Water Rat
First Mate Emeritus & Token Irishman
Plays Baritone Uke and Sings Vocals 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 25 years - no one has put up with the Captain that long!!!!

HOMEPORT: LaPine, OR

Bailey
Ship's Sorceress & Colorist

Stranded on a sandbar near Cocoa Beach, Bailey wandered into a bar looking to quench her thirst after being chased all the way from the Bahamas by a school of hungry sharks. There, she found the crewe of The Blackheart, celebrating their latest acquisition of ill-begotten goods. She was given a tall drink and taken back to sea aboard ship. There, she serves admirably as our Sorceress, conjuring up our future fortunes, good and bad. She also draws a lot of grafitti on the bulwarks, since the only paper we have on board is used, well, uh, for sanitation. For some reason, she has standards.

HOMEPORT: Daytona Beach, FL

Coastie
LOOKOUT!!!!

Rumored to have been a member of the Coastal Patrol for the burgeoning American sea trade, Coastie turned tail and joined this band of rogues before his number was up. What he didn't know at the time was that we had already called his number -- it was 8. And so it was that Coastie came aboard The Blackheart and quickly rose to the top - the crow's nest. There, he spends countless hours scanning the horizon for prey and the unwelcome sight of the King's Navy. He is prone to dropping our only spyglass from up top during his 24 hour shifts, hence his position with the crewe. Someday, we'll find someone else who isn't afraid of heights to share the duty so he can come down to eat.

HOMEPORT: Rockledge, FL

Dangerous
Code Cracker (& Assassin, shh!)

The King's Navy is always up to no good... constantly changing their signal flags so we don't know what the heck they mean. Dangerous is charged with hacking their code to bits, so we can get a gauge on their plans of attack long before the first broadsides are exchanged. Of course, this is just a part time job and few Code Crackers can make a living cracking code. So we also trained him to be an assassin. Don't ever turn your back on Dangerous, or he could slip yer gizzards and feed them to his fish. You can always call him Dangerous, but if you want to live on the edge, just call him Dan. If you live to tell about it, then it's a good sign he likes ya!

HOMEPORT: Daytona Beach, FL

Deadly Aim
Navigator

Schooled in the mystic arts of the stars and the planets, Deadly Aim is the only one on the crewe that doesn't have to stop to ask directions. With her vast knowledge of celestial bodies, she is able to read the sun, the moon and the stars and keep us going in the same direction for a really long time. She regularly tells the captain where he can go... but he won't go there because he's allergic to brimstone. She is quick of wit and well regarded among the crewe because she's one of the only ones aboard The Blackheart that actually knows where we're going.

HOMEPORT: Daytona Beach, FL

Mizzen
Ship's Surgeon, Goon and Chief Bottle Washer

Discovered along the pristine shores of the Indian River handing out very small inflatable life rafts of questionable value to snotties, Mizzen joined the crewe of The Blackheart after a short voyage aboard the Grim Weeper. Known for his quick hands (watch out girls), he can swath a festering wound in mere moments from his ever present kit of medicinals. Handy with a belaying pin, he is part of the Goon Squad along with Sulley, Touche and Bootleg. He's also good with sterilization of the dishes during land campaigns, though he can't seem to remember to wash his own hands before treating the wounded.

HOMEPORT: Palm Bay, Florida

Olaf, The Wanderer
Chief Elixir Mixir

Anchored off Hilton Head Island (an appropriate place for a pirate), Olaf anchors the Pyrates of the Carolina Coast crewe. With just a roll of duct tape and a spool of baling wire, he can make darned near anything aboard The Blackheart. Olaf signed onto the articles in Key West and is known far and wide for his bottle of strange elixir that could breath life back into the most dead of pirates. We commend him on keepin' the crewe healthy, less wealthy and less wise.

HOMEPORT: Hilton Head, SC

One Eye Spry
Jib Jiber & Jibe Jibber

One Eye joined up with The Pyrates during an escapade in local Portlando waters. He was found with a small band of cutthroats who were attempting to one-up one another with different uses of the sound, "arrrr." We didn't let him get faaaar, ending up at a local baaaar where he swaaaar allegiance to our crewe. Currently, he serves as Jib Jiber (occasionally he's also asked to jab the jib when it gets stuck), jibing the jib with his punology whenever the ship changes course, or is that caaaarse. 

HOMEPORT: Portlando, FL

Peety
Gaming Master

Peety was found afloat in a small Jenga off the shore of Perudo. She was obviously in jeopardy. Placing himself at risk, One Eye jumped into the water. It was not a trivial pursuit, as he and Peety struggle aboard the Blackheart through a complex system of chutes and ladders, made necessary by the fouling of the cargo hook. The men were bowled over by her beauty and charm. They asked her 20 questions and she admitted that she had narrowly escaped a twister at sea. It caused her great aggravation. But now that she was safe aboard ship, Peety could ably assist Mizzen with any operation he had to perform. She also knows how to build a good mousetrap, which also catches rats by the way.

