Piece of Eight Conversations about historical piracy and seamanship.    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Search found 53 matches Piece of Eight Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Deleted Member Accounts DThomasTreadwell Replies: 0 Views: 3147 Forum: Piece of Eight Site News   Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 12:45 pm   Subject: Deleted Member Accounts Piece of Eight has been inundated with spam registrations--bots that sign up as members so that the spammers' URLs can get wider exposure on the Web. There were literally hundreds of new signups in ...   Topic: Last Seen in 1641, the Merchant Royal Has Been Found DThomasTreadwell Replies: 0 Views: 3283 Forum: Shipwrecks and Treasure Hunting   Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 12:27 pm   Subject: Last Seen in 1641, the Merchant Royal Has Been Found Treasure hunters have recovered gold and silver worth an estimated US$500 million from a shipwreck off Cornwall, UK. Salvage companies have spent years looking for the wreck of the Merchant Royal, ...   Topic: "Talk Like A Pirate Day" Hits England DThomasTreadwell Replies: 0 Views: 5133 Forum: Events   Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:33 pm   Subject: "Talk Like A Pirate Day" Hits England The Annual Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming up on September 19. Seems it's not only an American holiday, as it has now migrated to the U.K. thanks to the Southampton Boat Show, which provided this pr ...   Topic: Server Hiccup DThomasTreadwell Replies: 0 Views: 2682 Forum: Piece of Eight Site News   Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:15 pm   Subject: Server Hiccup Unfortunately, due to a hosting service error we lost all posts from April 2006 through today. Also lost were avatars uploaded during that time period. Please feel free to repost anything that was los ...   Topic: Hoist Your Colors DThomasTreadwell Replies: 20 Views: 13746 Forum: Welcome Aboard   Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:26 pm   Subject: Hoist Your Colors Welcome, Mr. Avery! Please feel free to share what you know about the pirates of America's northeast coast. It's a subject I know little about. Cheers, DTT   Topic: Trafalgar Spanish View links (in spanish) DThomasTreadwell Replies: 1 Views: 3722 Forum: Salamagundi   Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:56 pm   Subject: Trafalgar Spanish View links (in spanish) Interesting links. Thanks, Spaniard.   Topic: Native (Indian) Pirates... DThomasTreadwell Replies: 1 Views: 2902 Forum: Salamagundi   Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:27 am   Subject: Native (Indian) Pirates... Hey, John. This sounds very interesting! What living history group are you associated with? Do you do re-enactments of Mic Mac raids?   Topic: Welga! DThomasTreadwell Replies: 1 Views: 2888 Forum: Welcome Aboard   Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:18 am   Subject: Welga! Welcome, Torc! Progress tends to go in fits and starts. It's good to hear that folks are waiting for more. Please feel free to visit often and post liberally.   Topic: Researchers Certain They've Found Blackbeard's Ship DThomasTreadwell Replies: 0 Views: 2988 Forum: Shipwrecks and Treasure Hunting   Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 7:00 pm   Subject: Researchers Certain They've Found Blackbeard's Ship Despite doubt cast on the find by a scholarly journal, researchers say the shipwreck they discovered in 1996 is almost certainly the Queen Anne's Revenge, flagship of the notorious pirate Blackbeard. ...   Topic: ARRRR Mates DThomasTreadwell Replies: 4 Views: 4063 Forum: Welcome Aboard   Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:25 pm   Subject: ARRRR Mates Exciting stuff, Jimi! Come back often and keep us up to date on what you find. Deet   Topic: ARRRR Mates DThomasTreadwell Replies: 4 Views: 4063 Forum: Welcome Aboard   Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:41 am   Subject: ARRRR Mates Welcome, Jimi! Tell us more about your treasure hunting... It's lame, but that's my retirement fantasy. Me, on a beach, with a metal detector after a big storm. "Hey, you kids! Get off ...   Topic: 17th-Century Navigation -- Now Open! DThomasTreadwell Replies: 0 Views: 2759 Forum: Piece of Eight Site News   Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:43 pm   Subject: 17th-Century Navigation -- Now Open! I'm pleased to announce the unveiling of a new area on Piece of Eight: [url=http://www.pieceofeight.com/navigation.htm]17th-Century Navigation This area was created in cooperation with Duane Cli ...   Topic: Historical Tall Ship Travel Distances Questions and More DThomasTreadwell Replies: 1 Views: 4884 Forum: Seamanship   Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:31 pm   Subject: Historical Tall Ship Travel Distances Questions and More Hi, CR, and welcome to the site. I've moved your post into a more relevant topic just to keep things shipshape around here... To answer your questions: 1. How fast do these ships sail? (T ...   Topic: Ahoy! DThomasTreadwell Replies: 2 Views: 3352 Forum: Welcome Aboard   Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 7:35 am   Subject: Ahoy! Welcome! I haven't forgotten about Piece of Eight, rest assured. And I do plan to update it as I can find the time. Offline life has kept me far too busy for the past year--hence the quiet for ...   Topic: Happy Holidays! DThomasTreadwell Replies: 2 Views: 3064 Forum: Welcome Aboard   Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 4:05 pm   Subject: Happy Holidays! Very merry holidays to us all! 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