Talk Like a Pirate Day Treasure Hunt 2016

Land ho, me hearties! The Dread Pirate Spalding has done it again, and hidden treasure across the land of LibraryThing. And while you're at it, don't forget to switch over to LibraryThing in Pirate, too.

»Join the LibraryThing Treasure Hunt!

Find the treasure chests we've hidden around the site, win a book, or a fabulous LibraryThing t-shirt. Everyone who finds at least 10 treasures will be automatically entered into a drawing for one of 10 prizes!

Update: The hunt is on until Tuesday, Sept. 20th, at 5pm Eastern.

If anyone's having trouble with some of the more obscure clues, feel free to ask for or post hints here. Just be sure to use the Spoiler tag!

>2 Collectorator: Assuming by entries you mean clues submitted? I don't know off the top of my head, but I received quite a few!

Gee I didn't see it until now. Will start now... oh, before that, I will call in sick :-)

Just to clarify, we'll get a new buccaneer box (or whatever badge) if we already have one from last time?

>6 _Zoe_: Good question, and yes! You will get a new badge commemorating this treasure hunt.

Having trouble with Treasure 7!

Pretty sure that it's referring to Early Reviewers, but I've been all over those pages and haven't found it. Anyone have any tips?

This is a LOT harder than last year's.

I'm halfway there, and feel like I'm super close on a few but not quite getting them. Hm.

ETA: >8 ZaNewman: Same here.

>7 lorannen: Yay!

I agree that it's much harder than the last one. Fortunately we don't need to find all of them :D

>9 lorax: Agreed. I keep thinking I've found answers, but nope. Stuck at six completed treasures.

>9 lorax: Yes, some of the clues members submitted were very tricky! Don't worry. I'm keeping an eye on things, and if it looks like anyone's really stuck, we'll help them along!

I've found five, but the sea lanes I'm sailing for the others have me becalmed.

>8 ZaNewman: I thought the same for 7

I've managed to get eleven so far. I just can't figure out the other five. Sadly, #7 is one one of the ones I'm stuck on as well.

>8 ZaNewman: That was my thought, too, but I can't find anything there.

Can I assume that the apparent typos (sees for seas, pidgeon for pigeon, etc.) are in fact just typos rather than subtle clues?

>8 ZaNewman: You're right! There was a glitch with that one. Try it again?

>17 lorax: That does appear to be the case. Phew, my proofreading glasses must have been smudged.

>18 lorannen: Huzzah! It worked that time.

>8 ZaNewman: it's not the group page you want...

Heh, I assumed the misspellings were meant to reflect an earlier time in the English language when spellings weren't so fixed.

>18 lorannen: Thanks for fixing that!

>21 reading_fox:

The correct page was not working earlier when I first tried it, and presumably when ZaNewman first tried it. See >18 lorannen:.

I'm about to set sail on a voyage of my own (heading back to Seattle at long last). My first mate Kristi (LT member kristilabrie) is at the helm here, should you need her! I'll be back late tonight.

Dittoing the "way harder than last time" crowd. And also that there's a couple I'm sure I know but that don't work. :|

Wow. #6 was quite clever. 4 to go. :O

I don't want a hint, but has anyone gotten #10? I want a confirmation that it's actually doable before spending too much more time on it.

>28 lorax: I got it.

Oh, I just noticed there's contradictory information here and on the linked page:

Members who find at least ten are entered in a drawing for one of ten prizes—five free books from Sherman's Books (up to $25), and five free LibraryThing t-shirts.

vs.

Everyone who finds all 16 treasures will be automatically entered into a drawing for one of 10 prizes!

Yes, #10 is doable.

Has anyone gotten #9?

>29 aethercowboy: Did you get it in the sense of figuring out what exactly it wanted and then going there, or just jumping around randomly to possibly-related locations?

#9 is also doable.

>33 _Zoe_: I looked it up on Wikipedia, and then, yes, just went there (after one faux pas).

>35 aethercowboy: Thanks! That's encouraging.

I'm still looking for #2, #3, #8, and #16. Anybody get these?

>32 midnightbex: Yes, though only because I've read it. The title is a proverbial phrase meaning 'In a bad place'...

>35 aethercowboy:

I can't even figure out which "it" to look up. "Cilicia"? Plutarch? A "piratical religion"? Nests? It's just not very cohesive. I've gone down all of those blind alleys with no luck so far.

>39 lorax: Line 4 is key

>37 aethercowboy: For #2, don't think about sailors on pirate ships. Think about "passengers" on the pirates themselves.

Hmm, a bit more challenging this year, and a couple that seem obvious don't result in loot when I go to those pages.

Arrrr.

But well done, and super fun. Thanks Tim & Co.

>41 Euryale: Yeah. I got that much (I think), and think I know what it is. I just can't figure out what genre of LT page I'm supposed to hit.

>37 aethercowboy:

I have #8.

Slight clue:

Pay attention to the content, not the form. The pastiche is a red herring.

Big clue:

Look up the drink mentioned in the first line.

>43 aethercowboy: It's a tag page, not a work.

>8 ZaNewman: You're correct.

Try the page with what's currently on offer

>44 lorax: Thanks. That cleared that up. 3 to go.

>37 aethercowboy: I was the one who submitted treasure 3, so i can say that lines 2 and 3 each hint at one of the words in the title of the work in question (and if you do a search for them, it is the first result).

Thank you! That was a huge help.

>41 Euryale: I went down that lane but fleas, ticks, parasite(s), bugs doesn't seem to be right

#9 doesn't seem to refer to either of the scholars or their works of which I thought.

>50 rastaphrog: That's where the Summer Camp comes in

>50 rastaphrog: You're almost there. It's an irregular plural.

>38 konallis: Oh man, I never would have gotten that one without help. Thanks for the assist!

>37 aethercowboy:

I'm a bit embarrassed at my (scant) clue for #16. Here's some additional help:

1. The sailor had a reputation of being unorthodox if not insane
2. He was not a foremast jack
3. He fought in the Quasi-War
4. Served in the United States Navy
5. Surname shared with a Knight of the Round Table

Combine #1 and #2 to get nickname, good enough for an LT search.

>50 rastaphrog: You're very close! Think less about the time spent outdoors, and more about the pirates or camping children being in close quarters.

>55 elenchus: I tried whom I thought would be the secondary one. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>51 LibraryPerilous: Yeah, I tried them too. :(

Thought so, but still trying.

>56 Euryale: that clue just makes me think even more about my original thoughts

So, I'm up to 7 and can give myself about another 1/2 hour before I have to get to sleep. Oh well, back to hunting.

