A visit to the Beaufort Maritime Museum

A visit to the Beaufort Maritime Museum

Have you ever wondered what pirates were like in real life? Did you know Blackbeard put matches in his hair to scare people? Do you want to know what Blackbeard's flag looked like and what it meant? Have you ever wondered what lifeboats were in the 1800's? we just went to the Beaufort Maritime Museum and learned all about flags, Blackbeard, and lifeboats.

Blackbeard

I learned that Blackbeard's real name was Edward Teach.

I also learned that in 1717, he captured a French slave ship called La Concorde de Nantes and renamed it the Queen Anne's Revenge he used the ship for almost two years. In that time, he pirated till 1718 where he ran the Queen Anne's Revenge aground. He and his crew abandoned it with any portable treasure they could find. He then got a pardon from the British royal navy. Later, he went back to pirating and was killed by Lieutenant Robert Maynard. Who then hung Blackbeard's severed head from the end of his bowsprit as a warning to all pirates.

In 1996 the Queen Anne's Revenge was found in Beaufort inlet. Archaeologists' found several anchors (the largest was 13 feet) many of cannons, swords, gold dust, pottery, and lots more items of archaeologists' interests. 

flags

Every pirate captain has a different flag, Blackbeard's flag is a skeleton pushing a spear into a heart. I made my own flag on a computer simulation. It was a scull and crossbones flag.

Blackbeard's flag

Wreck rescue

there are a couple of ways to get off sinking ship one way is the Breach's Buoy. a breaches buoy is a life ring with pants on the bottom. you attach it to a rope that goes to the nearest island or beach. then you ride it like a zip line. later, a life car was created. a life car is a metal capsule that is about the size of a rowboat. the capacity is eleven adults but the average is nine half-grown kids or five or six adults. to get the "zip line" the crew would take a box with rope wound around pegs at the edge of the box. the box was called a "faking box". the line would then be fired out of a cannon to a beach.  

 

this is a life car

this is the life car description 

This is a breaches buoy

faking box

Homeschooling 

 How do we go to school in the middle of the ocean? Simple, we homeschool.

What is Homeschooling?

 Homeschooling is not in a public school.  Homeschooling is great because it doesn't take all day. That makes it good for self motivation.
You can even go at your own pace, which gives you more time to have fun!

What I don't like about homeschooling

 Some of my friends are military so I will not get to see them when I get back. I also won't be able to do specials like P.E. , Art, Library and music

What I do like about homeschooling
Some good things about homeschooling are that I can go at my own pace. Instead of specials, I have fun substitutes.  For P.E. I have a scooter, for art I can go to art museums and for music I practice my violin.
picking out our books
We picked our school books out from Barns & Nobles (the book store) I have 6th grade Math, Language arts, and Writing as my subjects. we chose the subjects because they are similar to what we are learning in school.

so now you know how we are still educated even in the middle of the ocean!

It has been 3 years since we last went to the Bahamas. I am now 11, almost 12. My last day of school was today. Most of my friends are military and today was probably the last time I will ever see some of them. This is Lyra sailing in North Carolina. My dad did a lot of work on her since the last time we went. He sailed her to North Carolina and put her into a small harbor. My Mom, my sister,and I have all been living in a three-room apartment. Dad then flew back to Newport on 11/12/16. Then we plan to drive my moms car down and sail the boat down to the Bahama. That's when the real adventure begins...