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Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship
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Pirate Fun for Everyone

Ahoy, Matey! Before or after you visit Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship, take a moment to have a little fun with these lighthearted activities for both adults and kids. You can learn how to drink, sing, and talk like a pirate!

Pirate Drinks
Check out recipes for famous pirate drinks—rum punch, grog, and bumbo (alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions included)—and find out how these cocktails kept pirates toasty, merry, and healthy on long pirate cruises.

Pirate Songs
Learn the lyrics of traditional pirate sea shanties and take a look at our list of the top five modern pirate songs, for a real buccaneer sing-along.

Pirate Translations
Get ready for the “International Talk Like a Pirate Day”—held annually on September 19th—by learning some useful (and colorful) pirate phrases. Cap’n Jack, our crusty Buccaneer, provides you with authentic pronunciations and accurate translations.



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The Slave Ship Whydah
The Pirate Ship Whydah
Life Aboard The Whydah
The Whydah's Loss
Discovering The Whydah
Piracy Today
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