Thursday, November 15, 2007

THE DOCKs
Aye Aye CapN and Mates. All aboard, take the ramp from lands-end it will allow even the smallest among you to crawl onto deck.

As you climb onto the dock you can see the blue/blackboard to draw-up lists of what we have to bring on our voyage across the ocean.

There is even a big map that shows the backyard and the location of the hidden treasure!!!





You can see the ramp/steps that lead to the upper deck of the ship. You can see a peek hole in the board where you can stick your head-out to see if anyone is hiding. There is netting to avoid that the little ones fall overboard before we even start the journey!

There is even a bucket which is used to bring 'water' onboard so the deck mates can clean the ship. There have been times that the loot was brought onboard using this bucket.

But wait, are there any spies checking for our departure to the see? Is there a secret hideaway somewhere? Can you spot it? Ahhh there it is ... right under the dock. You can see the sewerpipe under the ramp ...

I wonder if this leads to a secret hiding spot? ... ahh there it is... there is a little door that can close to hide behind.






FROM THE DOCK TO THE SHIPs UPPER DECK


Those who can climb up the climbing ladder can ring the bell as well. This is used as the 'fog-horn'. A fog-horn is used to bring the boats in when they can't find there way back home!



WHAT's GOING ON, ON THE UPPER DECK
The next ramp takes us up onto the main deck, where we can see the tiller, the lines such as the various stay as well as the main and jib hailyards. To the right of the wheel you see the loading dock which can open (only under CapN's orders) allowing those skilled enough to climb back to the dock!





GOING TO THE POOP DECK
















Downstairs there is the poopdeck. It has an opening on both sides so the crew can get in and out quickly. There is a rope netting that will help those that are dropped into the water to quickly climb back onboard.

There are portholes on each side, and there are some special windows at the stern side to capture the crews imagination of old times.













THE BLUE OCEAN
The Campbell PirateShip sits in a blue ocean of rubber water. This water protects our most valuable crew from a fall from of up to 7 feet height (railing height). The CapN let those pirates who even think about mutiny walk the plank (slide-down-the-slide) and end up in the water.



BOW-WOW-WOW
The bow sports a special swing, has several ornaments to scare any bad folks away.






















The bow has also roping that allows the Crew to climb on top and look into the distance for shore.













HOIST THE SAILS!!!!

Crew hoist the sails, first the main sail then the jib!!! Quick, quick bring them up so we can reach far and tropical destinations.









A TREASURE ISLAND

What is that straight ahead of the boat? Is it a treasure island? It sure looks like it. Right underneath those palm trees there might be treasures buried in the sand?

But be careful there are rocks!!!
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007