What became of the boy remains unknown. Bonny quickly returned to pirate life.
The next thing you know, the pair were joined by another lady pirate named Mary Read and the trio stole a ship called William, then at anchor in Nassau harbor. They then recruited a new crew and went pirating, enjoying success over the next several months, capturing a number of small vessels and keeping the cargo. When in combat, Anne took part right alongside the men and the accounts of her exploits present her as competent, effective and respected by her shipmates. And though she became to be renowned as a Caribbean pirate, she never commanded her own ship.
Bonny’s name finally got so notorious that Governor Rogers named her in a “Wanted Pirates” circular published in the continent’s only newspaper, the Boston
-Letter.On November 15, 1720, Rackham and his crew were attacked by Captain Jonathan Barnet, an ex-pirate who had become a commander in the British Navy. Under a commission from Nicholas Lawes, the Governor of Jamaica, Barnet and his crew made a timely attack on Rackam’s anchored ship the William. Most of Rackham’s pirates put up little resistance as many of them were too drunk to fight. They were celebrating all night because they managed to capture a Spanish commercial ship. However, Read and Bonny fought fiercely and managed to hold off Barnet’s troops for a short time. In the end, the women were overwhelmed and Rackham and his crew were taken to Jamaica to stand before the court. As word leaked that women pirates were part of the crew the trial became a big sensation.
Captain Jack and the male members of his crew were tried on November 16, 1720, and were sentenced to hang. Anne was allowed to visit Rackham one last time before his execution took place, but rather than consoling him, she stated “Had you fought like a man, you need not have been hanged like a dog.”
Anne and Mary were tried a week after Rackham and his men were executed. After being convicted, Read and Bonny both “pleaded their bellies”, asking for mercy because they were both pregnant, and in accordance with English common law, both women received a temporary stay of execution until they gave birth. Mary Read died in prison from fever in 1721, but the fate of Anne Bonny is unknown.
Though there are no records of Bonny’s release or execution, it is said that her father bought her freedom from Jamaican Governor Lawes and she returned to Charleston, where she gave birth to Rackham’s child.
Afterward, the stories vary as to how she lived the rest of her life. One tale says she remarried in 1721 to a man named Joseph Burleigh, with whom she had eight children and died on April 25, 1782, in South Carolina. Others say that she settled down to quiet family life on a small Caribbean island or that she lived out her life in the south of England, where she owned a tavern and regaled the locals with tales of her exploits. Another story says that her father married her off to a Jamaican official, where she changed her name to Annabele and lived her days out, having eight children and dying at age 88. The truth remains unknown.
Mary Read
Source: www.annebonnypirate.com
In the long and interesting history of piracy, Mary Read managed to prove herself as one of the most famous female pirates of all time. Although much of her earlier life remains unknown to modern historians, her time as a pirate remains well remembered today. Even though she was active for only few short years, she has done so in a time that is today remembered as a height of the Golden Age of Piracy, when the seas of Caribbean trebled under the reign of hundreds pirate ships led on by charismatic Blackbeard, wildly successful Bartholomew Roberts and cruel Edward Low.
The only records about Mary's early life come from the pen of Captain Charles Johnson (some believed to be an alias for English author Daniel Defoe), but many historians are criticizing the accuracy of his stories and lack of sources. According to him, Mary was born around 1690s by the widow of sea captain. Since her early life her mother dressed her as a boy in an attempt to secure monetary help from her husband family. This ruse quickly became natural to Mary, and she started liking dressing as a man and working male jobs. Mary quickly found work as a sailor, and after several years at sea she enlisted in English army. During her time in Nine Years War or War of the Spanish Succession, she fell in love with Flemish soldier, revealed himself to him and decided to leave military. They managed to go to Netherlands where they bought small Inn and lived happily until her husband sudden and early death. Devastated by her loss, she again took an appearance of a male sailor, and promptly went to the New World seeking better life.
