Nothing was mentioned if there was a 'period' ship somewhere near the dockside or not, but if one is available somewhere close-by, it would add to the festivities. I think in Tampa, the ship USS Bounty is at dockside; the one that was used in the film of the same name with Marlon Brando. But, this ship cannot come all the way to Maine just for this event. Looks like this was a perfect day for a perfect event...and the people in the photo really look original to me!

Events such as this Pirate Festival in Eastport, reminds me of festivals and events portrayed all over the world; but I also like the old movie studio lot outside Tucson, Arizona where famous movie stars filmed many hit movies years ago. Men and women dressed up as period cowboys with their long rifles and pistols, blasting out at cowboys and desperados walking up the street in 'showdowns' and all; ya, nice!

How quickly we forget. How many months ago was it that the sea captain from New Hampshire was held captive by Somali pirates before being rescued by our navy?

Yet we continue to glamorize and celebrate this foul aspect of maritime history.

What's next: Gouldsboro Rapist Days? Cumberland Torture Fest? Augusta Slavery Celebration?

Why, Rogue_Wave? Did McCain endorse piracy? Guess I missed that.

It's too bad that people can't have a good time anymore without some idiot posting negitives and ruining the fun for all. Do you remember the outcome of the african pirates? We kicked there a$$es and got our guys out safe. Oh thats right that was good news. you probably didn't hear about that.

Sorry, paulbunyon (and if your name is supposed to be the lumberjack guy, it's "Bunyan"), I’m not going to back off this one. It’s too close to home for too many Mainers who go to sea. If you think the Maersk Alabama case was isolated, check out http://www.icc-ccs.org/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=table&tableid=70&calculations=0&Itemid=82 to read about recent attacks, and note that the number of attacks in the first six months of 2009 (240 of them) is more than double the number in that time frame last year. It ain't just about kicking asses and getting 'our' guys out, simple as you make it sound.

And no, paulbunyon, I didn't miss the comical irony of your criticizing me for being "negitive" while in the same breath calling me an idiot. You're a hoot.

Right on Annie.

Not only are pirates criminals, there was never ever any pirate activity as far Down East as Eastport. This festival was started in conjunction with the stupid movies put out by Hollywood. It's an excuse to buy and wear ready-made costumes and get drunk. Meanwhile, for the rest of the year, Eastport continues to sink into oblivion. if the time and energy that went into planning this "festival" (and the salmon festival) went into fixing city hall, getting rid of Bud Finch (one of the biggest pirate-thieves to walk Water Street), straightening out the schools, figuring out how to streamline the police department ($350,000 to protect a tiny island of maybe 1,000 year round residents) and bringing some real jobs Down East, then maybe Eastport could thrive. Until then, it'll be pillheads and scammers and thieves who don't have a clue will continue to run the island like their own fiefdom.

anniepooh mentality is what is wrong with this country. what is so bad about people having fun, no fights, no bad reports, just plain old fun. oh, and no SOMALIS either!! get off your high horse anniepooh. live a little.

Justbill: I work on the high seas, worldwide. Don't tell me how to live when this is an issue that affects me every day I'm at work.

Back to the original point: brutal, lawless, and –yes—modern-day violence has no place being the centerpiece of a weekend family celebration.

Like the old Slave Auctions that we used in high school 30 years ago as fund-raisers, we’ll look back on Pirate Days in embarrassment within my lifetime.

wow you have issues. Ever consider therapy?? If not you might want to. And if it's that bad on the "high seas" you may want to change jobs.

anniepooh, the festival is to have fun, not mock the real dangers of piracy. Same thing to jimmysparrow, it's just plain fun. And also, these festivals don't cost tons of money. I was on the committee of a festival similar to this for 3 years and the whole festival was granted $5,000 annually, and it didn't even cost that to put it together. It's not like these two day festivals cost 60 or 70 thousand dollars to hold each year.

And also, these festivals don't actually make money, they just recirculate the money that they already have. There isn't a real profit. On most small festival committees any money made is put towards making the next festival better, and to make it grow. And growth has obviously been seen in just 4 years with the Pirate Festival.

Issues? Don't we all? I'm just calling it as I see it: I understand that very few people realize that piracy still exists, so I'm writing to say that it's there, it's real, and it's no excuse for a party.

As for changing careers rather than addressing a problem, I think that's a pathetic philosophy. Is that how you live your life?

