Rigging Ongoings… 20 May 2018

Yup, pirates will be taking over our ship this weekend!  Polite pirates they are – they forewarned us that they were coming. Interesting thing about pirates, they actually were in a way, polite.  Honor among thieves, so it has been said. Many pirates had originally been either sailors for the Royal Navy, privateers, or merchant…

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Rigging Ongoings… 13 May 2018

  For all you moms out there… The mother ship…HMS Rose…and her baby HMS Surprise. One might say that the HMS Surprise is the baby of HMS Rose.  Of course that can’t be really possible on so many different levels, since HMS Surprise used to BE the HMS Rose and of course the pure fact that…

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Rigging Ongoings… 6 May 2018

High-five or fist bump?  A recent discussion made me start to think about whether the high-five was being replaced by the hipper, newer version: the fist bump.  (Don’t even get me started on the handshake, that is a whole ‘nother ball o’ wax.)  My question was whether the the high-five is old school? (Does anyone…

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Rigging Ongoings… 15 April 2018

We always have “SURPRISE” things happening!! Depending on you, it is POSSIBLE to raise the t’gallant and topyards along with the gaff this Sunday.  It would take some real dedication and a bit of work before, but it COULD happen.  Need as much of our crew as we can muster…and for all to come in…

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Rigging Ongoings… 8 April 2018

A-hunting we will go, a-hunting we will go, hi-ho-the-cherrio a-hunting we will go. Find the chick, she’s in there…somewhere. New game on Twitter (@chickrigger) to check out!  #chickriggersriggingquiz.  Sometimes easy, sometimes hard mini quizzes on maritime history, terminology, and of course rigging!  Be the first to tweet me the answer! What did we do, oh…

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Rigging Ongoings 1 April 2018

to all you chicks and chickdudes out there! Yes, yes, of course there is an Easter egg hunt! Onboard our gal are hidden many eggs. Find one, find two, find ’em all. There is also: yep, a golden egg!! oooohh, aaaahhh! Come on down, join the fun. If we feel like it, we will even…

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