Pirateathon Ship’s Log

Posted October 6, 2022 by bethwyrm in Book Challenge / 2 Comments

A hearty congratulations to all the dastardly privateers who joined us for this adventure! A grand total of 14 brave pirate captains acquired themselves a ship, named her, and hoisted their pirate flag (with blue being the most popular color for it). Most acquired a schooner, with brigantine being the next most popular choice. Two additional privateers fulfilled some of the prompts, and three were marooned and thus unable to participate after signing up.

The Most Piratical Pirates

For the closest score among gold, fleet, and reputation

The Captain’s Log

  • Cap’n Ellorie Wine of the brigantine The Drunken Strumpet, under a red flag: 5,744 gold.
  • Cap’n Aurelia Sherwood of the frigate The Banshee, under a green flag: 3,265 gold.
  • Cap’n Shannon Scurvyshorts of the schooner Lanik Krasha, under a blue flag: 2,128 gold.
  • Cap’n The Dread Mermaid of the brigantine Crown of Thorns, under a black flag: 1,939 gold.
  • Cap’n Whinin’ Jane Dawkins of the schooner The Black Trinity, under an orange flag: 1,898 gold.
  • Cap’n Aster Blackwing of the schooner Huginn, under a black flag: 1,569 gold.
  • Cap’n Chelle ‘Devil’s Grin’ Thorne of the schooner Siren Song, under a blue flag: 1,544 gold.
  • Cap’n Karl the Crew Mate of the schooner The Ship, under a grey flag: 1,144 gold.
  • Cap’n Lilah ‘Lazypants’ Blackwood of the brigantine The Wicked Sea Lion, under a blue flag: 929 gold.
  • Cap’n Addie Savage Soul of the schooner The Dark Doom, under a green flag: 721 gold.
  • Cap’n Tea of the Sea of the brigantine Dragon’s Pearl, under a pink flag: 629 gold.
  • Cap’n Four Eyed Annie of a nameless and flagless brigantine: 546 gold.
  • Cap’n Winifred ‘White Hair’ Grail of the schooner The Devil, under a white flag: 505 gold.
  • Cap’n Liza Deepsea of the brigantine The All Hallows Eve, under a pink flag: 136 gold.
  • Cap’n Ronni ‘Pixie’ Pinkerton, despite not having a ship: 1 gold.

Could challenge the British Navy with their impressive fleet:

  • Cap’n Shannon Scurvyshorts of the schooner Lanik Krasha, under a blue flag (1,119 points).
  • Cap’n Ellorie Wine of the brigantine The Drunken Strumpet, under a red flag (1,108 points).

Leading an armada of ships:

  • Cap’n The Dread Mermaid of the brigantine Crown of Thorns, under a black flag (1,057 points).
  • Cap’n Tea of the Sea of the brigantine Dragon’s Pearl, under a pink flag (1,031 points).
  • Cap’n Karl the Crew Mate of the schooner The Ship, flying a grey flag (990 points).

A fleet of ships so large, they cannot all drop anchor in the same bay at once:

  • Cap’n Chelle ‘Devil’s Grin’ Thorne of the schooner Siren Song, under a blue flag (581 points).

Quite a few ships in their fleet:

  • Cap’n Aurelia Sherwood of the frigate The Banshee, under a green flag (482 points).

A handful of ships in their fleet:

  • Cap’n Winifred ‘White Hair’ Grail of the schooner The Devil, under a white flag (371 points).

One additional ship in their fleet:

  • Cap’n Whinin’ Jane Dawkins of the schooner The Black Trinity, flying an orange flag, has (96 points).
  • Cap’n Aster Blackwing of the schooner Huginn, under a black flag (40 points).
  • Cap’n Lilah ‘Lazypants’ Blackwood of the brigantine The Wicked Sea Lion, under a blue flag (16 points).

A storied reputation as having both an eye for the richest prize vessels and being invincible in battle:

  • Cap’n Ellorie Wine of the brigantine The Drunken Strumpet, flying a red flag (1,872 points).

Known throughout Europe and the Americas as Poseidon’s own spawn, so deftly can they navigate the seas and take their pick of prizes that sail upon her:

  • Cap’n Aster Blackwing of the schooner Huginn, flying a black flag (1,338 points).

Wanted by the Spanish for their copious victories snatching the crown’s gold with minimal losses to their crew:

  • Cap’n Whinin’ Jane Dawkins of the schooner The Black Trinity, flying an orange flag (883 points).
  • Cap’n Aurelia Sherwood of the frigate The Banshee, flying a green flag (742 points).

An established reputation across three continents as privateers who can dance their ship through a storm and sniff out the location of the weakest merchant vessels:

  • Cap’n Four Eyed Annie of a nameless and flagless brigantine (546 points).
  • Cap’n Tea of the Sea of the brigantine Dragon’s Pearl, flying a pink flag (524 points).
  • Cap’n Lilah ‘Lazypants’ Blackwood of the brigantine The Wicked Sea Lion, flying a blue flag (496 points).

A solid reputation as fierce picaroons who know their way around the Spanish Main:

  • Cap’n Shannon Scurvyshorts of the schooner Lanik Krasha, flying a blue flag (384 points).
  • Cap’n Karl the Crew Mate of the schooner The Ship, flying a grey flag (367 points).
  • Cap’n The Dread Mermaid of the brigantine Crown of Thorns, flying a black flag (365 points).
  • Cap’n Winifred ‘White Hair’ Grail of the schooner The Devil, flying a white flag (337 points).

A reputation as corsairs who know their way around the continent:

  • Cap’n Addie Savage Soul of the schooner The Dark Doom, flying a green flag (265 points).

Rumored to have a foul temper:

  • Cap’n Chelle ‘Devil’s Grin’ Thorne of the schooner Siren Song, flying a blue flag (55 points).

Items o’ Note

Upgrade: 5 pirates; Nona the Ninth: 2 pirates
We read a lot of books with female-identifying MCs; we don’t read a lot of books featuring pirates

Ship’s Flags

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Cap’n Aurelia Sherwood‘s flag on The Banshee
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Cap’n Lilah ‘Lazypants’ Blackwood‘s flag on
The Wicked Sea Lion
Cap’n Ellorie Wine‘s flag on
The Drunken Strumpet

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2 responses to “Pirateathon Ship’s Log

    • Yay! Thank you for joining and I’m so glad you had fun with it. Yes, get that TBR ready for next September….some of the prompts will remain the same, but there’ll be new ones, plus new surprise challenges.

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