I do, however, think it's worthy of a laugh that the family pictured on the front page (at least online) is from. . . yup. . . Ar-r-r-r-gyle!

I may be anti-pirate but it's not like I don't still have a sense of humor.

I'm not talking about money wasted on planning these fesitvals. i'm talking about the countless meetings, volunteer hours etc. time that would be better spent cleaning up local government, getting the city workers to do their jobs,etc. I live in Eastport (i was born here, left, lived a life and came back) and know these people. The leaders, with the exception of Chris Brown and Butch Harris, are liars and cheats. that's a fact. and they do things for ulterior motives. take a look at motives and you'll see that this is a waste of time. Eastport has the potential to be a great place, yet it's stymied by greedy theives. and as for the salmon festival... the fish come from a canadian company with a history of labor and environmental problems. remember, aquaculture was supposed to be a boon to Downeast. Instead, it's a poison and most of the human jobs have been replaced by automation... not much in terms of job creation and plenty in terms of ISA, lices, etc...

and the story is wrong about the pirate festival being a "companion" to the salmon festival. two different camps were involved... the chamber of commerce versus the anti-chamber folk. it was a very bitter brawl between the two entities for the first three years. Remember year two, when the Salmon Festival refused to allow volunteers to volunteer if they were wearing pirate garb. it's all so stupid. and the fact that Bud Finch, who should be in jail for theft from the ambulance fund, is allowed to participate (let alone keep his job) shows what a joke this is.

JimmySparrow,

If what you say is true, maybe it IS appropriate to have a pirate theme to the day...

Should we ban the keystone cops and robbers from participating in the Fourth of July parade, because some feel it makes light of robberies or crimes in general? Or maybe we shouldn’t allow our kids to play “war” or “treasure hunt” for fear they won’t be able to distinguish real life from their world of pretend?

There seems to be a lot of resentment regarding this “one” day event and a great deal of animosity towards those responsible for putting it together. IMO, this festival in no way shape or form dismisses the fact that piracy exist and that there is rogue violence and brutality on the high seas.

This festival is nothing more than “theatre” and a whole lot of down home fun. I had the fortunate pleasure of going to this festival by boat with several other companions. It was a great time and everyone looked fantastic. Washington County is no doubt a depressed area. Most people are hard-working and do what they can to survive, but apparently some would still begrudge a community for wanting to relax and have a little bit of enjoyment.

PaleShadows: If it's just theatre and down home fun, by all means let's do a celebration of rapists next year. Or a hilarious send-up of the KKK! Wait, wait...how about we get Jaycee Dugard to come from California to host a child-kidnapping / sexual slavery fiesta? Best of all worlds!

After all, it will in no way, shape, or form, as you put it, dismiss the fact that these gravely serious atrocities still exist. Get it? It's NOT ok to make light of a lifestyle which centers on violence, abduction, and thievery.

And if it's the old TV show you're referring to, it's spelled Keystone Kops.

Are you for real Annie?????

Sorry anniepooh, but you're reaching and I believe you know you're reaching.

Can't post right now, PaleShadows...cutting out swastikas for my HitlerFest costume...

Okay, dish. Were you bitten by a pirate as a child?

No, wspahn, my leftover child terrors involve clowns and long-haired dachschunds, but that's fodder for another thread.

JimSparrows why dont you run for town council if you feel that the current one is disingenuous? The name calling and accusations you’ve posted really discredit your opinion.

Anniepooh, while I can certainly understand some of your points, I think your original posts would’ve been better received had your commentary not been rife with snark. Not to mention the over-the-top comparisons that followed.

To the Captain: it's a city council, not a town council. and if you knew the workings of eastport, you'd know how weak the council is... why not look up on the bdn the city manager's money grab and ask around: those that get involved are besmirched and harassed. and I intend to enjoy my retirement, thank you very much

as for Annie... you're right. maybe the pirates festival is best suited, as a year round endeavor, for the Island City.

How about the Eastport Rum runners? Werent they a sort of pirate?

Annie-Those Somalians are not and were not pirates as you mock them to be. They were/are thugs. Back in the old day we did not have the technology to stop piracy which was common. These acts today can be stopped on the sea and are not common. We have the technology to knock their lights out long before they knew where it came from. Pirates on the high seas in 2009. Very humorous!!!!!!! Seen any aliens??????