Apparently I'm incredibly dense because none of these clues help me with the ones I can't get. This is way too frustrating for a "fun" game. :|

I want so badly for #12 to be the Pirate Store in San Francisco, I think I'm blocking out other possibilities...

>61 .Monkey.: I agree. I mean, that I'm dense too, not I agree that you're dense. 'Cause you're not. :)

>62 Stewartry:

What makes you think it isn't?

>62 Stewartry: think locally

>62 Stewartry: I assumed we were looking for a bookstore on a Local Venues page, but that's not working.

>62 Stewartry: I went down that path too... you have to have the name completely correct

I did ... I think I have to go look again! Well ... argh. Thar she blows. Thanks!

>62 Stewartry: and >66 Marissa_Doyle: Hint: Try looking up the street name

>57 LibraryPerilous:

Did you find the page?

>66 Marissa_Doyle:

You may want to look for an other store.

>63 casvelyn: :P

>68 Stewartry: Yeah the name you said above isn't what it's listed as here, I tried that first and got annoyed when it came up with nothing.

Found #12. The site-wide search might be more helpful than searching venues.

>73 konallis: is right!

Re: 12 If you search the clue's key word under names in local it turns it up. You don't need site search.

Hi Kristi,

Could you clarify about how many treasures we need to find in order to be entered in the draw?

>73 konallis: Ah, yes! I searched the zip code on the Local page and it wasn't marked on the map. The search worked, though.

>70 elenchus: No. Still hunting!

>76 _Zoe_: Just changed Loranne's Talk post above! If you find at least 10 treasures, you're qualified for a chance to win 1 of 10 prizes.

I am apparently a total idiot, since not even the clue in #40 was any help - searching for piratical religion gets me only Pastafarianism which not only is not the answer but is totally unrelated to anything else in the clue. And that one seems to be totally obvious to everyone else, since nobody else has even asked about it.

>79 kristilabrie: Thanks!

>80 lorax: You're not the only one. I've only gotten 9 of them and that's not one.

>80 lorax: The second line, plus some help from Google, gave it to me. Don't feel too bad, I tried Pastafarianism too. I think pasta-loving pirates sound fantastic!

>80 lorax: The Wikipedia page on Cilician pirates provides the answer under pirate culture.

>80 lorax: I was going with Mithraism which is what comes up in the Wikipedia article I read, but that doesn't seem to be right either.

And found #12, so I'm up to 8.

>80 lorax:. Don't kill the bull just yet...

>77 Euryale: Euryale - I did too! I finally went to the place's website.

>80 lorax:

Try looking up cilician pirates and a connection to plutarch

>80 lorax: Think Roman Empire and the Cilician scourrrrrrrrrge

>84 yoyogod:

Thank you very much. I abandoned all things Cilician in my search after being told line 4 was the key. I'm at 13 now.

>83 casvelyn: Ah, got it. Thanks! I'd been thinking about the SFM too.

Still completely stuck on #8. Any hint for what kind of page we're looking for?

I still haven't managed 1-3, 8-9, or 13. But now it's time to abandon ship and go eat dinner.

>55 elenchus:. I think I'm going to have to throw in the towel on this one (and #3). Other duties call.

>92 midnightbex: It be a tag page ye seek! ;)

>93 .Monkey.: What do Crichton, Stevenson, Barrie, Powers have in common? And where on LT does something rhyme with "flag"

>93 .Monkey.: Some hints for a few of these, if you like:

#1 It's a tag page, that holds those listed in line 5 among 20,000+ others
#8 Also a tag page!
#13 Lines 1 & 5 hold good clues to what you're looking for. Also, in line 6, noting that it's asleep (think "dormant")

I'm still sticking on 3 & 6. I've tried every angle I can think of ... Maybe lunch will help.

I'm still dead in the water on #s 3 and 16.

>84 yoyogod: >88 Scorbet: >89 lesmel: Thanks! I googled everything related to pirates, religion, and Plutarch I could think of and nada.

>99 Stewartry: For #6, the last line describes where you can find the "creature" you're looking for! Where you'd find gifts on LibraryThing.

Yay, treasure hunting! Thi is so much fun!!
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I could use some (more) hints for 3, 6, 8, 13 and 16. Anyone?

Edit: I missed some hints. Off to search anew!
Edit: #6 & #8 found!

>101 kristilabrie: - Oh, THAT beastie! Thanks!

Up to 11! Still trying to figure out 2, 3, 11, 13, 16, but I've got to get to sleep! Hopefully when I get home from work in the morning I'll be able to get at least a couple of them before the hunt ends.

Happy Hunting all!

>95 aethercowboy: and >100 Euryale:

Added some additional notes to my original post at >55 elenchus:.

>101 kristilabrie: Oh, I had ignored the gift and "bookbound" clues in favor of looking up lampreys and other creatures of the deep. Should have known it was just TPTB's hatred of said beast shining through. :)

>106 LibraryPerilous: haha oh, yes! I can see your thinking there.

>105 elenchus: OK those additional clues got me there. But I have to say, I've never heard of the guy.

>105 elenchus: Thank you - that was tough

>96 kristilabrie: Thanks!

>105 elenchus:. Oh my gosh, I hate you so much. Just kidding. Congrats on being the hardest clue-giver. 100%

Darn my compulsiveness.

Stumped on 3, 9, and 13.

Will likely feel completely foolish once I figure them out.

>112 SuziQoregon: I had a lot of trouble with 3, because I did not think it was possibly something that could be used in this game. But then I overcame my bias, and got it. It helps if you can read Japanese

>113 aethercowboy: - Ha! I'm doomed then ;-)

>114 SuziQoregon: It was a hint, you don't really need to do that.

>105 elenchus: Argh! He's not even listed in the Wikipedia article on the Quasie-War!

>116 2wonderY: I had to use categories. There's one that was particularly helpful.

>115 aethercowboy: I knew that - just kidding

>117 aethercowboy: Yes, I did get it, too thanks to the added clue.

>113 aethercowboy: That helped. Thanks!

Two to go! Any extra hints for #13 and #16?

>112 SuziQoregon: Me too! On both counts...

>120 Ennas: Did you check out my hint for #13 in >98 kristilabrie:?

As for #16, I'll let @elenchus shed more light on that one.

>120 Ennas: #13 is lying dormant

>120 Ennas: For question #16, I think posts #55, #116 and #117 should give you everything you need.

>113 aethercowboy: - Yahtzee!

(It didn't help that the first thing I tried was "lust", not "romance" - THAT led to some interesting places.)

