2004 Events | Past Events | Tallships and Period Boats
One of our great passions is historical reenactment, what we call "experiential" history. There is so much to be learned by doing!
We also participate in historical reenactment and research with Morgan's Compangnie, an affiliation of historians and interpreters who portray personae from the Middle Ages through the mid-19th Century of Europe and America. The company marries maritime arts with the skills of "land lubbers" supporting The Siren, a fictional ship of privateers and landsmen under the "command" of Captain William Morgan. Scroll down the page to see what events we're working, or to see photos of what we've been up to.
Demonstrable skills include but are not limited to
- Nautical Arts - navigation, seamanship, lore and songs of the sea, boatbuilding
Crew members are also volunteer sailors on real tallships - the Golden Hinde, the Nina, the Lady Washington and the HM Bark Endeavor - and own and work on their flotilla of sailing and pulling boats.- Metal Arts - blacksmithing, casting, moneying, arms and armor, chain mail
- Fiber Arts - traditional spinning, weaving and dyeing
- Domestic Arts and Skills - firemaking, period cookery, herbalism & traditional healing
- Sciences - scientific instruments, medicine and healing arts, astronomy and astrology, mathematics
- Leatherworking
- Gunnery and Artillery
- Music, Songs and Games
- Volunteer sailors on the tallship Lady Washington - Redwood City and Eureka, CA
April 5- 19, 2004- Blue Ox Millworks & Historical Park - May Day Celebration, May 1 , Eureka, CA
- St. Bernard's Elementary School Medieval Fair - June, Eureka, CA
- Tall Trees Rendezvous - 4th of July week, Smith River (Crescent City), CA
- Blue Ox Millworks & Historical Park Craftsman Days, Thanksgiving weekend, Fri. & Sat., Eureka, CA
Past Events - Click on links to see photo albums
2003
- Anderson Renaissance Faire - April, Anderson, CA
- Blue Ox Millworks & Historical Park - May Day Celebration, May 1, Eureka, CA
- St. Bernard's Elementary School Medieval Fair - June, Eureka, CA
- Mountain Music Festival - June, Willow Creek, CA
- Tall Trees Rendezvous - 4th of July week, Smith River (Crescent City), CA
- Society for Creative Anachronism "Purgatorio" Medieval Arts and Sciences Workshops, August, Crescent City, CA
- Humboldt Bay Wooden Boat Festival - September 27, Eureka, CA
- Blue Ox Millworks & Historical Park Craftsman Days, Thanksgiving weekend, Fri. & Sat., Eureka, CA
2002
- Volunteer sailors on the tallship Lady Washington - Oakland and Eureka, CA
- Anderson Renaissance Faire - Anderson, CA
- Blue Ox Millworks & Historical Park May Day Celebration & Craftsman Days - Eureka, CA
- Tall Trees Rendezvous - Smith River (Crescent City), CA
- Civil War Days - Fortuna, CA
2001
- Willits Celtic Renaissance Faire
- Tall Trees Rendezvous - Smith River (Crescent City), CA
- Blue Ox Millworks & Histoircal Park May Day Celebration & Craftsman Days - Eureka, CA
- Civil War Days - Fortuna, CA
- Volunteer sailors on the tallship Lady Washington - Oakland and Eureka, CA
2000
- Willits Celtic Renaissance Faire - Willits, CA
- Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire - Philomath, OR
- Pirate Renaissance Faire - Ojai, CA
- Volunteer sailors on the tallship HMBark Endeavor - Eureka, CA
1999
- Willits Celtic Renaissance Faire - Willits, CA
- Civil War Days - Fortuna, CA
- Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire - Philomath, OR
- Volunteer sailors on the tallship Lady Washington - Oakland and Eureka, CA
1998
- Willits Celtic Renaissance Faire - Willits, CA
- Civil War Days - Fortuna, CA
- Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire - Philomath, OR
- Medieval Arts and Sciences Workshops (Society for Creative Anachronism "SCA") in navigation and scientific instruments - Oroville, CA
1997
- Medieval Arts and Sciences Workshops (Society for Creative Anachronism "SCA") in navigation and scientific instruments - Petaluma, CA
1996
- Medieval Arts and Sciences Workshops (Society for Creative Anachronism "SCA") in navigation and scientific instruments - Petaluma, CA
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