Upon arriving into Central America, she quickly became accustomed with a pirate life when her entire crew was captured and forced to serve on a pirate ship. In 1718 she accepted the Kings Pardon and became member of the legitimate privateer crew, but that lasted only until her crew mutinied against their captain. While being stationed in New Providence, famous pirate gathering point, she became acquainted with thepirate captain John "Calico Jack" Rackham and her lover Anne Bonny. Mary quickly managed to find her way on board their ship where she still worked dressed as a man. The two women on board quickly became friends, and Mary soon revealed her gender to Anne. Captain Rackham who did not know this secret soon became agitated with their friendship, thinking that Anne is having a secret affair with Mary (known to him only by her fake name Mark). After seeing Rackham rage, both girls soon revealed this secret to him and later on to entire crew. During the several next years that Mary spent on board, both women openly worked on ship dressed sometimes in female clothes, but they also took a part in every pirate raid that Rackham found in the open seas. The stories of pirate crew onboard Rackham's ship "Revenge" soon became well-known across the Caribbean.
According to the legend Mary was a fierce fighter. According to one story she also developed an attraction to the one member of the Rackham's crew. When she saw that her relationship with that pirate has created tensions between the crew, Mary decided to try to save her lovers life from the bloodthirsty pirate who challenged him to the duel. She carefully executed her plan and challenged this pirate to the duel just an hour before her lover was scheduled to fight. Using her knowledge gained as a young sailor and a soldier, she quickly killed bloodthirsty pirate and saved her lovers life.
By 1720, successful operations of Captain Rackham and his crew made them well-known pirates, and many governments that held the power in Central America took notice of them. By October 1720, English Captain Jonathan Barnet managed to corner Rackham ship and mount a successful attack on him. According by some accounts, at the time of attack most of Rackham's crew were drung after celebrating recent successful raid, and Anne Bonny, Mary Read and few other pirates were the only one that put significant resistance to the English attack. While the majority of the crew hid under the deck, Mary and Anne fought valiantly until they were both captured. |
The captured crew of Captain Rackham's "Revenge" was promptly transported to Jamaica where majority of them was hanged for the crimes of theft, murder and piracy (tarred body of Jack Rackham was hanged near the entrance of Port Royale's harbor as a warning to the would-be pirates). As for the woman, they both received delay of their execution after they managed to prove to the court that they were pregnant (Anne with Rackham, and Mary most probably with her lover crewmate). Mary Read never managed to leave the prison - shortly after receiving her sentence in early 1721 she died of fever (or by other sources during childbirth).
The legacy of Mary Read is not a big one, but she still managed to survive several years as a pirate crewmember of a small time pirate captain who never received the height of fame such as some of his counterparts (in addition to his female crewmembers, Rackham is also known for popularizing his famous Jolly Rodger flag - white skull with two crossed cutlasses). To this day Mary and Anne remain the only two well documented female pirates who operated during the years of "Golden Age of Piracy", and although some of the historical records that were recorded by Captain Charles Johnson are still disputed today, these two women remain remembered fondly in the modern popular culture. Stories of their lives (and deaths) as full members of legitimate pirate crew have fueled imagination of many modern artists and since the rise of the romanticized view of pirate life their reputation continue to grow with each year.
I’ll post the next Captain’s Log once I finish up the Captain’s Quarters!
Ahoy all!
Rick
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The pictures in the window frames adds a nice touch.Pirate Lore, Myths & Legends #8
Well mates, I won’t be providing a Captain’s Log update this week! I’m trying to finish all my wiring inside the Captain’s Quarters and I need a few more parts from Evan Designs that won’t arrive until next week! So, I’m dressing up the Captain’s Quarters on my Black Pearl and I wanted to pay tribute to a couple female Pirates who were notorious for their adventures during the height of piracy!
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So, the pics anchoring the windows in the Captain’s Quarters of my Black Pearl will pay tribute to Anne Bonny and Mary Read. These gals are most noteworthy! While Blackbeard, ”Calico Jack” Rackham, “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England and others were looting, pillaging, and robbing the least suspecting, these lovelies created their own legacy and rightful place in History!
Anne Bonny
Source: © Kathy Weiser/Legends of America
View attachment 243171
Anne Bonny (or Bonney) was a famous lady pirate known for her violent temper and ferocious fighting, operated in the Caribbean, along with the likes of “Calico Jack” Rackham and fellow lady pirate, Mary Read.