>120 Ennas: I left a clue on the All Topics page.

I think I'm overthinking #9.

ETA: I was.

Oh, good grief. I'd clicked on his other titles instead.

>126 2wonderY: Excellent - thanks

>105 elenchus: Finally got it! Oh man, that was hard.

I definitely overthought #8.

5 more to go.

Thanks, everyone. :-)

I think #13 must be a dormant pirate talk group or a previous treasure hunt but I can't find it.

And I'll try googling #16. Again...

>131 Ennas: For #13, site search is a good place to start! Use yer filters, port-side of yer page.

>132 kristilabrie: That did the trick! Thanks!!

Only one to go.

Seven found. Some are really throwing me off the plank.

Stuck on #2. From the hints above I'm figuring it has something to do with pox, but can't make any progress after that...

>135 drneutron:

It does not. Think larger critters.

>135 drneutron: Sort of. Think less bubonic and more common elementary school humiliation.

I'm stuck on 9. I think it is a book(s, maybe a set?) by a historian, but no 'pirate historian' I have tried seems to be it...

>136 lorax:, >137 LibraryPerilous: Got it! Thanks!

I am stuck on #3 - I keep thinking booty, but haven't gotten anywhere with that.

>138 divinenanny:

There's a good clue for that one up in #38.

>38 konallis: HA! That was a clue that I could use!!!!

One left. Still hunting #3.

>140 Heather_Arrington: I got that one by Googling the last line.

>140 Heather_Arrington: It's a book title, see the various hints in earlier posts and you should be able to locate it :)

>138 divinenanny: I am, too, I've managed all the rest now, thanks to the many hints floating about, though some were beyond irritating even then! But now there's just that one...

>140 Heather_Arrington:
>142 2wonderY:

You're looking for two words one meaning "books with a wench cravin' leanin'" the other "When the sun be risin'" and don't be put off by the search results!

Got it!

>145 Scorbet: I saw the hint early on about that, however both my husband and I were beyond clueless as to what that first line was, so I imagine that may hold up others as well. It wasn't until another mention by someone above who said the word that I managed to find it.

Sigh. My density knows no bounds today, even with clues--#3 and 9 remain beyond me. 14 out of 16 is good enough, I guess.

>138 divinenanny:

Yes, it's a scholarly book.

For #9 try a tagmash for history and pirates. With the clue in >38 konallis:, you should be able to find it.

Thank you very much. I abandoned all things Cilician in my search after being told line 4 was the key. I'm at 13 now.

I'm glad you spent time reading up on Cilicia. A favor place of mine :) I lived there in college, indeed in the city off which the Pirates met their match. The "Piratical Religion" has always fascinated me, although Plutarch's line is the only good evidence for it.

>150 amanda4242:

I studied where the scholar taught—Georgetown, but he's since moved on—but never took him.

Still stuck on #16, even with all the help here. I found commodore oliver hazard perry, but it's not enough. :-(

Help!?

Wow, some real toughies this year. Well done!

Yeah, sorry. Probably too tough, although that's why we proposed 10/16 as a goal line.

>145 Scorbet: My search engine is pooped. Not getting anything. Is it a manga title?

>156 2wonderY:. Yes. (hint: if the one in search doesn't ding the treasure, click on the author's name and then click on the work from there)

>156 2wonderY: It is! I just got it after ages looking. I kept skipping right over it in the Google search because I assumed from previous clues that it was a two-word title. It's part of a series, so the two-word title is after the series name.

Made it to 10! Woo hoo, I rule.

>156 2wonderY: Yes. Most def. The Japanese clueearlier helped a little. Where the hell "leanin" = anything resembling the first word of the title I have no clue...but think While You Were Sleeping

>152 timspalding: That turned out to the clue I needed - thanks - got all 16

Still stuck on 10 and 16.

I'm glad some of them are challenging, it makes it more enjoyable - great work on this (again) LT peeps!

>150 amanda4242: Ah, that did the trick--thanks!

>162 amanda4242: See the clue at >84 yoyogod:

>160 lesmel: Sheesh!! I'm not even sure how I got there, but your encouragement was key. Thanks!

Done!

>150 amanda4242:, That did it. I never use tag mash so forgot it could help. Thanks!

16/16 :D

#8 was clever! Totally over-thought it. On to #16 which may kill me before the 24 hrs are up. My Google-Fu is failing me in this particular quest.

> 162 - for #10 the key is line four, and don't forget it's an "ism", perhaps that's what you're missin'

>167 lesmel: I found >55 elenchus:'s added clue #5 was very helpful.

Torturous clues for twisted minds, eh?

So how many detours and extra tabs did you open upon seeing combination projects today?

>153 Ennas: See >55 elenchus:, last clue should help w/ name.

Edited to fix post reference #

>160 lesmel:

I think the first word was (reordered) "books with a leaning towards wench-craving" rather than just the "leanin'" bit.

Jibbooms and bobstays, that was tough!
Got them all in the end, but I wouldn't have found no.3 without the hints above. Fun, anyway - the scurvy dogs gave us a run for our pieces of eight...

>169 2wonderY: Finally found #16. I was trying too hard with all the clues mashed up in my searching. I went back to my original strategy and focused on clue 2 and 3 from >55 elenchus:

>148 Marissa_Doyle: We were on right track w/ #9. title, not author

Done. I think I need a stiff shot of Treasure #8.

>170 LibraryPerilous: No it doesnt. Knights seem to have no surnames at all. :-(

Stumped with #3 :(

#9 is killing me. I've been through all the clues.

>178 tardis:

@konallis has read it. She said so. ahem. where are you on the internet?

>178 tardis:

The poem basically tells the thesis of the book. But it's an obscure book. (197 members on LT.)

FWIW, the title of the book is also part of the title of an upcoming movie, with music by Justin Timberlake.

>168 gbill: Thank you! That was exactly what I was missing!

>176 Ennas: You want to use one of the knights' names as a surname, combined with either jack or navy.

>176 Ennas:

Knights don't have surnames but some have first names that could be a surname. Try googling a few of the main ones, with "quasi war" and someone should turn up

>176 Ennas: Also look at a very appropriate Wikipedia category linked to the war

>178 tardis: What helped me was a good tag mash + the clue of the proverb in the title

>176 Ennas: I had the same thought...and realized I was overthinking. Think shared names, instead

>178 tardis: Think working class sailors or maritime economics

Although I find the name of the book when I Google around, it's not LEAPING out. So you might go the Timberlake route instead.

