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Latitudes&Attitudes Party Rocks Poulsbo
“I’ll provide the beer and pizza, you provide
the party, “says Bob Bitchin’, publisher of Latitudes
& Attitudes, a.k.a Seafaring Magazine. And party they
did. This year’s head pirate, Patrick Alexander, had
the challenge of finding a place to host a party that’s
grown bigger in every one of its seven years. “This
year we had 170 boats in slips and over 30 anchored
out,” says Patrick. “We gave out 500 wrist bands and
ran out. Best estimate is over 600 people showed up.”
Even the Seafair Pirates made an appearance. Actually,
they made more than an appearance, joining in the
festivities and pillaging Poulsbo well into the night.
During the day there was music on the docks and
stuff for the kids. Saturday night there was a movie
(“Pirates of the Caribbean,” what else) shown on a
mainsail for the kids while the adults partied
hearty in the Sons of Norway hall, shaking
their pirate booties to the tropical sounds
of the Eric Stone band. When Eric took a
break, Bob Bitchin’ handed out the prizes.
Practically all of the Poulsbo merchants,
donated raffle prizes and gave discounts to
folks with armbands.
To the raucous cheers of the revelers,
Patrick Alexander was inducted as a Pirate
King of the Brethren of the Sound. This elite
group is made up of those individuals that
have done the work to put on a Cruisers
Party, a task that’s grown more challenging
as moorage and shoreside needs expand to
hold the growing annual gathering. Peter’s
successor and the locale of next year’s party,
the eighth, haven’t been chosen.
A great time was had by all, with the
only known person to fall in the water being a Seafair Pirate.
“Best thing to remember, the party was free to all who attended thanks
to donations from Signature Yachts (Robbie Robinson) and Marine Service
Top to bottom: Pirate colors flying high at the dock; Center (Dan Krier), plus each of the prior Kings contributed to the party’s
Bob Bitchin and helper give out prizes; Music on success,” sums up Pirate King Peter. For more on the Pirates of Poulsbo,
the dock; Partying pirates. go the Latitudes & Attitudes website:
www.latsandatts.net
The Years of Living Wet
This is an intimate story of what
long term cruising is really like.
It’s about love, laughter, family,
friends, unfriendly folks, life lessons
learned, and the edgy adventure of
a vintage sailor re-starting life on
blue water. Read it, then follow
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48° No r t h , Se p t e m b e r 2009 pa g e 30
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