Irish by birth, she was thought to have been born around 1700 in Cork, Ireland. Born as Anne McCormac, she was the illegitimate daughter of a servant woman, Mary Brennan, and Brennan’s employer, a lawyer named William McCormac. Afterward, William’s wife made his adultery public, causing his business to decline and McCormac moved to London, taking along his mistress and daughter. There, he began dressing Anne as a boy, and calling her “Andy.” McCormac then moved them to the Carolinas, where he dropped the “Mc” from his Irish name in order to blend in more easily in Charles Town (now Charleston). There, her father attempted to establish himself as an attorney but did not do well. Eventually, he joined the more profitable merchant business and accumulated a substantial fortune. Anne’s mother died when she was just 12.
As a teenager, Anne was described as having red hair and was considered a “good catch”, but she also had a temper and was said to have stabbed a servant girl with a table knife at the age of 13. Though she was considered a highly eligible wife for many men and her father had betrothed her to a local man, Anne resisted. Instead, she eloped with a poor sailor at the age of 16, who also happened to be a small-time pirate. Named James Bonny, legend has it that he hoped to eventually come into possession of his father-in-law’s estate, but that would never happen because Anne was disowned by her father after marrying James.
Sometime between 1714 and 1718, she and James Bonny moved to Nassau, on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, which was known as a sanctuary for English pirates, so much so, it was called the Republic of Pirates. There, many of the residents received a King’s Pardon for having evaded the law. When Governor Woodes Rogers arrived in the summer of 1718, James Bonny became a pirate informant for the governor in exchange for a pardon for his past illegal endeavors.
While in the Bahamas, Anne Bonny began mingling with pirates in the local taverns, where she met John “Calico Jack” Rackham, the former captain of a pirate ship. Disenchanted by her marriage, she became involved with Rackham who offered to pay her husband to divorce her — a common practice at the time — but James Bonny refused.
Anne was determined however and left with Calico Jack in August 1720 assisting in commandeering a sloop and, along with a new crew, began pirating merchant vessels along the coast of Jamaica. Rackham’s decision to have Bonny accompany him was highly unusual, as women were considered bad luck aboard ships. Bonny did not conceal her gender from her shipmates, though when pillaging she disguised herself as a man and participated in armed conflict.
Along the line, Anne became pregnant and would give birth to a son in Cuba. What became of the boy remains unknown. Bonny quickly returned to pirate life.
The next thing you know, the pair were joined by another lady pirate named Mary Read and the trio stole a ship called William, then at anchor in Nassau harbor. They then recruited a new crew and went pirating, enjoying success over the next several months, capturing a number of small vessels and keeping the cargo. When in combat, Anne took part right alongside the men and the accounts of her exploits present her as competent, effective and respected by her shipmates. And though she became to be renowned as a Caribbean pirate, she never commanded her own ship.
Bonny’s name finally got so notorious that Governor Rogers named her in a “Wanted Pirates” circular published in the continent’s only newspaper, the Boston
On November 15, 1720, Rackham and his crew were attacked by Captain Jonathan Barnet, an ex-pirate who had become a commander in the British Navy. Under a commission from Nicholas Lawes, the Governor of Jamaica, Barnet and his crew made a timely attack on Rackam’s anchored ship the William. Most of Rackham’s pirates put up little resistance as many of them were too drunk to fight. They were celebrating all night because they managed to capture a Spanish commercial ship. However, Read and Bonny fought fiercely and managed to hold off Barnet’s troops for a short time. In the end, the women were overwhelmed and Rackham and his crew were taken to Jamaica to stand before the court. As word leaked that women pirates were part of the crew the trial became a big sensation.
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Captain Jack and the male members of his crew were tried on November 16, 1720, and were sentenced to hang. Anne was allowed to visit Rackham one last time before his execution took place, but rather than consoling him, she stated “Had you fought like a man, you need not have been hanged like a dog.”
Anne and Mary were tried a week after Rackham and his men were executed. After being convicted, Read and Bonny both “pleaded their bellies”, asking for mercy because they were both pregnant, and in accordance with English common law, both women received a temporary stay of execution until they gave birth. Mary Read died in prison from fever in 1721, but the fate of Anne Bonny is unknown.
Though there are no records of Bonny’s release or execution, it is said that her father bought her freedom from Jamaican Governor Lawes and she returned to Charleston, where she gave birth to Rackham’s child.
Afterward, the stories vary as to how she lived the rest of her life. One tale says she remarried in 1721 to a man named Joseph Burleigh, with whom she had eight children and died on April 25, 1782, in South Carolina. Others say that she settled down to quiet family life on a small Caribbean island or that she lived out her life in the south of England, where she owned a tavern and regaled the locals with tales of her exploits. Another story says that her father married her off to a Jamaican official, where she changed her name to Annabele and lived her days out, having eight children and dying at age 88. The truth remains unknown.
