Pyrates of the Coast - Meet the Crewe

Most of our crewe...


Cyren Meeter Maid You've heard tales of those Sirens of the Sea that lure men to their untimely deaths along the reefs with their song. That be Cyren for sure. Recruitment has always been problematic for The Blackheart. Unwilling sailors bludgeoned with a belaying pin can only be of so much use. But Cyren lures them willingly and they surrender to her siren song, coming aboard ship with nary a single whack to the head. When she's not recruiting, she serves as the Executive Chef aboard ship, whipping up amazing food with such mundane stocks as rancid flour, boweevils, rats and an occasional block of moldy cheese.	Animal Master at Arms 6-String Guitarist in The Pyrates Band Crazed by the tepid heat of the tropics, Animal was found adrift in a little dinghy off the coast of Cayman. After drinking The Blackheart dry of its supply of fine and not so fine rums, he became lucid once again and recounted the unbelievable tale of his marooning and subsequent travails. We all thought him to be a quite jolly lad but a little dingy (not dinghy). So we chained him to the capstan in case he had another bout of the horrors.	Water Rat First Mate Emeritus & Token Irishman Baritone Ukelele and Vocalist in The Pyrates Band Hailing from Belfast, Water Rat was pressed into service aboard the The Blackheart after he was captured in a battle with the sloop, Irish Rover. Promoted from chief bilge bailer, Water Rat has worked his way up to first mate and chief musician. A wily rogue of a pirate, his spry wit, boundless puns and musical numbers keep the crewe entertained during the long months at sea. He has been with the crewe for an astonishing 27 years - no one has put up with the Captain that long!!!!


Red Handed Jill Sommelier Red Handed Jill arrived aboard ship with Youngblood, her youthful charge. While ashore, she was known by local constables as a two-bit thief. Not very good at her craft, she was regularly caught .... (finish the sentence with the first two words in her name). While pillaging, we can always find her in the finer shops in port, particularly those known to sell fine and not so fine wines. She actually earned her name because she’s prone to spilling a glass of Port now and then whenever the ship heels to starboard.	Bootleg Club Pro Discovered somewhat dazed, still holding a club over his pock-marked victim, we knew instantly that Bootleg was really on the ball. We immediately seized him and placed him in the service of The Blackheart. It is there that he trains other pirates in the fine arts of effectively using a club while they are engaged in mortal combat in the open field. He is a master of all that he knows and he knows very little (just kidding, there Bootleg - don't want you to "pitch" a fit on deck).	Sir Nigel Ship's Artist and Ace of Cads Periodic Lead Guitarist with The Pyrates Band The eldest son of an English gentleman and a handmaiden, Sir Nigel recently took some time to Sea *the* World (pun intended). He has served admirably in the "sweet" trade most of his life, notably on the island of Zanzabar, living amongst the Zanzabarbarians. A talented musican and artiste, a lover of dancing and (s)wordplay, a smuggler as well as a snuggler, he has cast his lot with the nafarious band of pirates aboard The Blackheart.


Sloe Gin Timber Shiverer, Minx Ginger, or Sloe Gin as she's known among the crewe, has sailed with Captain Hurricane aboard the Blackheart on many adventures over the last 20 years, before jumping ship to the Belle Rose. Hurricane and crewe stumbled upon her in a piano bar deep in the Tropics where she served as a torch singer and barmaid, alternately slinging beer and singing salty tales of the sea. Known for her quick wit, beguiling charm, flirtatious demeanor and mastery of the male mind, she quickly gave birth to the now famous term, "Shiver me timbers."	Rogue's Pierre Weapon's Master/Serenader Rogue's Pierre is a master swordsman and guitar player, switching with relative ease between a cutlass and a cutaway. At least most of the time. There was the time he was a bit in his cups from too much Pyrat Rum and mixed the two up, doing a Hendrix-like riff on his cutlass, only to find that he had almost sliced the tip of his fingers off on the razor sharp blade. Once he realized his mistake, he dropped the sword, grabbed the guitar and finished a rousing chorus before he passed out from blood loss. As he always say, "The show must go on."	Willy Wobble Anchorman Willy's first voyage was almost his last, after he valiently risked his own life to save Rotgut in Tampa Bay. Rotgut (who later drowned in his own sorrows) was on watch when he lost his balance and fell overboard, the victim of too much rum. Without hesitating, Willy jumped in with both feet, saving a fellow crewe member without a second thought (we had lots of them). Willy is a master of all, specialist in none. Frankly, he'll tackle anything that "suits" him. We hope we're not being too formal here. Aboard The Blackheart, he is in charge of maintaining and managing the anchors, chains and stuff and making sure all the wenches, uh, winches, are in fine order.


