Caribbean Catamaran Sailing Vacations
Crewed catamarans cruising the Caribbean Virgin Islands
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Beginning on Jan. 1. 2008. U.S. citizens will no longer be able to cruise through the Caribbean and then re-enter the United States with only a driver's license or voter's registration card as an identification. |
A passport will be required. The office of Homeland Security initiated this new policy due to heightened concerns that terrorists could smuggle equipment or operatives into the United States from neighboring countries. This doesn't apply if you're only making stops in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These islands fly the U.S. flag, thus no passport is needed. |
Sample Code of Conduct of Caribbean Pirates:
***The rules of each pirate captain is clearly stated to each member of the crew. There is little ambiguity about acceptable behavior among pirates on a typical pirate ship. When a rule was breached, the crew was often without pity or remorse in punishing a guilty crew member. Although in cases of particularly useful pirates such as skillful fighters, exceptions were inevitably made. Below, a sample code of conduct is provided.
***Every man shall obey civil Command; the Captain shall have one full share and a half in all Prizes; the Master, Carpenter, Boatswain and Gunner shall have one Share and quarter.
***If any man shall offer to run away, or keep any secret from the Company, he shall be marooned with one Bottle of Powder, one Bottle of Water/Rum, one small Arm and shot.
***If any Man shall steel anything in the Company, or game, to the Value of a Piece of Eight, he shall be marooned or shot.
***If at any time we should meet another Mariner (that is Pirate) that Man that shall sign his Articles without the Consent of our Company, shall suffer such Punishment as the Captain and Company shall think fit.
***That Man that shall strike another whilst these Articles are in force, shall receive Mose's Law (that is 40 stripes lacking one) on the bare back
***That Man that shall snap his Arms, or smoke Tobacco in the Hold, without a cap to his Pipe, or carry a Candle lighted without a Lanthorn, shall suffer the same Punishment as in the former Article.
***That Man that shall not keep his Arms clean, fit for an Engagement, or neglect his Business, shall be cut off from his Share, and suffer such other Punishment as the Captain and the Company shall think fit.
***If at any time you meet with a prudent Woman, that Man that offers to meddle with her, without her Consent, shall suffer permanent Death.
The code of conduct on your very own Caribbean Pirate Ship:
Here be Captain Curt
Here be a swashbuckler
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***Disclaimer: There are no real pirates in the Caribbean Virgin Islands, Do you really think the US would allow this in their own back yard????