Pirates

Pirates!!!
Those ugly scoundrels! Those dirty, filthy heartless killers! The scourge of all mankind back in the 16 and 1700s for sure.
So I ask… what’s this fond fascination we all seem to have for these villainous creatures here in this 21st century? Shouldn’t we be reviled by them?
It’s rather an odd quirk of human nature I think, that so long as you are incredibly good at what you do, you can pretty much do anything you want, and it really doesn’t matter whether it’s a good deed or not… you will definitely build a good following of admirers. You may not get away with it, but that’s beside the point. Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillanger, Al Capone… just to name a few.
The Virgin Islands, where we’ve spent most of our time chartering is chock-a-block with pirate stories. Our guests so often ask us about the evildoers that plied the waters there (with a real gleam in their eyes, I might add!). One of the most popular entertainers in The Virgin Islands is Michael Beans, a singer/guitarist who stages a Pirate Show four times a week. He absolutely packs the place every night with sword-carrying revelers (not always very sober!) dressed to the nines with headscarves, earrings and sashes. Beans is so real that I’m sure there are pirates somewhere in his past! Typically high-spirited and adventurous types are so easily caught up in this kind of merrymaking.
Last season we had some guests on board with a little boy of about five years old. They were fun-loving types, so we all dressed up like pirates and went off to the show. Little Aubrey (I think maybe some relation to Jack?) really got into character and turned out to be one of that evenings highlights… swinging his sword around and shouting A-R-R-R-RGH!!!!
I wonder if his parents should be keeping an eye on him? ©