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NEXT TRIP WILL BE NOV.21-23 2009.
It looks like another good football weekend if we manage not to set the tv on fire with power surges. The potential game
schedule should be something like this: 1:00pm Washington @ Dallas 4:00pm New York Jets @ New England and our favorite
8:20pm Philadelphia @ Chicago. As of this writing, the weather call is too far in advance to predict. You can check out one
of the local links for better information on the weather. Please note that the shuttle service will end on Sunday evening
after 7:00pm . If you plan on watching the Eagles game, you should also plan on spending Sunday night out on the Island. Monday
will be a relaxed wake up call and after breaking camp the remaining pirates will visit the local diner on the circle. (they
have a great solarium room, you can really feel like a mental patient,it's all glass)
Saturday night will feature a lot of food and drinking topped off by an evening of our favorite radio show: STAR'S END.
Host Chuck Van Zyl never dissapoints us with his selections. I am hearing from the crew that a new version of the steel structure
gazebo will be joining the island appenditures. (is that a real word?) Bring your cooking gear as well as lighting if you
would like to help out with the set up.
Since it is the Nov. trip, we would naturally assume that most of our usual furniture that we left out there has
been destroyed by the summer tourist season. If you find a nice chair in the trash, now would be the time to take it out.
ok, if you have any other questions, please refer to our F.A.S.Q. section of the website.
see you there.
The Star's End Experience on the Island package number "b" This
is our basic package and is available on either our Nov. or Feb. trips. It runs from late Sat. afternoon overnight untill
Sunday( prior to kick-off at 1:00pm. on the Nov. trips) You can catch a ride to shore between 10:00am and 12:45 pm. Experience
the Island and the River overnight with a mix of music and pirate foods.Rage with a BTU overload bonfire of driftwood and
debris. Respark your energy level at midnight with the Pre-Star's End coffee break,(bring your own pie) 1:00am STAR'S END
radio program with our host(not your's) Chuck Van Zyle. Enjoy the night with a special selection of ambient music from the
hub of the electronic music world.Pass out as the sounds meld with the natural enviroment of the river.
THE NFL PACKAGE. This is a new offering
on our trip. It pertains to our "Fall" trip in Nov.Now you can join us at the weirdest sports bar in the area. Come
out prior to kick-off Sunday and watch the games. Plan to be at river's edge at least 45minutes prior to the 1:00pm game.
BYOB and an offering to grill or campfire cook. Dallas fans are permitted. Not responsible for burned jerseys. If you're planning
on getting plastered, besure to either: stay overnight, or (b) have a sober ride onshore to make it home. We don't want any
tragedies. Management has reserved the right to refuse shuttle to anyone unable to safely drive home. Don't be a f---ing idiot.
2009 trip date will be Nov. 21-23. 2009
THE BIG RAT SALAD PACKAGE.This package
pertains to the Fall trip. OK, this is the real deal of Island trips. Come out Sat. afternoon, stake your claim to a
piece of river front dirt on the Island and raise hell all weekend Sat. ,Sunday, and Monday morning. This includes the 2 previous
packages and a return trip to shore monday morning. After packing out Monday, the remaining crew venture to the Brooklawn
circle Diner for a "delirious brain-damaged" I can't tie my own shoes because I forgot how..." breakfast. Always a lot of
laughs. Bring ample stock of food, drink and gear to survive 2&1/2 daze on the Island. This is this. Now go home
and get a shower and pass out in your own bed.
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Winter trip recap 2007
The Winter of 2007 was the first time in our almost 30 year history that we were forced to cancel a scheduled trip. This
past Feb. 17-18 the host crew of the pirate clan ventured out to the river banks to survey the situation. A ice storm from
4 days earlier, and 2 weeks of subfreezing temperatures have clogged the Delaware with moving pack ice. Captn. Mitchell, Kevin,aka
Death, and myself walked the encrusted beach to search for the South-East Passage. An incoming tide had the ice flow moving
north toward the Walt Whitman bridge. A continous barrier of ice created a blockade to the Island. We could move south along
the shore, or try to break through the icy rampart. Of course there was the other deterent of launching the boat from the
beach. The shoreline was reconstructed of frozen snow and stacked-up ice with thickness up to 2 feet. Several blows with a
sledge hammer did little to change the icy landscape. I'm sure the locals who were also on the beach enjoying the morning
sunrise wondered just what the hell I was doing smashing the ice, but decided best not to question a man wielding a sledge
hammer. Finally there was a concern that once we did make it out to the Island, what would we find on Sunday after a night
of forecasted snow and more subfreezing temperatures. Would there be access to the Jersey shore of the river? Would we
have trouble with 100+ lbs icebergs tipping our boat? Miraculously we used better judgement and decided to respect the
Mighty Delaware and reschedule the trip.
the NFL website
MENSA CANDIDATES Fantasy Football site
Music Events update:
October 30 2009 CAPTN MITCH and Ed Aceto, will be performing at the Electronic Music Festival 2009. You can access
their link at : http://event.electro-music.com/ They will be playing at concert at 9:45 pm tonight. They will be playing under the name ACE PARADISE .
You can access the link and listen in on a live stream at
Prior to that the most recent musical enterprise was the group Autobahn. The group is currently in a state of comatose
offseason. . The former project SNIB is again at work behind the scenes, and is planning another new sound initiative.
SNIB is considering creating a project including live percussion along with synthesizers and guitar in a multi person(4)
ensemble. Although you have not much from SNIB lately, never count it out. If you are interested in obtaining music from either
project, please e mail your request along with your mailing address and we will gladly mail you a cd for free. (It's not about
the money, it's just fun to play the musical style)
If you would like to sponsor or hold a musical event at your location please contact us via e-mail . We would love to
play thanks.
Nov. 14v2009 8:00pm THE GATHERINGS CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS:
ARC featuring Mark Shreeve (Redshift) and Ian Boddy (ARC). It looks to be a great
concert with plenty of vintage gear from the British pair on their U.S. debut. Host Chuck Van Zyl went to a ton of logistics
to put this together collecting synthesizers and equipment for Ian Borrow...oops I meant Boddy. No I didn't.
Check out today's newest find in ambient music: Max Corbacho try out his music : "The Tailsman". It's not a new
release, just something I heard on I tunes radio via the "Drone Zone on SomaFM " This can be found on ITUNES RADIO via
ambient music.
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THE SHACKLETON ADVENTURE: package This
trip is only for the strong-blooded, true outdoorsmen. It occurs on our Feb. trip. Depending on the weather conditions the
degrees of difficulty may vary. In it's purest form, the Shackleton Adventure will test your endurance in the extreme
weather.Sleep in the snow,experience fog so dense that your visibility will be limited to under 6 feet. You'll burn anything
available, forage for fuel, create makeshift shelters, cook a meal in a windtunnel, socialize in a blizzard, and say phrases
like : .." well it turned out to be a nice day after all..." as you shiver in wet clothes laden with ice crystals.
Only the best prepared will laugh this trip off, the others will be laughed at and become the objects of Pirate verbal abuse.
This is a trip that afterwards you'll either say :
" Wow, I accomplished something really tough.." or ..
" Wow, I must be an idiot for listening to those guys and going out there to freeze and be miserable, that really
sucked, I'm still cold, I'm catching a cold, I think I'm frostbit, I can't feel my toes, my clothes smell like burnt Uniroyals,I
don't care about my gear, leave it behind, just get me off this filthy, forsaken,spit of sand,,,geez I even think I got poison
ivy in Feb. ...aaaggghh..."
Sounds like fun , right? You betcha !
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