Cre8RoyalPalm

I agree with your comment that a period ship would be an excellent addition to this annual event! Great idea!

anniepooh

Seems "ye complains too much"... I see a short plank in your future!

paulbunyan

I'm with you on that. We should appreciate the opportunities provided for locals and out-of-towners to celebrate. Feeds money back into the local economy and even the locals have opportunity to have a good time.

JimmySparrow

You feel strongly about this issue and claim that the town council is "weak". If you disagree so strongly with what the festival planners have planned for the past several years, have you not made any attempts to communicate with them in-person?

When I was a child, we had great fun battling as "cowboys and indians". There were always kids who wanted to play on each side. We meant no disrespect.

Maybe Jack Sparrow is on the loose????????

I heard he was in the area of Davie's Locker just a tad south west of the lobster pot lol....

annie: I understand your concern with glorification, but this is just a fun little festival. Eastport is a sea town, lots of fisherman and I'm sure they are aware and some probably even sympathize with the "piracy" done by the Somalians. I'm in full agreement that the Somalians are not pirates, but thugs, bullies, more like mobsters on the sea then pirates. They held people for ransom, they just took them from boats instead of off land. We're actually lucky in the United States not to have to deal with that in our waters. The pirate festival doesn't glorify piracy as you see it in the modern news, it plays fun with old world piracy and as someone else said its like theater or Halloween. Which it was. I went down to it with my family. I didn't see any modern day pirates, no Somalian pirate costumes, only the Jack Sparrow variety. And it was a good time. Go ahead and prepare your Hitler costume, like Prince Harry you'll end up apologizing for it. Unless of course your joining up with a skinhead SS group that practices behind the scenes of communities. Rapists, child kidnappings? Are you joking? The only people to attend a festival like that would be the rapists and child kidnappers. Good they'd all be in one place and the police could take care of them. If you can't handle people having some "down home fun" with something that ISN'T a threat anymore (accept to those that sail into foreign water but that and whose waters your on in the first place is definitely a different thread!), then stay away from it. Your griping just makes me want to spread the Pirate Festival bandwagon farther. Jaycee Dugard, give me a break! On what planet would that be fun?

JimmySparrow: If your concerned for your town then you should get involved, speak up with your views and with a good following of townspeople you could weather any harassment that came your way. Or you can sit back and enjoy your retirement, but that's just another way to ignore whats happening in your town. Step up or sh+t up.

RoyalPalm: Your right, a period ship, as this is a period parody, would make an excellent addition! Hey Jimmy mind passing that on to your town's planning committee?

Negativity aside, this was a fun festival. The arts and crafts set up had some variety. Children were having fun. The music in Bank Square was really good! The local businesses got involved, decorating the display windows. The number of people in costume was just amazing! That you could sign up and go on a boat ride was fabulous. Bar Harbor's Diver-Ed came down. The Coast Guard were present and kids and families were able to tour their ship. I highly, highly recommend this festival to anyone looking for a good, fun time next September. Its great when a little Downeast town can generate some revenue and survive.

I bet there were more people there than the AFF

The pirate festival rocked this weeked. Good Music, Good food and good parties. Man I saw some really cool costumes and sword fighting. I think people are starting to really get into it. took a boat ride saw some whales, and harbor porpouse. I think it is time to do away with the salmon festival, it's really not as cool as it used to be. You can't take boat rides and see the aquculture sites anymore, and you can get a salmon dinner at any of the restraunts in Eastport cheaper than the tent down town. I would love to see more tall ships at future festivals and maybe a big treasure hunt for the kids.

P.S. Anniepooh and jack sparrow you people are ridiculous. No wants to buy your over priced painted rocks and sea glass down town. you want to know why you can't make any money down town is because your selling crap, and there is like four other crape shacks selling the same things down there. Get on board or walk the plank.

annie are you kidding me? you actally have a problem with pirate days, well this is just one of the many pirate days we have in maine. the one at the fort, awsome. they also re-inact many things at the fort, including civil wars, any objection to that? as long as everyone there had a great time, and no one was hurt, i,d say it was a smashing success. and i,m sorry i didnt make it down, but i will be there next year for sure, and yes i will be in pirate wear. my whole family works on the water, everday, we're lobsterman, and women, you also say you work on the water, just what is it you do? that this offends you so much, theres alot worse things than pirate days in small COASTAL TOWN, get a grip girl. i dare say, you wouldnt be much fun at any type of party, and it,s actally good you stayed home. let those people who enjoy stuff like this, enjoy it! arghhhh ----- pooh on you annie

and Annepooh, if your an international sea captain who sails the worlds ocean spreading pirate awearness. I guess that would make me spounge Bob square pants.

