In 1811, Jean Lafitte’s pyrates and the Cuban Sea Rovers were an unrestrained menace to England’s merchant fleet among the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Sea. The Royal Navy’s answer to this seemingly unstoppable carnage was a frigate named Excalibur. Her commander was a young, daring post captain with a crew of three hundred experienced, battle hardened seamen. All hands were dressed as ordinary sailors. Her black exterior gave the outward appearance of an ordinary merchantman.
The exciting story includes the romantic involvement of the handsome, well-bred captain and a beautiful woman, a nearly fatal rogue wave, the captain’s kidnapping, hand to ...
In 1811, Jean Lafitte’s pyrates and the Cuban Sea Rovers were an unrestrained menace to England’s merchant fleet among the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Sea. The Royal Navy’s answer to this seemingly unstoppable carnage was a frigate named Excalibur. Her commander was a young, daring post captain with a crew of three hundred experienced, battle hardened seamen. All hands were dressed as ordinary sailors. Her black exterior gave the outward appearance of an ordinary merchantman.
The exciting story includes the romantic involvement of the handsome, well-bred captain and a beautiful woman, a nearly fatal rogue wave, the captain’s kidnapping, hand to hand fighting, and sea battles with the French and pyrates. Several paranormal encounters were experienced on board the ship and on land.
Meticulously researched in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, with factual locations described in 19th century England and in the Leeward Islands. There are many stories about pirates (spelled pyrates in the 19th century) but none with greater accuracy and adventure than Excalibur.
Born on an island heightens the interest in boating and sailing, to feel the salty spray against the skin, and the unstable feeling of the roll and pitch of a ship's deck underfoot. My life began on the small island of Galveston, located off the Texas coast. The same spit of land that the French pirate Jean Lafitte named Campeachy in 1817.
I sailed the Gulf of Mexico with brief voyages into the Caribbean Sea. Excalibur was extensively researched through records in The British National Maritime Museum.
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In 1811, Jean Lafitte’s pyrates and the Cuban Sea Rovers were an unrestrained menace to England’s merchant fleet among the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Sea. The Royal Navy’s answer to this seemingly unstoppable carnage was a frigate named Excalibur. Her commander was a young, daring post captain with a crew of three hundred experienced, battle hardened seamen. All hands were dressed as ordinary sailors. Her black exterior gave the outward appearance of an ordinary merchantman.The exciting story includes the romantic involvement of the handsome, well-bred captain and a beautiful woman, a nearly fatal rogue wave, the captain’s kidnapping, hand to ...