Seattle Seafair Pirates

3 is for good faith.
I hate prirates. they ar ebad guys.
this group has fun dressing up and performing many fundraising activities for the benefit of Seattle.
Therefore I have settled on a 3.

Sorry, pirates, but I’m exacting my revenge — you all TERRIFIED me as a child. I had a week of nightmares after every run-​in with you and you never seemed to take «I’m cowering behind my mom until you go the F away» for an answer. Arrrrrr. ..

They are full of crabs, or so I’ve been told…

Ahoy ye scurvy dogs — the Seafair Pirates are awesome! Nothing like seeing Moby Duck approaching in a cloud of gunpowder smoke to make you either shriek with joy or wet your pants.
It does take a big commitment to become a Pirate, but not money like Julia Z. was told — lots of time, energy, sense of humor, and a good costume. I know some of them so I’m somewhat biased, but you’ll never meet a more crazy lovable group of guys anywhere. They’re great with kids ’cause they’re just big ones themselves. See them in a parade coming soon to your Seattle neighborhood.

This fundraising group is an arm of the Ale and Quail Society, a sort of mens’ auxiliary for many groups. We met them last week at the Alderwood Claim Jumper where they were raising money for Children’s Hospital.
Clad in pirate gear and driving a pirate-​ship decorated amphibious duckmobile (no joke), these guys are loud and proud and in your face soliciting donations for various organizations — or they’ll make you walk the plank! It’s all in good fun and many of the costumes are fantastic.
If you’re nice to them, they’ll give you swag — «doubloons» and collectible trading cards with their photograph and various «biographical» pirate details.
They were fantastic with the kids, who were completely wide-​eyed over them.
Becoming a Seafair Pirate requires a tremendous financial and time commitment… new pirates have to raise or donate a truly astronomical sum (I heard $ 10k, but that was offhand so I don’t know if he was serious) and they must attend ALL 200+ Pirate events their first year to prove they’re committed to the cause. As a result, most of the guys are middle-​aged empty-​nesters, though there were a few younger probable-​trust-​fund brats amongs the greybeards.
Check out their calendar here
and donate to whatever cause they’re working for the day you see them!