JimmySparrow; there is a CITY Council meeting tonight. Going to it? Been to one before?? Are you taking out papers to run for one of the three seats for November? Get off the stool in Bank Square and put up or shut up bud. Nothing is ever accomplished in the bars and resteraunts. Then when (and if) you get on teh Council you will have to work by Federal, State and City laws. Figure you can do it?

outdoorman wrote: Pirates on the high seas in 2009. Very humorous!!!!!!! Seen any aliens??????

This (below) is just in the last two weeks or so. And take into account that up to 90% of attacks go unreported due to financial considerations ($25,000 - $75000 per day operating costs down the drain while sitting in port with inept, corrupt third-world cops taking days to 'investigate' the attacks make it counterproductive to report the activity unless there's loss of life or abduction.)

28.08.2009: 1950 UTC: Ciwandan port, Indonesia.

While berthed, four robbers armed with knives boarded the vessel from a motor boat. They attempted to open the door to the engine room. Duty watchman noticed them and raised alarm. On seeing the alert crew, the robbers jumped overboard and escaped. Authorities informed.

07.09.2009: 0600 UTC: Posn: 03:53.50N – 006:47.50E, Bonny river, Nigeria.

About nine pirates heavily armed with automatic weapons in a speedboat boarded an offshore tug while underway. The pirates robbed crew personal belongings and escaped.

09.09.2009: 0330 LT: Posn: 22:10.6N – 091:46.4E: Chittagong ‘C’ anchorage: Bangladesh.

Duty watchmen on an anchored vessel noticed a speed boat come alongside. Two robbers armed with long knives boarded. Alarm raised and crew alerted. Robbers stole ship’s stores and escaped. Authorities informed but no response.

04.09.2009: 1902 UTC: Posn: 03:48.03N – 009:25.04E: Douala, near buoy no. B3, Cameroon.

Armed robbers in two skiffs, approached a LPG tanker restricted in her ability to manoeuvre. One skiff managed to throw a hook and line over the vessel. The alert crew raised the alarm, switched on the deck lights and mustered. Seeing alert crew the robbers aborted and moved away. Later the Master heard over the VHF that armed robbers had assaulted the crew and looted another vessel. The robbers had jammed the VHF signal for the duration of the attack.

05.09.2009: 1610 UTC: Posn: 02:03.8N – 045:30.65E: Mogadishu anchorage: Somalia.

Ten heavily armed robbers in two speedboats opened fire at a general cargo ship carrying out repairs to her engines at anchorage. Crew threw molotov cocktails and signal rockets at the speedboats. One crew injured. Vessel sustained damages.

04.09.2009: 2100 LT: Mamonal inner anchorage, Colombia.

Robbers boarded a product tanker at anchor, unnoticed, and stole ship’s property and escaped. Duty crew observed the padlock of the forward store broken and raised the alarm. Crew mustered and searched the area and found traces of bare feet on deck. Coast guard informed and they came for investigation.

And for Keenov: Why do you consider it far-fetched that I sail in the merchant marine? Hell, I meet more Mainers in this line of work than I ever imagined I would...all over the world.

Arrrrrrrrrrrg!

Much fun was had by all!

Looking forward to next year (where I'll be able to don some of the costume goodies I got for a pirate costume)...

If you missed it, be there next year!

"Fifteen men on a dead man's chest"

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.......

"Drink and the devil had done for the rest"

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.......

AnniePooh is correct, there are many merchant marines and their families who absolutely will not attend this festival. It is one of the most enjoyable things in this area for the past 3 years but after what happened last year and piracy being brought to light by neighboring merchant marines, I really had to think twice about it, and did not have as much fun as before. I understand the need for something different and that the out of towners came up with this idea from the CA festival and kudos to those trying to liven up Eastport and the surrounding towns. It just really is a double edged sword and wish that was not the case. I suppose those who have never been taken hostage by pirates or have had to fight them off to avoid being hijacked wouldn't understand but look around and note who you don't see in attendance. She is not so far off in her analogies. It would be closer though to an organized crime or gang festival.