Mary Read
Source: www.annebonnypirate.com
In the long and interesting history of piracy, Mary Read managed to prove herself as one of the most famous female pirates of all time. Although much of her earlier life remains unknown to modern historians, her time as a pirate remains well remembered today. Even though she was active for only few short years, she has done so in a time that is today remembered as a height of the Golden Age of Piracy, when the seas of Caribbean trebled under the reign of hundreds pirate ships led on by charismatic Blackbeard, wildly successful Bartholomew Roberts and cruel Edward Low.
The only records about Mary's early life come from the pen of Captain Charles Johnson (some believed to be an alias for English author Daniel Defoe), but many historians are criticizing the accuracy of his stories and lack of sources. According to him, Mary was born around 1690s by the widow of sea captain. Since her early life her mother dressed her as a boy in an attempt to secure monetary help from her husband family. This ruse quickly became natural to Mary, and she started liking dressing as a man and working male jobs. Mary quickly found work as a sailor, and after several years at sea she enlisted in English army. During her time in Nine Years War or War of the Spanish Succession, she fell in love with Flemish soldier, revealed himself to him and decided to leave military. They managed to go to Netherlands where they bought small Inn and lived happily until her husband sudden and early death. Devastated by her loss, she again took an appearance of a male sailor, and promptly went to the New World seeking better life.
View attachment 243173
Upon arriving into Central America, she quickly became accustomed with a pirate life when her entire crew was captured and forced to serve on a pirate ship. In 1718 she accepted the Kings Pardon and became member of the legitimate privateer crew, but that lasted only until her crew mutinied against their captain. While being stationed in New Providence, famous pirate gathering point, she became acquainted with thepirate captain John "Calico Jack" Rackham and her lover Anne Bonny. Mary quickly managed to find her way on board their ship where she still worked dressed as a man. The two women on board quickly became friends, and Mary soon revealed her gender to Anne. Captain Rackham who did not know this secret soon became agitated with their friendship, thinking that Anne is having a secret affair with Mary (known to him only by her fake name Mark). After seeing Rackham rage, both girls soon revealed this secret to him and later on to entire crew. During the several next years that Mary spent on board, both women openly worked on ship dressed sometimes in female clothes, but they also took a part in every pirate raid that Rackham found in the open seas. The stories of pirate crew onboard Rackham's ship "Revenge" soon became well-known across the Caribbean.
According to the legend Mary was a fierce fighter. According to one story she also developed an attraction to the one member of the Rackham's crew. When she saw that her relationship with that pirate has created tensions between the crew, Mary decided to try to save her lovers life from the bloodthirsty pirate who challenged him to the duel. She carefully executed her plan and challenged this pirate to the duel just an hour before her lover was scheduled to fight. Using her knowledge gained as a young sailor and a soldier, she quickly killed bloodthirsty pirate and saved her lovers life.
By 1720, successful operations of Captain Rackham and his crew made them well-known pirates, and many governments that held the power in Central America took notice of them. By October 1720, English Captain Jonathan Barnet managed to corner Rackham ship and mount a successful attack on him. According by some accounts, at the time of attack most of Rackham's crew were drung after celebrating recent successful raid, and Anne Bonny, Mary Read and few other pirates were the only one that put significant resistance to the English attack. While the majority of the crew hid under the deck, Mary and Anne fought valiantly until they were both captured.
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The captured crew of Captain Rackham's "Revenge" was promptly transported to Jamaica where majority of them was hanged for the crimes of theft, murder and piracy (tarred body of Jack Rackham was hanged near the entrance of Port Royale's harbor as a warning to the would-be pirates). As for the woman, they both received delay of their execution after they managed to prove to the court that they were pregnant (Anne with Rackham, and Mary most probably with her lover crewmate). Mary Read never managed to leave the prison - shortly after receiving her sentence in early 1721 she died of fever (or by other sources during childbirth).
