So this past January one of my former shipmates happened to pass by and visit, and we got to reminiscing and recounting stories of the misadventures of our crew, and it got me thinking that one of the most dramatic, filled with sculduggery and scandal, I don't think I've ever put to writing before. While I had livejournal even back then, I was ( Read more... )

   Christie felt the salty wind on her face and she was excited. She was on a pirate ship! And soon there would be a battle. The deck vibrated under her feet as the vessel motored out to one end of a large t-shaped inlet ( Read more... )

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   Hello from San Francisco! We sailed in under the Golden Gate Bridge around 2am the morning of last Friday, having been at sea since the prior Monday (up at Ilwaco in the mouth of the Columbia ( Read more... )

   My writing is as little impaired right now because I have a bee perched on my right hand pointer finger. It's raining outside and I found her utterly soaked on the deck. Big drops of water on her wings. I actually towelled her off a bit by dabbing at her with the corner of a paper towel.

So we're back in Aberdeen Washington, AKA Aberdoom, ( Read more... )

   In theory I'd catch up on the internets and the world when I have days off, but my last day off I spent in the car with my parents, and the one before that I was in Roche Harbour where the internet wasn't working, so we're looking at at least six weeks between having a solid day to catch up on things ( Read more... )

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   This will be ultra fast because I have revielle in 7 jingles at four bells 7 minutes at 1000. Been in Gig Harbour, a cute little place. Had battle sails 6-9pm both days here so they were 14 and 12 hour days, so been busy ( Read more... )

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   I'm in the galleyhouse washing the dishes from lunch, through the window in front of me I can see the skyscrapers of Seattle across the sound, the boat rocking gently side to side, when over my the music I have going on the galley sound system I hear some moaning and groaning from elsewhere in the ship. "That sounds like zombies!!" I say to ( Read more... )