Was Keith Richards there??????????

Rum is fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Watch out, the little boys and girls in the pirate costumes are gonna get ya.......

Next we will be protesting the name of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

Really opinionated? I attended and two of the people I went with are retired service men. One is a retired merchant marine (although he rode his bike instead of traveling by boat with us) and the other is a retired navy officer. We all had a fantastic time.

My deceased grandfather was also a retired merchant marine who I doubt would've opposed this.

Some ppl just need to UNCLENCH.

How could Bud Finch direct the parade when he was in the middle of the parade and by the way the motorcycles led the parade.

To all who 'thumbs-downed' the documented piracy cases so far in September that I posted above, does the truth hurt? Or doesn't it matter 'cause it's not happening in Maine?

Keep clicking that thumb...it's easier than thinking!

I THINK YOU NEGITIVE SCALLYWAGS NEED TO WALK THE PLANK, OR DRINK SOME RUM, HO HO HO AND A BOTTLE.....IT WAS A GREAT TIME, FAMILY FUN, PET PARADES, BED RACES AND LOTS OF MONEY CHANGING HANDS. LAST TIME I LOOKED THAT WAS A GOOD THING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY...KEEP YOUR NEGATIVE COMMENTS TO YOUR SELF......

I bet the real reason anniepooh hates pirates is due to a bad experience with the greatest pirate in the world...Captain Morgan....She now hates all pirates... it's a shame really...

Oh Annie, enough with the drama already. Just because others dont veiw the festival in the same light as you doesnt give you the right to dumb down the readers.

It was a small, one day event FFS.

PaleShadows: No worries, I'm out. I'm glad Eastport benefitted from the event and that it was a success and I don't take myself as seriously as I take the subject of piracy itself.

I do have trouble with people who deny real-world events and problems, choosing rather to denigrate those of us who don't wear blinders (still can't figure out why outdoorman and Keenov find it impossible to believe that 1. there are modern-day pirates and 2. that I ship out.

But here's why I kept at it for a solid day: I know I won't change some minds, but hopefully out of the dozen (or however many people) who took part in this thread, a far larger number of lurkers read and absorbed my message and the topic will slowly make its way into people's conversations. It's just a small step, but it's a step.

Peace. Oh, and HiramMaximJR is 1/2-correct: I LOVE Captain Morgan.

I think we all learned just how much fun you can have posting on the big bad BDN. Have a wonderful day and lets all go enjoy some Captain Morgan. Oh yea anniepooh. it's men't to be paul bunyOn

I have never been to Eastport's Pirate Festival, nor will I ever go. I was glad to see some people on here have some common sense. I was ashamed after what has transpired in the past year that Eastport continued to have this celebration, ashamed, but not surprised. Great comments anniepooh, and stay safe while at sea.

of course you do. "big eye roll"

areader, are oyu the one that wrote the letter to the Chamber last year? Embarressed that the pirate festival brought the wrong type of people? All they wanted was t shirts and no one bought the so called art? Just what is the source of your shame?

And where did jimmySparrrow get off to?

areader wrote, "I was ashamed after what has transpired in the past year that Eastport continued to have this celebration, ashamed, but not surprised."

Oh the shame of it. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!

Somehow, I don't think anyone missed you. Martyrs get on people's nerves.......

You do know you always have someone whining about something, unbelievable.

SOUNDS LIKE "A PIECE OF THE CAPTAIN" IS ORDER ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR MATEY

America. Land of the Free. Home of the Offended.

There are over 200 Pirate Festivals in the US every year. So pirates may or may not have been in DownEast Maine but there were festivals in Omaha, NE and Toronto, ON. Maybe it could change it to Viking Days, I think some of them landed nearby at one point but we should get written approval by anniepooh and all the complainers out there. As far as the Merchant Marines I am greatful for all you do; just like truckers we couldn't live with out you. Just to let anniepooh know trucking is a more dangerous profession so she should feel safer on the high seas with the Somali Civil Coast Guard......