Angelina Morgan Fiddler Arounder A "jill of all trades", Angelina constantly amazes us with her many talents. She was schooled in Lipzig and studied under Sir Charles Daniels, then spent some time with Van Gogh, who taught her the finer points of painting with a brush instead of her fingers (a major step forward in her career as a ship's artist). And, whenever the crewe is in desperate need of some new duds, give her a few minutes and she can have a pair of breeches and frock coat ready before the noon supper bell, woven from the hair of the every balding crewe.	Reuben Morgan Stringmeister Sailing the ocean blues, Reuben is really jazzed to be joining the crewe of The Blackheart. We discovered him on a rock in themiddle of the ocean, waylaid and adrift. He seemed to have a good soul and we found that he was a better musician than any of us put together. So, rather than string him along, we plucked him from his watery perch. He signed aboard for a couple bucks, yes we got him for a song. He doesn't know sheet about sailing but he's great with a tune, joining Angelina to entertain us during the long days at sea.	Anita Treasure Sharpshooter Watch your hearts boys! Not that you'll lose them to her wiles necessarily, but you may find a blunderbuss or pistol pokin' at it from our resident sharpshooter if you get out of line. And if she ever says she's "taking a powder" or disappears momentarily to say she wants to powder something in the head, run for your life because she'll be gunnin' for ya with all barrels blazing. For us, it's an absolute pleasure having our Treasure aboard ship. We sleep so much more soundly at night, knowing she has the watch.


OryginalCinn, a.k.a Stank Jim Flogger & Mistress of the Ones Born the daughter of the Baroness of Sublunaria and a mysterious Spaniard known only as Santiago, Oryginal Cinn, or Stank Jim as she is known to some, ran away to the Caribbean to chronicle the lives of the pirates with her first choice of weapons, the pen. She quickly found herself pillaging, plundering, rifling and looting with the worst of scoundrels – the crew of The Blackheart - and enjoying every minute! Equally comfortable in the garb of wench or pirate, Cinn is the master of whip, pistol, bow, axe, and sword... but even more deadly are her fingernails.	Bliss Morale Officer Discovered raising hell in every inn and tavern along the docks of Wilhelmshaven Germany, Bliss could be found singing the bawdy ballad, "Double your treasure, double your fun" in her native Germanic tongue. Of course, we didn't know that's what she was saying at the time. As the Morale Officer aboard ship, she's charged with keeping the crewe amused so they don't mutiny on the captain. A happy crewe is, well, a happy crewe as they say. With sufficient rum, wenching and booty, anyone would be happy. And when they're not, Bliss will knock them upside the head with her two... well, uh, Morale Boosters. We'll leave it at that.	Rigger Master of Sail & Hogger Rigger has been a pirate for as long as he can remember. He began his career long before he came aboard our vessel and is a master of sail aboard the Blackheart, primarily because he was the only one who knew the true purpose of all this canvas-y stuff we had on ship. Basically, if it uses canvas Rigger can make it fix it, hoist it or make it fast. When he's not working with sail, you'll find him down below tinkering with machinery that he claims (and we don't believe him) will be able to whisk him around the streets of Port Royal by two-wheeled motorized conveyence. There's one in every crowd.


Master Sully Ship's Carpenter, Cook & Forager After eluding the pirate hunter Col. William Rhett, Sullivan Quint, or Sully and he is known to his mates, sailed from the Carolina coast to the shores of Key West. There, in a darkened pub, he was shanghied by Hurricane and his crewe. A carpenter by trade, Master Sully has gone on the account with these rouges of the sea to make sure things stay ship shape. He is a master at all he surveys and is the only one aboard The Blackheart that can make fire, lending his field promotion to Cook and Forager for the crewe. His Frogmore Stew is legendary.	Wrong Way Cabin Boy & Heir Apparent Born upon the high seas aboard the Blackheart, Wrong Way is the offspring of Hurricane. From his earliest moments on Mother Earth, he took to the ways of piratin', learning to wield a rubber knife by the age of six months. His purported first word was "Argh" and he has served aboard the Lady Washington and the Schooner WOLF on multiple tours of duty. He earned his name because of his innate inability to tell port from starboard.	Youngblood Ship's Sly Spy Youngblood is a master of disguise and can slip in and out safely from even the most dangerous situations. He has a command of several languages, including five not currently know to any scholar. He is also fluent in nearly any dialect, although he prefers that of an Englishman. He's so good at what he does we're not even sure where he is from one moment to the next. So watch your backside - you never know when Youngblood will suddenly appear to slit yer gizzards wide open. Argh!

Adventures and other crewe mates.

Following are photos from some of our adventures. As you can see, we have a lot of rogues and wenches who sail with us from time to time, from our regular crewmates such as Sloe Gin, Oryginal Cinn, Red Handed Jill, Bootleg and Sully to some of our newer recruits, including Double T, Dumplin' and Luscious Lilly.