Along a coastline with such rich maritime history it’s not surprising that pirates have been spotted going about their nefarious piratey deeds. Their ship, “The Black Dog” was seen rounding Torr Head a few days ago!
Rumour has it that a notorious pirate crew led by Capt’n DucInc are hiding out in Ballycastle Forest – we can’t help but wonder if there may be some hidden booty there too! If there is I bet those cunning pirates have it well secreted and hidden from prying eyes. Could there be a treasure map somewhere in the forest? There’s only one way to find out…
Ev’ry respectable pyrate capt’n hoists their colours aloft & Capt’n DucInc is no differ’t. May it strike fear into the black hearts of ye lily-livered landlubber bilge rats when ye gaze upon it! And ye may lay to that!
To be welcomed aboard “The Black Dog” ye must prove thine worth to the crew by solving this dastardly puzzle.
A & B = the first and last numberso Grace O'Mallys estimated year of birth
C = 3rd number of the earliest estimates for Anne Bonny's birth
D = the number of times that Anne Bonny married
E = add the first and last numbers of Christine Skytte's birth year
Checksum A+B+C+D+E=16
N 55 10.(C-A)/D) (D) (E-2D)
W 006 13.(ED+A) (C-A) (E-D-A)
All the answers are on the 'Ere Be Pyrates series cache pages. Now, stand by to splice the mainbrace and hoist the colours!
(Don’t forget your bonus letters!)
Meet the Pyrates: Anne Dieu-Le-Veut. Born around 1650, Anne was a criminal deported from France to Tortuga sometime between 1665 and 1675. While in Tortuga, Anne married the buccaneer Pierre Length. In 1683, Pierre was killed by fellow buccaneer Laurens de Graaf during a bar fight. Anne challenged Laurens to a duel, he drawing a sword and she a gun. Laurens, refusing to fight a woman but, impressed by Anne’s feisty side, proposed to her. Anne, apparently forgetting she’d just tried to kill the man, accepted. Together they sailed the seas as pirates, seizing ships and even raiding Jamaica in 1693. In 1694, a British raid of Tortuga resulted in the capture of Anne and her two daughters. Treated with respect, they were reunited with Laurens in 1698. Their fate is unknown.
Information courtesy of http://listverse.com/2013/09/28/10-amazing-female-pirates/