No, I will not compose a new poem about Timberlake.

Am I the only one who's stuck on 11? The answer seems entirely obvious, and yet, when I go to the title (and the tag), it's not there...
ETA: Never mind. I got it.

>179 2wonderY: I'm also done. I'm out of rum, so I'll go with some port instead. Not the Port of Tortuga, though :-)

Bingo! got it, and I'm done. Whew! Timberlake didn't really help me - I got it through knowing that konallis had read it :) as >179 2wonderY: suggested

Lots of fun - THANKS, LT and all the great sports on this thread.

>187 timspalding: :(

A TLaPD poem about Justin Timberlake is the change we need in this world.

>190 tardis: I, too, only got it by searching through konallis's books tagged history for something that sounded piratey.

10 so far -- including #7 -- with no clues! I don't know how much further I'll get! :-)

>178 tardis: I googled pirates and proletariat and searched some of the results on LT. It's dirty trick, but it worked. :-)

>183 Scorbet: That finally helped. Thanks!!

16/16! Arrrrr!

I'm still stuck on #13, despite the repeated hints about "lying dormant."

Shiverrr me timbers, 16/16!
Thanks to all!

>195 bismarckfairy: You're on Talk right now in a group that's active.

>195 bismarckfairy: search in Groups for something that fits the day's theme

>195 bismarckfairy: For a strong hint, check out this Talk thread. Hope that helps!

>195 bismarckfairy: Hint: the "lovers of pirates" you're looking for are set of LT users.

Stuck on #3, #9 and #16. All of the clues above are swimming...Methinks I need a little grog to clear the senses, or maybe I've had too much. Not sure at this point.

Taking a break and will try again in a bit.

It might help with #3 to understand that "a wench cravin' leanin'" is the pirate's leanin'. So, wench-craving. I had a particularly hard time with this one too.

>202 2wonderY: I know I'm going to feel like an idiot when I find out what the answer to #3 is, but I have read all the clues and cannot find anything that fits. I'm reading the clues as searching for romance and sunrise — or possibly morning or possibly booty — and nothing is coming up that seems useful.

Another term for sunrise is ....

>203 rosalita:, >113 aethercowboy: helped me a lot. Try searching for these exotic buccaneers.

>204 2wonderY: dawn, daybreak ... neither of which brings me joy. I may just have to wait until the answers are revealed. I'll have a pillow handy on my desk for slamming my face into when I see the answer. :-)

>206 rosalita: You are whisper close. Use the search box with the two words you've distilled. Hint - it doesn't look like a pirate story.

Oh yay, I got them all! Almost forgot today was the big day, and am wayyy too late for bed now! That was so much fun, though, thanks to everyone :)

I am so stuck. What is number 9?

I've got three treasure chests so far and that's only because of hints in this thread. I'm soooooo not a pirate person. Goodness. This is the first year I've participated in this so it's all very new to me.

>211 ReadsAny: Messages >38 konallis: and >194 Ennas: should help for #9

4 left: 3, 9, 11, and 16
Going through clues now...

>205 Ennas: & >207 2wonderY: Thanks to both of you for your moral support and help with hints! I swear I did a site search on those two words and that book didn't come up, but I must have been on some other category or something. You both rock!

At least now I'll be able to sleep tonight. :-)

Stuck on #2 and #6...

I'm guessing that 2 has something to do with the American scholastic experience which is why I can't get it, and I haven't the foggiest on 6 (although I keep thinking of Lewis Carroll.)

For #3 search for manga and a synonym for sunrise.

>216 Maddz: #2 Definitely not an American-only scholastic experience, >50 rastaphrog: was getting rather close.

>55 elenchus: has the best clues for #16. As an added hint, the knight in question is in the story of the Fisher King.

>219 amanda4242: Hearty thanks for that clue!

>216 Maddz: #6 is a very LT thing. The last line is a good clue.

1,2,8,9,10, & 13 left... huh...

> 181 amanda4242 - Arrrr! No problem me hearty, fer awhile I was missin' the same!

Is anyone having issues with the correct page actually registering your accessing of it? I ask because I just got #8. But I'm 99.99999% positive that I checked in on the correct page for #8 hours ago, and got nothing, no yellow banner acknowledging that I got it, and no check mark next to #8 on the main Treasure Hunt page. Then I checked about a minute ago, on a hunch, and it registered that I got it. So... is this like a thing? Or is it just me?

Thank you so much!

A TLaPD poem about Justin Timberlake is the change we need in this world.

Timbarrrrrlake to ye!

>219 amanda4242: That hint cinched 16 for me. Down to just 9 and 11.

Got them all -- but I thought #16 was going to kill me!

I swear I think #11 has to do with Moby Dick but I must be missing something.

>229 gilroy: You're on the right track.

>217 amanda4242: Thank you. That one was giving me a headache. I would never have gotten that book from the earlier clues. Yay! 16/16 - now I can go get dinner.

>229 gilroy: It does have something to do with it--something very basic. Maybe try clicking around on the work page...

>226 timspalding: Shiver me Timberlakes, you wrote one. ty!

Shiver me timbers, thanks to clue givers, got all the treasure. Thanks - it was fun!

I got it.

I did.

I got 16, but not the others.

Whew! I finally got 10. And I think that's as many as I'm going to get. The others I've nearly given up on. Still missing 2,3,4,6,15,16. 15 sounds like it should be really obvious, but for the life of me I can't figure it out.

>238 Heather19: For #15 Think of the movie with Fred Sackett, Robin Wright, and Cary Elwes. Then find its book.

>238 Heather19: Not get #15? Inconceivable!

>239 gilroy: It's Fred Savage, not Sackett.

>241 amanda4242: Oh, right. Sorry.

*starts to mutter incoherent curses as he finally gets #11.

>238 Heather19: #4 has a character named in the last line.

8 and 16 are killing me. I've read all the hints, googled for ages, and have not clue. i know I should ghost head to bed, but I can't!

Got 8- I was overthinking completely. 16 is still killing me though!

For #16, combine the hints in >55 elenchus: and >219 amanda4242:. That helped me find it. >219 amanda4242: puts you on the trail to answer the hints in >55 elenchus:.

Shiver me timbers and blow me down. Finally captured all me treasure. 16 souls before the mast...
Now to go clean my basement of its flood and eat dinner.

It took forever, but I got me ten. Hearty thanks fer th' hints. I be not goin' fer 16. That's fer sure! :D

245: A flooded basement? Yikes!

I got 15 and 4, thanks to you guys!

>245 gilroy: Arr! Man the bilge pumps!