The legacy of Mary Read is not a big one, but she still managed to survive several years as a pirate crewmember of a small time pirate captain who never received the height of fame such as some of his counterparts (in addition to his female crewmembers, Rackham is also known for popularizing his famous Jolly Rodger flag - white skull with two crossed cutlasses). To this day Mary and Anne remain the only two well documented female pirates who operated during the years of "Golden Age of Piracy", and although some of the historical records that were recorded by Captain Charles Johnson are still disputed today, these two women remain remembered fondly in the modern popular culture. Stories of their lives (and deaths) as full members of legitimate pirate crew have fueled imagination of many modern artists and since the rise of the romanticized view of pirate life their reputation continue to grow with each year.
I’ll post the next Captain’s Log once I finish up the Captain’s Quarters!
Ahoy all!
Rick
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Captain's Log ~~~ July 16, 2021
Build time today: 1.5 hour(s)
Total build time: 241.5 hours
Construction for the Black Pearl (All-Scenario version)
Build guidelines: At this time, we are nearing the end of the 1st Pole. It's been two weeks since the last Captain's Log of July 2nd and the time spent during the past two weeks has been a total of 14.5 hours. During this time I have completed the Captain's Quarters, soldered and wired the lights and added two switches and attached the poop deck and planked it.
The following pics relate to the work above and some of my observations.
An eerie night at sea....the fog drifts in and the Captain's Quarters is going through a complete restoration. A total of 11 LED lanterns were used here:
(2) Entrance, (8) Cabin, & (1) Table lantern were wired up. I used two switches. The first switch controls the outdoor entrance lights and the table lantern. The second switch controls the eight Cabin lanterns attached to the ceiling beams. I wanted to use lighting as a display effect and the switches, (of which I have four to this point) lets me display different visuals of the Pearl in dark mode.
In my last Pirate Lore thread, I highlighted the history of two notorious gal pirates, Anne Bonny and Mary Read. So, it was fitting for me to find some pirate girl images and I placed them inside the cabin on the two outer windows which were sealed off. It's not that you can really see them but if you peek in, there is a slight glimpse of the gal pirate on the port side.
Here is a look from above with some of the fixtures being fitted within the cabin. Both switches are hidden inside the starboard opening above the ceiling beams. Its easy enough to turn them on and off with just a touch of the index finger.
While I added (2) dressers to the cabin, I placed a cutout pic of a mirror on the dresser I made before gluing it into place. Its in a position that can be seen when you look into the starboard opening as it lies on the Portside wall. The kit dresser is on the Starboard side adjacent to the round table.
I added a trundle type bed to the back wall of the quarters and placed a small spotting scope beside the captain's pillow (one of the rice bags that came with the kit)
I wired a lantern to the table which works in coordination with the two outer lanterns....which allows for three of the 11 lanterns to be lit or you can light all eleven or just 8 of the eleven....whatever floats your boat. The rug image is the same at the door and under the main table, just different sizes.
I figured what's a pirate ship without a treasure map? So, I found a map image and it is displayed as a paper treasure map on the main table.
Here's a top view with many of the puppets in place. This pic slightly shows the one of the two guns in place. The Portside gun is permanently placed and the Starboard gun will be removable, as well as the one bench at the table and the chair at the round table....figured if I wanted to place a few different people in the cabin it would be like a doll house....so I have a few removable pieces to change the display.
I found it was easier to fit the poop deck by cutting the wings off...I did a lot of fitting of parts in the stern.....I was very unsure how everything was going to fit and with so many placements of this deck, I broke one of the wings off anyway....so I removed the other and quit the hassle.
Is this the Captain? and a fair maiden?
Poop deck installed and stern wings re-glued into position. Two coats of Golden Oak stain on the deck. One set of wires coming out the mizzenmast opening in case I want to do some fiber optic lighting for the masts.....also an (+) and (-) power feed out the rear for the three stern lamps. (not visible here) I will use a switch for the three stern lamps to power them on-off independently. Also, a separate switch for the mizzen wire. (Total 6 switches upon completion) Could be the Captain is wanting to entertain the golden-haired lady?
Well, I figured if I was going to honor two lady pirates, it would only be appropriate to see the ghost of Captain Jack Sparrow. Two LED's bring light to his image....it looks better than the pic conveys when lit in the dark.
Well mates that's all for now. Next week will have us finishing up the planking and finishing out the outer wood around the Captain's Quarters.
Have a great weekend!
