Wooden boats, costumes, rrrrum and trrreasure - what more d'ya want?

[Thorne]

I thought I'd post this series of photos and short videos by my sweetie taken at last year's Loch Morgan event in Northern Ca. Check out the sailing videos near the end of the treasure hunt section in particular. Our French colours don't provide any protection from the Bavarian guns, worse luck...


https://plus.google.com/photos/11679...417?banner=pwa



The rum, G&T, and various other potables proved the most dangerous part of digging up the buried treasure -


Playing 'Feral Viking Bocce' along the shoreline also proved a challenge -

[David G]

Well... speaking as your Twin... all I can say is thank all the Gods that there were no fotos included of bejeweled codpieces!

[jsjpd1]

Looks like a lot of fun! Thanks for sharing Thorne.
Jim

[Willin']

Great fun! Thanks!

Is that the Gualala River?

[Thorne]

A 'Secret Location' along the coast. Hint, directly between Dry and Freshwater Lagoons north of Trinidad and south of Orick.





More pics from previous years -

https://picasaweb.google.com/1167954...n?noredirect=1



in 2010 we had a "Gin Boat" to provide drinkies from a huge jug of G&T whilst out treasure hunting -

[Mad Scientist]

Nice hats in Post #5, Photo 2!

Tom

[James McMullen]

Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of. . .well anything will do, really. Whiskey, if I'm picking. 'Cept for bourbon of course, the refuge of scoundrels.

I will bring my own hat.

[peter radclyffe]

i cant access this

[Thorne]

Interesting! Just a standard Picassa photo page - are you trying from work?

i cant access this

[rogue]

Looks like fun!! We used to sail the dory on Tomales Bay with TCSA folk back in the late 80's/ early 90's, lot's fun, food, campfires on the beach, music and rum! Thanks for reminding me of those days..

[Thorne]

I got in with the TSCA crowd later, but here's her album from the annual Marshall Beach Campout from last year -

https://picasaweb.google.com/1167954...t?noredirect=1



And mine from earlier -

http://www.luckhardt.com/marshal_bch_9-10.html

http://www.luckhardt.com/MarshallBch...lBch-9-08.html

[J. Dillon]

Thorne, I always enjoy your posts. Especially the images with the costumes. Have you and or your crew ever been approached by film crews to portray an event or a boat in history.

Also what do the flags signify?

Thanks

JD

[Thorne]

Nope, we aren't good enough to be Commercial Thespians -- but as I recently put it, "I do play an actor on weekends"... (rimshot)

The flags mean various things, none of which will ever meet anything remotely like flag etiquiette. The red on with the curvy symbol is for Morgan's Co'y, aka "Sirens", one of the reenactment groups. The semi-period semi-national flags are 'flags of convenience" == temporarily flown to allow boats to maneuver within water-cannon-range of a target and then "Attaque!". The Bavarian flag is sometimes flown by Pia, who hails from them thar parts of the world. We even fly Coots, TSCA and Wooden Boat flags/bugees upon occasion.

Just to make any FE (flag etiq) folks fly around the room, here's one of my dory flying (top to bottom) US flag, TSCA and Wooden Boat on the mast, and the Morgan's Co'y colors from the rudder head, with John Carlson's Merryrow flying the British Red Ensign.



Just a note, I actually have no problem with FE, and when visiting Canada in my SJ21 I flew the correct national flags from the correct locations, including the ones for Customs before inspection. But when sailing in semi-private waters with reenactors in uniforms and costumes, all that (literally) goes by the board...

[JC 72]

Aye, what a way to wet our appetite for more nautical fun. I've a new Secret Flag for this years Big Lagoon Messabout. You will just have to wait and see...