If you have a daughter,
bounce her on your knee,
if you have a son,
send the bastard off to sea!
Update Nov 23, 2009. I'm currently sailing the Tallship Lynx from San Diego to West Palm Beach, Florida through the Panama Canal. Piracy is overrated, it's all about Privateering! If you would like to see some pics and updates of the trip, then follow on Facebook, send me a message and I will send you a link to my profile over on that "other" social networking site. We're in Cabo for a few days right now, we have several more stops along the way. Cheers!
Having grown tired of the affairs on land, and having met much boredom with bits and bytes, I have signed the ships articles and sworn my allegiance to the Bill of Rights, for she doth need much attention to her woodwork and rigging. Rather that dedicate my life to a trade that produces nothing of a material nature, but rather eats up all my time and very soul for the proper blinking of a light, I've decided to immerse myself in a centuries old art, that of the sailor. A pirate I am not. My captain's motto be, "Kill pirates and take their stuff." I never intended to be a cutthroat rascal, though the vessels upon which they sail I have always espied with much interest. Having learned the way of the sail and seamanship upon much smaller vessels, I am blessed with the opportunity to serve upon a great wooden gaff tops'l schooner, and learn from her crew, and contribute to the toils and duties of which a ship requires from her crew, and in return have satisfaction in the use of my time, knowledge that will last me a lifetime, and adventures that seem to be from another age.