There seems to be some confusion and even animosity -at times by some- regarding pirate events in which communities hire pirate re-en-actor groups to spend a day or weekend entertaining and engaging the community and those who visit for the event. As a pirate actor and historical researcher I find the negative commentary to be somewhat uninformed regarding piracy. Piracy was created by kings and government sponsoring the capturing and plundering of the vessels and ports of others countries with which they were at war. Right and wrong are not as clear cut as simply as pointing a finger... and for anyone who thinks otherwise now living in the land of the home of the brave... Just ask a Native American how they feel about Christopher Columbus and an Illegal 500 year long occupational force in their homeland following an almost complete extermination of their people. Yet, I see no high minded white person working to give the country back to its God given rightful owners???

The truth is that we live in a very confusing, often troubled and sometimes cruel world in which right and wrong or legal and illegal are determined not by the truth of history or ... Do unto others, what we would have done unto us... But rather most often by failed human desires (good and bad) to create a world -or to survive in a world- in which we have very little control.

The pirates that we who are re-en-actors represent are not akin in any way to those in speed boats with machine guns and other terror weapons. We are most often a greater depiction of what Walt Disney created and Johnny Depp and his compatriots continued than anything else. The height of piracy existed in the late 1600s and had lived out its greatest days by the early 1700s and while piracy continued to exist beyond that time it was no longer the free for all it once was. We who perform as pirates depict men and women who lived in the days of tyrant Kings and Queens who saw themselves as Gods chosen authority over good and bad, life and death, lands, riches and power..... Sound Familiar?

Whether it was 300 years ago or present day Banks, Wall St. and Ins. Co's... people generally know when they are getting screwed by power and authority and also when the lines between right and wrong are being used by one side to abuse the other and history has shown almost without exception that it leads to the same place every time!

If people embrace our 17th and 18th century depictions of pirates perhaps it is because it is a way of raising a glass to rebellion against tyrannical authority in a way which harms no one. Perhaps also it is a way of remembering their childhoods and the humorous depictions Walt Disney and Hollywood gave the world of our old world ancestors in the days of wooden ship. They get to laugh, release their anxieties, and take a few hours to escape into a place where it's Ok that .... the world is nuts!

As for us -the pirates- In this case "The Dark Rose Pirates" We do our very best when we come to a town to be sure that "every" child that dresses up and even those who don't, get to meet a pirate --from the old world... that they get to poke fun at us, laugh with and at us, and learn a bit of history at the same time... We want their parents and grand parents often with them to have fun as well, get some photos for family memories and laugh with us too.... The world... was... is... and for the foreseeable future will be....NUTS.... So laugh a little and for a day or weekend we are there and in the immortal words of Red Skelton... Don't take life so seriously.... You're not going to get out of it alive!

We had fun and we hope you did too!

Dead Bolt Don

Dead Bolt Don...Thank you for coming to town and I, for one, and many others hope to see you again real soon. My grandaughter and daughter loved it all. I thoiught, and it is my impression from listening around Eastport, that you guys were a big part this festival was so good. That and the fact that they finally took it off the breakwater and moved it to downtown proper. Even if it does draw "the wrong crowd". Happy voyages to you and the rest. See ya next year.

I would like to thank you also Dead Bolt Don. Our 30 year old son came with us to the Festival and he said the best thing about it was the "ghost pirate" he struck up conversations with all over town. One thing that hasn't been mentioned all that much was the economic impact of the weekend. The stores were full of people, restaurants were full of people, and they were spending money. Lord knows Eastport needs the economic impact of a festival like this one.

You know, we have become a nation of whiners and complainers. Is everyone's life in such disorder that all they can do is moan an groan about everything? I for one enjoyed the Festival. The pirates on the seas today aren't pirates at all, they are kidnappers and blackmailers. They just happen to do their evil deeds on the high seas. Media outlets gave them the name pirates. Now take all those wallstreet guys who made off with billions, those are the real pirates. I'm sure they have pirate celebrations daily with all the money they took. (and continue to take, I would imagine)

Thanks for the positive remarks... We hope to be back next year... It's a beautiful town with a lot of history, a great harbor area. My wife did some shopping while we were there and she couldn't say enough nice things about the stores and the waterfront area... We just love coming to a town that gets into the spirit of the event and the fun that comes with it !!!!

One step ahead of the Admiralty...

Dead Bolt

Dead Bolt:

Thanks! Don't take my point of view personally, and I'll learn from your lesson as well.

Obviously, modern-day piracy differs from what is celebrated and reenacted in Eastport and it's important to make that distinction.

I'll try to.