Welcome from the Deep South (US)!!!!

You may find the threads on Kilted Pirates:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ghlight=pirate

and

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ghlight=pirate

(Full exclosure-> both were started by me-> I find the historical pirates quite interesting, and did so long before the current movie induced craze)