17TH C. PIRATE

Yarrr! Or shiver me timbers…(never really got that one). What am I doing in pirate garb? I’m not Johnny Depp, nor am I in a pirate movie…(mostly because I couldn’t act my way out of a paper bag!). I guess the answer is I like dressing up as different versions of myself or others. Don’t ask where it came from. Other than Halloween, I never put on a costume until I became involved with the SCA back in 1977. 

I suppose this current incarnation of my pirate self was caused by my peers in The Vestensaer Vikings. We formed an offshoot group called The Buccaneers of Vetensaer to go to a local pirate festival and enjoyed it so much that we decided to see about taking a San Francisco bay cruise on a multi-masted sailing vessel. We were fortunate to find one that would accommodate us and allow us to come in pirate kit. We had a blast, as you can tell from the pictures.

Yes, we are available to hire as pirates…have your bag of booty ready!