HOMEPORT: Portlando, FL

Port
Desserter

The daughter of an Irish sea captain pressed into the service of the King against his will, Port traveled to ports far flung in her youth, from equatorial India to the primitive outposts in the Americas. After her father was cut down in his prime at the helm of the HMS Spear, Port made ends meet by servicing the ships that anchored in Norfolk in the Virginias. No, lads, that's not the kind of servicing of which we speak. Instead, Port sold the starving seamen her finely crafted desserts, from crafty cakes to delicious pies, a craft she had learned from her god-fearing blind mother. She quickly became known as the first Female Desserter of the Royal Navy. Offered the proud but non-paying position of Desserter aboard The Blackheart, she accepted at swordpoint. Our sweet tooths couldn't be more happy with her decision.

HOMEPORT: Palm Bay, FL

Sabre
Fighting Master & Salvager

Oh sure, Sabre looks innocent enough. That's her advantage when boarding other's ships. Dazzled by her good looks, sailors and Marines are unaware that Sabre is actually a champion fencer and swordswoman. She deftly leaps aboard and slices and dices her opponents apart before they know what hit them (think Human Vegimatic). After she's cleaned the deck of the enemy, Hurricane and crewe board to uhh, well, there's nothing left for us to do but pillage and plunder. Thanks to Sabre, combat injuries have dropped substantially aboard The Blackheart. 

HOMEPORT: Ft. Myers, FL

Sir Nigel
Quartermaster, Ship's Artist and Ace of Cads
Plays Lead Guitar in 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. He is currently working on his illustrated autobiographical work: "Pyrate Tales: Memoirs of a Rogue - Tales of Aventure and Mischief."

HOMEPORT: Intercession City, FL

Siren
Ship's Lure & Executive Chef

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 Siren 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 Siren 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. Between her, Port and Sulley, we manage to eat mighty well.

HOMEPORT: Melbourne Beach, FL

Starboard
Boomer & Jigger

Starboard unintentionally invented the first submarine when he accidentally disgorged a very large cork in the belly of a fine Brig in service to his Majesty. Knowing he was on to something, he was determined to perfect his idea by sending enemy craft to the bottom, only this time with the ship's boomers. Cannon a blazing, Starboard would laugh uncontrollably as he submarined ship after ship. Running short of cannonballs, he singlehandedly seized a small fledgling company in Brunswick that made balls for 10-pin. Working throughout the night, he plugged the perplexing three holes that had been drilled into the otherwise good balls so they would strike true and leave nothing to spare. A dedicated and brave member of the crewe, Starboard also is known to dance a little jig now and then late at night on the deck with Port. We'd complain about the noise from the constant clip clopping on the deck, but he's a danged good shot with a two-pounder.

HOMEPORT: Palm Bay, FL

Stormy
Propulsion & Reconnaissance Officer

When the seas are calm, Stormy is charged with the task of getting the crewe to man (and woman) the oars to put us back into the lightest of breezes. She is a master of all things that propel other things through stuff and is rumored to be working on some new fangled machinations that will send The Blackheart blazing across the waters at unheard of speeds. Something about the Chinese and their experiments with rockets. We humor her, primarily because she has the only keys to the Powder Room and knows how to make things go boom. When ashore, she is our Reconnaissance Officer, keeping a weather eye out for booty, rum and more gun powder. She loves rum and gunpowder!

HOMEPORT: Port Canaveral, FL

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.

HOMEPORT: Cocoa, FL

Slip Shot
Sailing Master

Stouthearted in the face of even the greatest blowhard (including the Captain) Slip Shot hails from the coast of the Floridas. Aboard The Blackheart he's in charge of keeping all our rigging, uh, rigged and our sails, uhh, sailing... He works closely with One Eye the Jib Jiber and Rogue's Pierre, the sailmaster. What's the difference between a Sailing Master and a sailmaster? About 1,900 nautical miles (an inside joke).  

HOMEPORT: St. Augustine, FL

Long Gone John
Fish Gatherer & Harp Player

Accidentally set adrift during a raucous party aboard The Blackheart one night, Long John rounded Cape Horn, traversed the Indian Ocean and then caught the Pacific tides, ending up beached after five years at sea in Alaska. Making the best of things, Long John, who is now known as Long Gone John, continued his pirate ways in the Great White North, subsisting on whale blubber and tundra. Suffice it to say, we're glad to have him back aboard The Blackheart. By the way, in addition to being our chief fish catcher guy aboard ship, he's one of the greatest harmonica player you'll ever meet, and live to tell others about it (if he's in a charitable mood).

HOMEPORT: Eagle River, AK