Ahoy all,
Rick
Build time today: 1.5 hour(s)
Total build time: 241.5 hours
Construction for the Black Pearl (All-Scenario version)
Build guidelines: At this time, we are nearing the end of the 1st Pole. It's been two weeks since the last Captain's Log of July 2nd and the time spent during the past two weeks has been a total of 14.5 hours. During this time I have completed the Captain's Quarters, soldered and wired the lights and added two switches and attached the poop deck and planked it.
The following pics relate to the work above and some of my observations.
An eerie night at sea....the fog drifts in and the Captain's Quarters is going through a complete restoration. A total of 11 LED lanterns were used here:
(2) Entrance, (8) Cabin, & (1) Table lantern were wired up. I used two switches. The first switch controls the outdoor entrance lights and the table lantern. The second switch controls the eight Cabin lanterns attached to the ceiling beams. I wanted to use lighting as a display effect and the switches, (of which I have four to this point) lets me display different visuals of the Pearl in dark mode.
In my last Pirate Lore thread, I highlighted the history of two notorious gal pirates, Anne Bonny and Mary Read. So, it was fitting for me to find some pirate girl images and I placed them inside the cabin on the two outer windows which were sealed off. It's not that you can really see them but if you peek in, there is a slight glimpse of the gal pirate on the port side.
Here is a look from above with some of the fixtures being fitted within the cabin. Both switches are hidden inside the starboard opening above the ceiling beams. Its easy enough to turn them on and off with just a touch of the index finger.
While I added (2) dressers to the cabin, I placed a cutout pic of a mirror on the dresser I made before gluing it into place. Its in a position that can be seen when you look into the starboard opening as it lies on the Portside wall. The kit dresser is on the Starboard side adjacent to the round table.
I added a trundle type bed to the back wall of the quarters and placed a small spotting scope beside the captain's pillow (one of the rice bags that came with the kit)
I wired a lantern to the table which works in coordination with the two outer lanterns....which allows for three of the 11 lanterns to be lit or you can light all eleven or just 8 of the eleven....whatever floats your boat. The rug image is the same at the door and under the main table, just different sizes.
I figured what's a pirate ship without a treasure map? So, I found a map image and it is displayed as a paper treasure map on the main table.
Here's a top view with many of the puppets in place. This pic slightly shows the one of the two guns in place. The Portside gun is permanently placed and the Starboard gun will be removable, as well as the one bench at the table and the chair at the round table....figured if I wanted to place a few different people in the cabin it would be like a doll house....so I have a few removable pieces to change the display.
I found it was easier to fit the poop deck by cutting the wings off...I did a lot of fitting of parts in the stern.....I was very unsure how everything was going to fit and with so many placements of this deck, I broke one of the wings off anyway....so I removed the other and quit the hassle.
Is this the Captain? and a fair maiden?
Poop deck installed and stern wings re-glued into position. Two coats of Golden Oak stain on the deck. One set of wires coming out the mizzenmast opening in case I want to do some fiber optic lighting for the masts.....also an (+) and (-) power feed out the rear for the three stern lamps. (not visible here) I will use a switch for the three stern lamps to power them on-off independently. Also, a separate switch for the mizzen wire. (Total 6 switches upon completion) Could be the Captain is wanting to entertain the golden-haired lady?
Well, I figured if I was going to honor two lady pirates, it would only be appropriate to see the ghost of Captain Jack Sparrow. Two LED's bring light to his image....it looks better than the pic conveys when lit in the dark.
Well mates that's all for now. Next week will have us finishing up the planking and finishing out the outer wood around the Captain's Quarters.
Have a great weekend!
Ahoy all,
Rick
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Ever complete black sails? I'm getting ready to watch it again as tv sucks and tired of politics
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Finished Season 1 but plan to watch Season 2 soon….been a busy summer. I agree, TV programming does suck!
Good job, Rick!
The lady on the ship is a Bad sign!
Awesome job and great build log, Rick!
Wow you've been busy, it's a shame to cover up all those detailed parts.
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Ha! Yeah, overkill on my part….The Admiral said the same thing! Why did you have to cover it all up? Ha!
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...'that's what she said"...
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oops,,, gotta go
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Thanks Jimsky! If not for the mates here, I would never have gone this far! I would not have seen myself at this point 4 months ago when I received this kit from ZHL. Which led me to buy the San Felipe (stored away). I have enjoyed the time spent and the sense of accomplishment for my level of novice experience! I wish I started this hobby 50 years ago!
