Upon what sort of ship do you sail?

[Obadiah Jib]

Unless you own a real ship (which of few pirates do) when you imagine your character what sort of ship takes the crew in search of plunder?  Perhaps a sloop, snow, galleon, or galley.  Maybe the exotic with a dow, xebec, junk, or catamaran?

[RumbaRue]

Unfortunately I get seasick.....


aw quit laughing....I know lots of seasick pirates. 

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

They say the surest cure for sea sickness is to sit under a tree.   

El Lobo del Mar is a 32-gun Spanish-built frigate.  She was appropriated from a Spanish warlord and refitted for the Account.  She's fast, and runs well before the wind to a broad reach. 

[Welsh Wench]

Why, what a co-incidence!

I just happen to have a 32-gun Spanish-built frigate appropriated from a Spanish warlord and refitted for the Account! 

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

You mean that ship you appropriated half of from a certain pirate as community property?  That ship?  I think I know it... 

[Welsh Wench]

Briggs! Get the tape measure and a roll of masking tape!

*glares*
This is my half, this is your half.....and I have 16 guns.
AND the bathroom!

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

We won't be dividing the bed again, will we?  That didn't last too long when we tried it before... 

[Taffy Saltwater]

The Libertine's a brigantine - coz I liked the rhyme, k?

[NorthBayDreamer]

I sailed this (or at least rode on, drank tequila, and listened to pirate stories) for 3 hours a few years ago:



It is authentic and was build before 1900, it got a 1 cylinder engine put in in 1930, which is it still using to chug around Cabo San Lucas.  Does this count?

[Angelhood]

Here's what me and the crew errr "sail".  She be the Highlander's Kiss. Being land-locked privateers, she's got wheels and sails at the top speed of 35 mph. Excellent for parades with a smaller mast. She's got five working guns, and currently five more are being built.

[Welsh Wench]

   Well, I've parked docked many a ship..

Pay no attention to that one...it was defective when I got there.

[Elinor Hakebourne]

Briggs! Get the tape measure and a roll of masking tape!

*glares*
This is my half, this is your half.....and I have 16 guns.
AND the bathroom!

I agree with Wench on the bathroom...I mean, really, MadJack, what're YOU gonna do with a sauna and goodness knows what Wenchie added with the remodel...or hasn't that happened yet?

[Capt Robertsgrave Thighbiter]

Here be our vessel, Hellion, formerly HMS Hellion,  but we had a disagreement with the management


And, yes, we travel on the highways etc with full rigging up ( though it takes one hell of a lot of gas to do that)

[Obadiah Jib]

Here be our vessel, Hellion, formerly HMS Hellion,  but we had a disagreement with the management


And, yes, we travel on the highways etc with full rigging up ( though it takes one hell of a lot of gas to do that)

Outstanding sir!

Of course for myself I would worry that the temptation to roll down the windows and fire a broadside at fellow drivers on cell phones would end my days of piracy.

[Capt Robertsgrave Thighbiter]

Aint that the truth! We got more then our share here in NYC.  Thats why we have the cannon ports!

What you cant see in this pic is the ships wheel steering wheel, lashed to the real one. Mounted to the deck ( roof) is the swivel cannon ; a miniature ships telegraph; our timoneer at a second ships wheel; our quarterboard (with HMS struck out in red paint) and the railing for the  gallery ( windows) on the stern; and a half dozen mini belaying pins mounted on the larboard pin rail.

Right now, laid up in ordinry, with all her rigging etc removed for the winter. Planned for next spring: mount a figurehead i got to the front bumper,  a  furled sail for the bowsprit yard;  a stay and backstay,  more belaying pins for the starboard pin rail,  more cannon ports,  and by then i susspect her red anti fouling will need to be redone, this time with copper.

Its a sickness, I tells ya!