17 Jaime Kirk on Piratical History

This week we interviewed a pirate! Kind of. Jaime Kirk is the current captain of PDX Yar, a Portland organization dedicated to all things piratical. The crew does, indeed, dress up like pirates for the purposes of revelry carousing, but they also do quite a bit with historical reenactment. PDX Yar does demonstrations of black powder weapons, presentations on how ships were actually run and managed, and the leadership have immersed themselves in pirate history for years now. Below is a engraving from the 1720s of Bartholomew Roberts, aka Black Bart, Jaime’s favorite pirate. Related Links: Find Jaime and the rest of PDX Yar here. More information on Black Bart. More information on Black Caesar. Get Under  the Black Flag, Jaime’s, recommended book on pirate history, from Powells.com.