Hey, Rick! Avast! Set yer peeps on this rag I picked up at the supermarket!
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$15? I don't think so.
I didn't even notice. Just saw it and threw it in the basket.
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Nice find Vic!
Hallo @Ahoy All ,Captain's Log ~~~ March 08, 2021
Today is an exciting day. The day is cool, seas still calm but skies are clouding due to an approaching winter storm. There will be no red skies tonight, only the burning of midnight oil because the booty from the far distant land of ZHL has arrived. The estimated weight of the haul is 7.5 kg's. The boxed unraveling reveals the treasure, a 1:50 scale wooden ship kit of the Black Pearl in the All-Scenario version. So, its time to sit back for a bit and pour some rum into a fine glass. Best to first layout the goods on the Captain's pool table. In this way, the Admiral will be able to see how I could justify the expense. Quickly now, before she returns from the market.
The Admiral may doubt my true will and desire to complete this voyage. Her idea of money better spent might be visiting a not-too-distant port in Las Vegas. A little R & R, have a nice dinner after gaming some slots, followed by a show, and retiring for the evening to a luxury suite. Then, to awaken the next morning to gorge oneself with champagne, a full buffet brunch and parting amenities before sailing off to our home port. Alas, such a diversion allows the locals to just laugh themselves silly from picking my pockets as they present me with a final Bill of Departure. Just another fool who leaves a bit poorer for taking a 24-hour tour.
Shiver me timbers! Now these words from a loyal swashbuckler, "Captain, I believe the Admiral is discussing plans with her aide-de-camp (my mother-in-law) to chart reservations for you to sail them both to the Isle of Vegas, and anchor at a port called Treasure Island in the not-too-distant future." (The charts reveal this as dangerous territory, with an enemy ship floating in a fountain of Emerald water.) I can see she will not be denied her share of the contract agreement between us, which guarantees her equal doubloons and subsidies for any unnecessary squander taken by me, the Captain of the ship.
"This to: I saw her laughing and heard her talking to the gulls sitting on the rail, saying that he's not likely to keep the Pearl afloat for too long, a doubting Thomas." Experience tells her that you'll lose interest over time and this task may be above your pay grade. As a retired Captain, the Admiral predicts that I'll be off to other new endeavors long before the planking of the second skin.
Truth be told, the only restrictions I have been forewarned about by the Admiral is TO NOT BUILD ANYWHERE NEAR THE GALLEY OR THE DINING ROOM TABLE. So it is, the Captain's Quarter's will be my abode. (The garage workbench with my trusty hounds at my side and at my feet.) ", for now we are safe from any mutiny, and being forced to 'dancing with the hempen jig' is not part of the Admiral's current plans for me. So, I will put this parched message in a bottle and have you cast it overboard for posterity. You can bear witness that you saw me set my hand and seal to this pledge as follows:
For the words I write about the build, and despite all progress on this ship,
entries are for hopes that will give us a plank to offer constructive lip.
I know this challenge will last more than a year, rather than mere months you see,
yet, hopefully entertaining for all those aboard taking this voyage with me.
You see this thread will not be about being a pro and making it all work and no play,
but rather for learning and hearing from mates who may have something to say.
I send to each of you bucko's upon me starting this two-box kit,
cheers and wishes for good health, all glued together with time in a bottle as I see fit.
.....and so it begins, my thread on the build of the Black Pearl. Ahoy mates!
Disclaimer: (I am 66 years young. I decided to do something I've never done before, that is to build a wooden ship model. Since I enjoyed the "Pirates" movies, I looked in many places for a "wooden" Black Pearl " kit. Eventually, I found a Chinese manufacturer, ZHL on the internet after a few searches, so I ordered the Pearl. I've been doing a lot of reading, research and YouTube vids on model ship building over the past few months. Ordering new tools and making some. Now, I have discovered the SHIPS OF SCALE forum. After joining, I see there may exist two sides of the spectrum in regard to who and what is credible or not as a legitimate model and/or supplier of these type kits. I personally don't have a dog in this fight since I possess little knowledge and skill in regard to this hobby or craft. I'm just a simple mate who'll enjoy some rum when documenting my build. In simple terms, I added building a $500+ wooden ship to my retirement bucket list to relax, not to raise my blood pressure...LOL!)
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Happy birthday, Rick! Did you get any new tools for your birthday?