Thanks to everyone for the hints!

Thanks to the tag page clues, I got all me treasure. Learned a lot about pirates and more about Library Thing. This was a good time. Thank ye.

Finished all 16, definitely harder than last year. Also, definitely appreciated the user submissions!

>247 Heather19: There's a helpful clue for #6 in >101 kristilabrie:

Still trying for 2,8,9,10,12,13,16

need help with 2, 8, 9, 10,12,13, and 16. gone through the clues but still stuck.

Just wanted to thank you all for your hints. Otherwise there would have been quite a few left unsolved! My brain got a good workout today!

So, I'm whatever the LT version of a sprog would be & this is my first time doing the treasure hunt.

Thanks to everyone's clues I've gotten all but #6 and #8 - and those have me about willing to walk the plank.

#6 feels more that a bit obvious but I have no idea where you go on LT for gifts. & for #8 I know I need to read through the clues in here more because searching for a "grog" tag page seems to be the wrong route.

>254 hredwards:
for #2 think kids coming home from school or camp with a note from the nurse, special shampoo and little combs will be needed

#8 is styled after a William Carlos Williams poem about Plums. Think of something a pirate drinks that rhymes with Plum

>256 lamotamant: There's "More" to LT than first meets the eye. You can find gifts in a store.

Ah, thanks so much >VioletBramble & >Taphophile13!

>256 lamotamant: I searched grog so many times!

>258 VioletBramble: thank you for the clue for #8. Very ingenious riddle and so much more obvious than I was thinking

Finally came back after a long break and found the last one. Some of the clues that had been puzzling me made sense at last!

Really happy with my 16 out of 16.

I found all 16, thanks everyone for posting all of the clues- I'd be happy to post my own, if someone wouldn't mind telling me how to add the "spoiler tag"?

>254 hredwards: Do you still need some hints?

>263 Danysh2016: Put spoiler between the pointy brackets, and /spoiler between the pointy brackets to close it.

I've managed 13 out of 16, but even with all the hints, I've gotten nowhere with 2, 6 and 16. ... And I just got #6 by randomly clicking around the place one gets gifts.

>266 SF_fan_mae: Number 6 isn't a book or a tag, it's a critter that LT sells and number 2 is a tag for something that makes one's scalp itchy.

261 raidergirl3 yes! It just got stuck in my head that way and I was sure I was missing something so obvious.

I finally found the right term for #2, I had tried lots of synonyms before hitting the correct one.

Now I know why pirates go "Aargh"! This year's TLAPD treasure hunt is much harder than last year's! I got 11 right today before I even realized there were hints. Now I have two remaining that haven't even succumbed to that help. I must be getting tired.... I've been working on it all day and I still have two unsolved: #3 and #9. Any further advice?

I came back to spy wit' ye eye if I could solve some more. I could not figure out #9 or #16 so I be now off to slumber in davey jones' treasure chest. It was a ruckas tryin'. Fourteen out 'o sixteen be not so bad!

P.S. Since I don't speak Pirate, I used a Pirate translator! :D

I really want to participate but I'm lost😢 You know how difficult its to decipher clues when English it's not your first language?😭😭 it's like I can read and understand English but those poems are breaking my brain cells and also I don't know how to search all the treasures 😭

>272 dahara.abreu: It's even hard for those of us who do speak English...so I hear you! :D

Really? ._.

>270 TempleCat: Have you seen >38 konallis: and >194 Ennas: for #9 ?

#3 Is a popular pirate work with several adaptations but it's fairly recent and not in a genre/form that you would expect for those usually classics-heavy hunts (though it's still a book).

Really? ._.

>270 TempleCat: Yes like >275 Jarandel: said, those are the best clues for #9. I actually went to >38 konallis: library and tag searched for pirates. Don't click the links from their library though, type them into search.

So I feel really dumb but I am seem to be missing #1. I thought it would be the tag for authors and it doesn't work so I could use some hints.

Woot! Finally found them all! I didn't come to this thread until about 8pm, at which time I was still missing three: #3, #12 and #16.

I learned some lessons today about search and became more familiar with "local" and "venues." It was incredibly difficult for me to get the name of the place in #3 to show up anywhere!

I thought the difficulty level of this was just about right. I like being stumped somewhat. :)

I am so impressed with the clue-makers, and want to thank each of you for making this a happy day for me. My dad used to organize treasure hunts for my birthdays, so I was having fun thinking of him today.

>270 TempleCat: >277 VioletBramble: Got #9 by noticing a title in >38 konallis: library. Clicking on it didn't trigger success, however. I had to type that phrase into site search and then select that same title for it to work. Anyway, Thank You! Now, #3.

I was having THE HARDEST TIME with #9. Thanks to >150 amanda4242: and the hint about >38 konallis:, I was sure the answer was Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean. I'm really glad it wasn't.

As for others, 3, 13, and 16 were real stumpers. I always forget about tagmash and I was trying too hard on 13. #3 I found the answer too ages before I got it but for some reason I assumed that it was a tv show that popped up in the Google search and I just sailed right by.

Not easy, and number 10 is fiendish. I managed to get ten of them somehow, though!

Got 'em all! Thank you to whomever mentioned the value of knowing Japanese for #3! I would never have gotten it otherwise! Now I can go to bed. 😴💤

Any help with #1?

Could someone help me with #10?

>284 Oberon: #1 What's the general flavor of the day ?

>285 Yamanekotei: #10 The wikipedia page about Cilician pirates has a big hint.

>285 Yamanekotei: Lines 4 & 5 contain the keywords to enter into Google.

If you need further help, look under the section of the article that deals with culture.

Finally, don't forget that you're looking for a tag.

Finally got them all. Thank you so much to everyone who left such great clues. I am definitely off to find some rum!

>286 Jarandel:, >287 TempleCat:,

Thank you! 😃

I finally got #16, which stumped me even with all the clues until someone gave the secret google-fu equation.

Thanks to >258 VioletBramble: I finally got the last one!

Thank you! :)

yes.

ETA: Never mind. I learned a lot about the way this displays, *and* learned about things like "tagmash" to get me through my first of these. Phew. But I did get them all, occasionally by brute force.

I got 16 at last but wouldn't have done it without a few of the clues above ... although Justin Timberlake failed to deliver.

Such great fun again! Love that it's a bit more challenging this year - thanks to everyone that contributed.

I actually have to work now.

I'm intimidated by so much genius around. I'm stuck at 11/16 and no hints can help. Way too subtle for my crude mind. Well, I'll have to get over it. :-)

>240 rosalita: Brilliant!

