Saturday, July 12, 2008


Once in a while you find something you like to do. For me it is playing pirate. I was invited to join a reenacting crew a few weeks ago. I thought about it and decided to join. My group is called The Cursed Few and you can find them at http://www.myspace.com/thecursedfew. As I have never really been apart of any reenacting of any sort I was kind of glad to be accepted to this band of buccaneers, and set out to at once to meet the Captain. After talking with him a time or two over the internet we set to meet in an unusual place for the Pirate kind. Not a beach, a lake or even a tavern. It was in fact a golf course. Hardly the pirate adventure, you’re thinking, well not exactly. This particular golf course is owned by a gentleman who also happens to have a Pirate Ship in his backyard. THAT”S RIGHT!!!! IN HIS BACK YARD!! His name happens to be Jos Bekkers and the name of his ship is the Lost Coconut. You can find out more about it here: http://www.riverpointegolfcourse.com/html/summer-camp.html Captain Bekkers is a very nice gentleman, and when we told him we wanted to look at his ship, He not only let us look at it, he took me and Captain Midnight (the Captain of the Cursed Few) out for a “sail” gave us both a turn at the helm, and we generally had a terrific day “Pirating”. I have to admit was far more that both the Captain and I expected and I am very thankful to have met Captain Bekkers and can’t thank him enough for his hospitality.