We Are Captain

Captain Artemisia Helena "Flinty Fitz" Fitzwiliams, R.N. // The clean, salt-smell of the sea. The creak of rigging and timbers. The living motion of a tall ship, well-handled, with the white water foaming at her lee rails. (mun: evry-day-im-tumbling)

[tuulikki]

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

[we-are-captain]

I’m kind of delighted that this old post of mine has ended up on the Collective radar. Everyone who wants to hurl themselves into the ocean, plz raise your hand. XD

[paintingses]

The Crescent Moon (detail) by Montague Dawson (1895-1973)

oil on canvas, date unknown (early 20th century maybe?)

[cyj70]

[cyj70]

Just a lovely day for a sail #pugetsound #washingtonstate #pacificnorthwest #graysharborhistoricalseaport #tallship #briglife #sailing

[cyj70]

Light airs kinda day. #graysharborhistoricalseaport #briglife #tallship #sailing #squarerigger

[ltwilliammowett]

Awaiting the Sunset by: Joe Bonita

[hemaphilia]

In winning the open longsword tournament at Fechtschule Frisbee, Lauren just did something amazing for women in HEMA. There are many who thought or think that well, there is no way women could win a longsword tournament because of size and strength disparities, etc.But this isn’t true - and we have proof of this now. And while I will never criticize another person for their competitive choices, here’s hoping more women now will say, “hey, I can do this thing!” and try competing in open steel. So, Lauren - You’ve just changed the game. Not just for us, but for every woman who picks up a sword, and every girl who dreams of doing so.

[we-are-rogue]

SeaFall by Gunship Revolution

Illustrations for SeaFall for Plaid Hat Games Art by: Gunship Revolution’s Brian Valeza and Jen Santos with Ej Dela Cruz

@we-are-pirate, @we-are-captain, @we-are-scarlet-corsair

[shareaquote]

I want to wander in your wilderness. To feel lost, surrounded, and somehow like I’ve finally returned home.

Nicholas A Browne (via wnq-writers)

[thistleburr]

Moby-Dick tattoo-a-day collection.

[significanceofmoths]

Everything we’ve put that ship though and she just refuses to die. It’s fucking unnatural.  Silver 4.05

[whitenes-s]

[artist-aivazovski]

High seas, 1874, Ivan Aivazovski

[we-are-rogue]

The “Coast of High Barbaree” is a traditional ballad/sea shanty. Here’s a more typical version by the Shanty Crew, and lyrics. It’s been covered by various artists, from The Mountain Goats to Joseph Arthur (in Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys, which is a very irreverent collection of shanties, and I mean that in an absolutely good way), and it’s featured in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Normally it’s the pirates who lose the fight and drown, but in this rendition here, the pirates win. And the arrangement is pretty cool.

Pride of Bedlam - High Barbary

Look ahead, look astern, look the weather and the lee Blow high! Blow low! and so sailed we I see a wreck to windward and a lofty ship to lee A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbary

O are you a pirate or man o'war? cried he Blow high! Blow low! and so sailed we O yes, I am a pirate, out a-looking for my fee A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbary

So back up your topsails and heave your vessel to Blow high! Blow low! and so sailed we Or we will send you sinking to the bottom of the blue A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbary

For broadside, for broadside, they fought all on the main Blow high! Blow low! and so sailed we Until at last the pirate shot the frigate’s mast away A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbary

For quarter! For quarter! the frightened king’s men cried Blow high! Blow low! and so sailed we The quarter that we showed them was to sink them in the tide A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbary

With cutlass and gun, they fought for hours three Blow high! Blow low! and so sailed we The ship it was their coffin, and their grave it was the sea A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbary

@we-are-pirate, @we-are-scarlet-corsair, @we-are-captain

[we-are-captain]

Possibly my favourite chantey of all time. Thank you, Rogue!

[spiffingsailor]

Here are some very very late photos from my time on Hawaiian Chieftain a couple weeks back! I had an awesome time in spite of stupidly slicing up my finger. It’s amazing that just a week is enough to make friends with shipmates, but I loved meeting each one of you and hope we get to sail together again in the future. Fair winds, friends! (at Jack London Square)

[thorsteinulf]

Peter Graham - An Iron Bound Coast (1872)

[jacenyra]

⚜ inspiration for glitter wreathed girls ⚜

“girls wreathed in glitter of gold, shimmer like sunlight on the sea’s watery surface. girls wreathed in glitter of silver, shine as stunning as shooting stars in the night sky. ”