>295 Waldstein:

Which ones are you stuck on?

Did anyone else get a 2014 buccaneer box for the 2016 treasure hunt?

Oh, yeah, I did and was going to ask about it. The gold is somewhat stale.

I have "Buccaneer Box for participating in the 2014 LibraryThing Treasure Hunt", but that's from the 2014 Hunt. I don't think the new awards have been dealt out yet. (Usually that's a nightly cronjob, I _think_ (but maybe it's just the notification, that's nocturnal?)).

>298 bismarckfairy: - "Buccaneer Box for participating in the 2014 LibraryThing Treasure Hunt"; hopefully just a recycled message. ETA: I didn't participate in the 2014 hunt, so ...

OK, I'm down to only needing to figure out #3. None of the clues have stirred up the brain cells for a path to even try.

>303 Collectorator: Okay, I'm going to make this a blatant hint for #16 Percival

>302 rastaphrog: It's one piece of manga

YAY!! All 16 found. Would've helped if the ole brain could've come up with the right terms to use sooner.

Finally! More brute-force searches (here and on Google) with the last clue for #16 and I found it.

That was a perfect clue - helpful but not obvious! Thanks :)

This isn't a hint, but for #6, I was originally thinking

Cthulhu (the eyes) meets IT (the nose) who traps his victims in a book, but I couldn't think of a story that had such a monster. Or maybe Rudolph meets an angler fish. Man, there's some untapped horror out there.

>310 aethercowboy:

Yes, yes, yes! And I wanted to go read that book once I figured out what it was! Somehow, when I figured it out, it was even more satisfying that it wasn't that at all.

>298 bismarckfairy: Yeah, that was a recycled message. I'll get Tim's attention on it once he's on this morning.

>312 lorannen: Should everyone have gotten it already? Because I've not gotten anything, recycled or otherwise...

>313 .Monkey.: Not yet—my test accounts haven't gotten theirs yet, either. Don't worry!

Okeedokes :)

'tis scurvy pirate returned again this day to do some further searchin', 'n, hearty thanks to some helpful hints, was rewarded wit' all 16 treasure chests. Now I can rest. :)

Thanks to the TEAM LIBRARYTHING, I had a fun day. Even though I couldn't get them all, it was a great fun.

The Treasure Hunt has been extended! If you'd like to keep scouring the seven seas for a while, you're in luck! We're extending the hunt until 5pm Eastern today.

Weigh anchor and hoist the sails!

I was sure that the pallid cetacean was Moby Dick but no go on that one! Also the one about the Pirate Shop on Valencia street has led me to a dead end!

Just archaic spelling.

>319 ashmolean1:

You're right about the pallid cetacean, but it's not the work page you're looking for. Try clicking around a bit (Don't go too far afield and overthink it. Try the obvious things first.)

>319 ashmolean1:

Try searching just for pirate

>319 ashmolean1: Both your guesses are right, so keep looking. The Venue search is a bit daft, so rather that look for Pirate Shop, just look for P.....

Got it thanks!

Thanks!

I cannot get 2, 8, 9, 10, 13 and 16. I need help. please...

I never knew how much pirate-y stuff there was on LT. Some of the clues were obscure (looking at you elenchus). Never heard of the Quasi War which seemed to involve a number of privateers.

And if anyone needs a break, enjoy some Bus Pirates.

>329 Taphophile13:

Um, yes. If I ever submit another clue, I will do much better, I promise. Not to be less obscure, necessarily, merely so the clue is, y'know, solvable without resort to extraneous hints & clarifications.

>330 elenchus: I knew of the XYZ Affair, but your clue helped put it in context for me, which was kinda cool--so thank you.

Still working on 10, 11, 13 & 16. Looking through the clues but still getting lost.

>328 hredwards: There are lots of clues for all of these earlier in the thread.

For #2, look to >41 Euryale:

For #8, look to >44 lorax:

For #9, look to >150 amanda4242:

For #10, look to >286 Jarandel:

For #13, look to >98 kristilabrie:

For #16, look to >55 elenchus:

ETA: Let me know if those don't help!

That was tough! Thanks for giving my noggin' a workout!

>332 crazy4reading: See my hints in >333 lorannen: for some of those.

For #11, >229 gilroy: was on the right track.

My brain hurts, but I managed to get all 16. Bravo to those who put the poems together!

>335 lorannen: Thanks for condensing the hints in one post. That made it easier to find the information I kept looking for. I enjoyed this and am glad I could participate this year!!

>330 elenchus: It's all good. I appreciate finding out about something I didn't even know existed. Learning is never finished and it's a good day if I learn something new. Hope you enter a clue next year too so I can keep my brain working.

>272 dahara.abreu: I cannot imagine trying to solve these puzzles in a language that was not my native one, so kudos to you and everyone else whose native language is not English for playing along!

And that raises an idea: Perhaps next time the Dread Pirate Spalding might solicit some member contributions in different languages, or ask volunteers to translate some of the clues into other languages? It could really open up participation even more widely, and I would love to read them even if I couldn't solve them.

>339 rosalita: Oh, I like that idea.

>339 rosalita: That's an excellent idea. I've got it down in my notes for next year!

All 16 chests found.
Phew! Dat were a challenge 'n' 'arf.

All I have left is #1. I thought it would be the authors tag, but I can't find it. Any help?

>343 Eren-Holmes: You're probably over-thinking it. It is, indeed, a tag page, but not an author's tag. Think more about the pirate theme, and look at tags in that vein.

Honestly, the only reason I got that one was going to the pages mentioned and just clicking around the tags.

This won't help anyone, but I'll leave it here anyway. :-)
http://www.yellow5.com/pokey/archive/index364.html
(It's slightly more intelligible than Pokey and the Pirates)

These felt a lot more difficult than before. I only got 6.

>347 Nodosaurus: They were. A bunch of them were really obscure and/or unclear what they were looking for. Not ideal for a little trivia game thing.

Thanks for the help guys, I've tried a bunch of clues and found several more. It helps if when giving a clue you post which number it is for as it is difficult going up and down the thread trying to match.

I'm down to 2, 9,12, and 13 and for the life of me frustrated...

Thought maybe 2 was Cooties but can't get that to work.

Still stumped by #3 and #16 (and yes, I read this whole thread).

Well, I guess it's still pretty good for a non-native speaker.

>352 Collectorator: :) , neither mice
Jo Ho i reached 9 10 solutions !!

>353 wester: Zeker, naamgenote (sure! )

I love that it was challenging, but I'm a bit frustrated at not getting #16, even with clues. I feel I'm *this close*, but I can search no more. I'm preparing to slap my forehead when I see the answer!

I thought I tried that too...

>355 marcezee: For #16 focus on the last word in each line 1 and 2 of >55 elenchus: clues here

For 16 you are looking for a book. I spent a long time just looking at authors before entering the name I found googling in LT's search box and finally getting the treasure box.

>355 marcezee:

The key bit that hasn't yet been explicitly clued is that you're looking for a biography, not an author page.

For 16 the answer is Inconceivable! ;)

For #13, I put dormant pirates love in search box but the result took me nowhere, so I decided to give up. Is it a tag we were looking for that one?

>360 Sylak: I think you mean #15.

Jay, found #16! And I still don't really have a clue what it is about...

I focused on the second line.

Only #3 now...

>361 Yamanekotei: Check out this topic: https://www.librarything.com/topic/232853

I give up. I give up. I give up. I give up.
I didn't find 3 or 12, but I had fun.
O.K. I finally found 13 by actually reading the clue and thinking about "dormant." Thanks!
And #16 by reading >55 elenchus: yet again and thinking something besides "crazy." Thanks!
(So I guess I haven't quite given up.)

Down to #9...

And #3! Yes, you told me in this thread, I just stubbornly kept combining the wrong hints in my search.

>362 Taphophile13: Arrgh! Yes. My mistake for trying to do three things at once. ;)

#9 Tim's post on the subject may help. If you can find it

>361 Yamanekotei: Nope! it's a group!

FOUND IT!!! All of them finally!! Now to go Bury My gold... Thanks for making me use me brain.

Can somebody please clue me in on #three before time runs out... I can really use your help! I already have 9 treasure chests.

FOUND THEM ALL!!! :-D　😆😆😆😆😆😆🐙

Can you please help me out then? Thank you so much!

>372 SDaisy: There's a good clue for #3 in >217 amanda4242:

Got them all! Thanks for the extension, Tim - I didn't get on at all on Monday.

>55 elenchus: My immediate reaction was "There's a book?!". I love the song. Wishlisted!

>175 Marissa_Doyle: That's what I needed! I was struggling with 8 so much... I must have searched "grog" a dozen times in different ways.

I would never have gotten 12 without the hints here, 3, 10, 8, and 9 were killers, but it was 11 I got last - so obvious and so not working. Finally figured out which page it needed.

>352 Collectorator: That's a louse-y clue.

>374 Collectorator:

That's my Davy Jones tentacle dance.

Thank you! I now have 10. I'm still trying to figure out #6, though.

>380 SDaisy:
#6 was a bit of a game of cat and mouse! Till I worked out that it wasn't the mouse I had to worry about!

I'm happy with my 14/16. Not in the mood to try for the other two today. But it was fun! (Frustrating, exasperating, and strange, but fun!)

I, too, got a 2014 badge for this treasure hunt. This is a brand-new badge because I didn't have any Buccaneer badges before. So... needs to be updated?

It's after 5pm US Eastern so I guess we're done. Found 4 in 15 minutes.

>380 SDaisy: #6 did you take my cue?

I am a day late to this Pirate Party but wanted to thank you all for the great clues! Would not have been able to find all the treasure without your help!!! Thanks to all you scurvy folks for all the fun!

>377 jjmcgaffey:

Wasn't aware of the cartoon or the song. With my rusty German I can just about follow the Dutch on the online version I found.

All 16 found. Thanks for the tip about Japanese, >113 aethercowboy:!

(It would appear I logged in too late to get the buccaneer badge. Ah well.)

I don't believe badges have been awarded yet. :-)

Thank you, jjmcgaffey!!! Your wishlist saved me! :-)

Fun! I didn't get them all, in fact one I got just now after a 'doh' moment. Thanks to everybody who made it happen.

Bah, still need #9

And I found it, now I have a brain burn aaarg

Yay - thanks to all your lovely hints I got the final two!!!

...a-a-and I'm a time traveller also; cos I did it in 2014 (or so says my badge still...)
Now that's cool too!

Okay, going to shut it down. (Should have shut it down earlier but I had inlaws and lobster.) :)

Thanks for a wonderful bit of fun, to all those who made this happen -- and thanks to everyone who posted advice! Harrr!

Oohhh lobster.
I told my therapist about this treasure hunt and she was very excited about it.

Now I have both the 2014 and 2016 badges, though I didn't do 2014. Hmm....

Thank you very much for 30 hours of fun and a badge! I like the way the color of two badges are different, so I can identify which was from which year. Lovely. I would dance again. 🐙🐙🐙

Where can I see my badges?
I know I've come across them, but I can't remember where.

Edit
Got the email with a link. :-)

>400 Ennas:
On your profile page... right side at bottom.

Edit... _plus_ there is a link... lol!

Yeah, I have both the 2014 and 2016 badges now. Not *too* surprised about the 2014 badge since I seem to recall seeing something about the 2014 contest while working on this year's (my first). I think it might have been in the progress banner, which I can't see any more, having gotten all 16 (whew!). #16 was one of my last (last was #3), and I got it by putting all 3 author's names into Google, then plugging the answer into LT and thrashing around a bit. #3 gave me fits. And I didn't help myself by misreading "wench cravin' leanin'" as "wench carvin' leanin'," leading me off into figureheads for a while. I never would have gotten it without hints. Thank you all.

Okay, badges are out, new ones closed. The badge emails appear to have had the wrong badge on them. For the life of me I can't figure out why, but I can't fix it now--the profile ones are right…

I believe Loranne has a final post, laying out all the answers coming. Then I'll give her a list of everyone who got 10 of them, and she'll do a random drawing.

Thanks. It was great fun. Tim: I hope the inlaws didn't upset your stomach :-)

But it was also great to get it off my .
I can't wait to see what the next item on this list will be "Buccaneer Box", "Corsair Coffer", "???".

I think the last line is the biggest clue

Thanks for all the hints, i would have stalled at about 4 without them. And great work all the rhymers - my effort paled into comparison (but was fun to provide nonetheless).

I have to apologise for unintentionally making #11 difficult. I goofed when i provided my clue, i gave a link to the author instead of the work i intended. If it's any consolation, I struggled to get the answer to my own clue :/

>404 bnielsen: "Buccaneer Box", "Corsair Coffer", "???"

Hmm. It's got to be something you can put fifteen men on : Dead man's ... deed-box ? ... duffel-bag? ... - not quite right, somehow. Anyway, they've got two years to work it out...

>406 MrAndrew: You had me stumped in a quite different way: your rhyming cetacean with predation made me look it up and realise that I have had entirely the wrong pronunciation (*set-a-SEE-an) in my mind ever since i first met the word, which was presumably when I first read the book in question. Not something that happens to me often! I must have had French cétacé in mind, and have somehow never come across the English word anywhere other than on the printed page.

>407 thorold: I'm just looking for my bottle of rum...

I too got a Buccaneer Box even though I didn't participate in the 2014 hunt.

"spoiler" /I'm just doing this one to see if I understood the directions for hiding spoilers/

Ok, trying again /spoiler/ "message"

Nope, "/spoiler/" "/message/"

Uh, uh "message" /spoiler/

I didn't look at any of the hints because I wanted to work my brain yesterday (which doesn't get much of a workout some days). Thanks for the fun and new badges.

>407 thorold: on top of the riddle page is now to read: ...closed. Come back next year. so, that fantastic team has 'only' one year to mint. And we to wait :)

>414 ReadSonja: You want to type <spoiler>Your spoiler here</spoiler>

Aargh. All that stuff about pointy bits has me lost.

So do all these darned clues.

I know what vermin are responsible for #2.

I know I need to go to the "store" but I haven't seen any sign of a "critter" of any kind for #6.

I've known for ages what the darned word is for #8. And that it's a tag, but...

I've figured out more or less where to go for #13.

And I know exactly who the dude is for #16. By both names.

However, none of that information has actually managed to land me on the pages in question, tags or otherwise.
And I've read ALL the clues multiple times. (BTW, anything to do with Justin Timberlake is of no help to me.)

As for #9 and #12, even searching google, people's libraries, and hashtags has failed to give me an actual title.
And as for that "*" store in San Fran... I'm starting to want to pillage it...

I'll admit that I don't really know how to navigate around here too well, as my inability to hide spoilers might indicate, but I've got 8 of the buggers on my own and I'd kind of like to get at least 10. It sucks to get so close with the others and after hours and hours have nothing to show for it too.

So any clues would be Greatly appreciated!

>_

Thanks, I'll try to remember that.

If possible, it would be nice to have a tiny space between the two pirate badges on our profiles.

>418 ReadSonja: Sorry, the hunt is over and those pages no longer give you the banner you seek. Here, have some grog. **pats shoulder**

Thanks Tim! Any estimates of how many people participated?

>418 ReadSonja: <spoiler>Manga</spoiler> creates Manga

Thanks for another rollicking treasure hunt, Tim et al. And very happy to have a corsair coffer. Always liked the word corsair.

It was a great hunt. I'm just glad I only had a few left to find when I got home Tuesday morning. The brain was only semi functional after 8 hours at work on only 3 1/2 hours of sleep. (And yeah, I know I said here I was GOING to bed around 1:30PM LT time, actually falling asleep was another matter.) At least I had a load of clues waiting to help me along a bit.

Thank you so much but I didn't get it in time... but I still got 10 right, so I'm happy about that! :-D

Thank you, Tim, LT, and all you diabolical poets! 'Twas quite enjoyable. I hope the next go-round for this hunt can be next year. ☠

☠ That's cool! ☠

And yes, thank you very much for putting on such a fun treasure hunt, and for the prizes, too!

Thanks for the fun hunt, Capt. Tim & crew!

Maybe the next badge can be a Looter's Locker?

Or a rum barrel! Parrot? Skull and crossbones? Gold doubloon? Black spot? Poxy whore? Slow death by dysentery?

Maybe the next badge can be a Looter's Locker?

Nice.

Or a Plunderer's Purse?

Or maybe a Picaroon's Pouch?

I love pirates!

Also, now Talk Like a Pirate Day is over, I can start looking forward to SantaThing ;-)

>432 timspalding:
Hi Powers That Be. Regarding this quote from the Treasure Hunt page: "Any member who finds at least six chests gets their account upgraded to a lifetime one."

Do we have to do something to claim this, or will it be automatic? Also: Thank you!

>387 elenchus: There's a cartoon?!

Obviously lots of people love Mad Jack, they just haven't gotten together...

Dutch version of what, the song? Or the cartoon? The song is here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2sBJx-bnTQ

Oh...the cartoon shares a name with Mad Jack, not much else, from what I know. Johnny Percival was a lot more effective than Mad Jack the Pirate! The cartoon in English is here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jayJbc4fr-w

>437 jjmcgaffey:

Ah, yes: that Schooner Fare song was part of what persuaded me to use the book for my clue. I'd not heard of it 'til after I'd found the book. I'm impressed the song is better known than I'd anticipated!

Yes, I realized that when I quit at about 5am. Felt pretty dumb. I guess I thought it was Monday for some reason so the "extension" was until the next day, which would actually have been Wednesday.
So I wasted a lot of time looking for things I'd already gotten the answers to correctly.

It was challenging but fun though and I learned how to navigate LT a bit better as a result too, plus learning more about pirates. Spotted some interesting reads as well.

I'm pretty happy that I managed 8 answers in the few hours I was within the participation time. And would have finished most, if not all, if I'd had the time.

I did better than I thought I would! I'll definitely try to participate again next year.

I wonder if there are similar challenges for other occasions? 4th of July might be fun.

>421 2wonderY: 2wonderY
Sorry the last message was a reply to this one. I seem to be a bit out of touch with the etiquette here. I did look for a tutorial before starting but didn't see one handy, though I was in a bit of a hurry at the time...

Pirate Puncheon?

Gang plank? Cabin boy? Crows nest? Sextant? Sexy sexton? Ripped bodice? A sense of jaunty insouciance depicted by a coin spinning on its edge?

Sorry for the delay, everyone! I was out sick yesterday. Anyway, I'm continuing this over into another thread, where I'll kick things off with the answers (as well as some explanations/hints that were helpful) to the clues!

Very keen to know the answers to the ones i missed. When will this be posted? Thanks!

>444 ashmolean1:

The answers were posted in the "other thread" that lorannen referenced, which is linked at the very bottom of this thread, right below where you had to click to post your question.

Technically, right above where you had to click to post your question. Just above the very bottom. So to speak.

Arrrr.

>438 elenchus: Well, I was a Schooner Fare addict for a while. It's kind of faded off - they're still going, but I'm not following the band as such so much. Still love their songs, and listen to/sing them frequently. And frequently am surprised by finding books or other factual information about what they sang (found a book a couple years ago, Dark Tide, about the molasses flood mentioned in their song "Molasses" - though I'd seen a (very) few references to it elsewhere since I first heard the song).