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2021 Read-ARRR-Thon #2: Barbury Pirates
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Rowboats:
Necessary for getting from one ship to another, or for docking inland when departing a larger ship, rowboats are essential for a fleet.
Earn one rowboat for every 500 pages read as a team.
Earn one rowboat for every 8 hours of audio listened to.
Sloops:
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. These were commonly built in Caribbean and were easily adapted for pirate antics. The great advantage of the sloops were that they were quick and could attack swiftly and get away fast with a top speed of over 10 knots. Another advantage is that it could hide in shallower waters to escape warships because of its shallow draft.
Hull: A short book (<300 pages)
Mast: A standalone book
Fore Headsail: A book with water on the cover
Aft Headsail: A book whose first letter of the title appears in ZHENG YI SAO
Schooners:
Another favorite of the pirates of the Caribbean and Atlantic were the two-masted schooner. Like the sloop, this boat was fast, easy to maneuver and enjoyed a large capacity for guns and cannons. A narrower hull and even shallower draft meant it could easily hide in shallow estuaries and escape its enemies. The downside was that it couldn’t hold as much booty or crew.
Hull: A short book (<300 pages)
Foremast: A book that you feel is fast-paced
Foresail: A book whose first letter of the title appears in DAVY JONES' LOCKER
Mainmast: A book that is part of a series
Mainsail: A book written from first person POV (I, me, we)
Bowsprit: A book with a mostly blue cover
Brigantines:
Another shallow-draft boat, the brigantine was popular in the Mediterranean thanks to its great maneuverability and speed. Oars were also common in some designs that could be employed during low winds. This kind of boat was favored for longer battles targeting large spoils with its larger hold and great firepower. Could also hold over 100 men.
Hull: A medium length book (300-500 pages)
Foremast: An adventure book
Foresail: A book with a 0 in the page number
Mainmast: A book whose author's initials appear in YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM
Square Topsail: A book with a mostly green cover
Gaff Mainsail: A book about friendship
Galleons:
A Spanish design, the galleon combined the need to carry cargo and be able to defend itself at the same time with cannons. A galleon, could sustain a crew of over 200 with more than 70 canons and guns. However, its cumbersome maneuvers and slow speed because of its large square sails made it fair game for pirates. These ships were important for pirate fleets to carry treasure in.
Hull: A long book (500+ pages)
Foremast: A book featuring a thief
Foresail: A book that features a fantastical creature
Mizzenmast: A book with a weapon on the front cover
Mizzensail: A book you feel "moves slowly" (not fast-paced)
Mainmast: A book with gold on the cover
Mainsail: A book with an ensemble cast
Beakhead: A book whose author's initials appear in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
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Yaarrrggghh! Hi crew! I always wanted to be a pirate :D
I just read a pirate book yesterday so I’m totally in the mood to be a pirate.
Yoho! Uncorking a bottle of rum and getting ready to sail the seven seas. I always wanted to be a pirate queen.
Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Bring it on!
Hoist the colours! Never shall we die!
Hi team. Ready to start when I get up tomorrow. I don't work on Monday either, so I have a lot of time to read. I have no idea what I am reading, but I am sure I will find something. Ready to be a pirate
Good morning Team! I forgot to turn my alarm off, so I’m up early for a Saturday! I’m currently reading 5 books, so I’ll add 4 of those to the spreadsheet, and I should finish at least three of them over the weekend. The other one I’m listening to for Popsugar’s longest book on your TBR prompt, so it will count for audio hours, but I’m not sure I’ll be able to finish it this week.
Good morning Hannah! I too am up early this morning and am raring to read!
Noting where I am in the 2 books I’m reading as I won’t remember later.
Mythos: the Greek Myths Retold - 8 hrs and 36 mins
The Knife Man: Blood, Body-Snatching and the Birth of Modern Surgery - p50
Mythos: the Greek Myths Retold - 8 hrs and 36 mins
The Knife Man: Blood, Body-Snatching and the Birth of Modern Surgery - p50
Happy Saturday everyone! Such a fun theme for our readathon. Looking forward to seeing what we all read this week.
Morning all! I'm currently reading 4 books, two long and two shorter ones. I hope to finish all 4 during the week and possibly more. I like how flexible this challenge is - I don't think a lot of coordination is needed.
Time to build that pirate fleet!
Morning! Do we only add to the spreadsheet when we’ve finished them? I’m going to try for 10 this week as I have some time off.
I’ve answered my own question by having a proper look at the spreadsheets!
Hello Team!! Hope everyone is having a nice Saturday.I have a few ongoing books that I plan to finish during this week. I'll add them to the spreadsheet when I have some free time.
Good evening team,I hope you’ve all had a great day! I’ve added the two books I finished today to the Galleon Tab as these prompts had the fewest options. I’ve changed the cell in the book column to show the prompt I used each book for so they can be moved about if needed. When I’m on my computer tomorrow I’ll move these columns to the end of the spreadsheet so that it is easier to see which books we are currently reading.
I’ve not changed the colour of the prompt on the planning sheet as we can do each prompt more than once, but I wondered if you all thought we should have a colour-coded system to make it clear which prompts have been filled and how many times?
I’m not terribly good with spreadsheets.. it did occur to me that it would be easier if ‘in progress’ and ‘completed’ were written in different colours but I have no idea whether that has any bearing on our tasks! This is my first readathon so I’m still learning exactly what’s going on.Maybe fill the cells with colour on the main plan once they’ve been used to make a full boat? I’m sure there’s already a system in place..
The spreadsheet says 'ship 1, Ship 2' etc, so maybe just fill out finished boats with a different colour?I listened to a couple of hours audio while cleaning the house today. An activity that is on the very bottom of my things I want to do list, but is somewhat better since I started listening to audiobooks while doing it.
I also read a bit, but not that much.
Do we INCLUDE audio in our page totals for the day or keep the audio separate?
Keep the audio seperate, otherwise it would count twice for our rowboats.What do you say team, we want at least one of each of those ships in our fleet, right?
Let’s build that fleet!
I read a few graphic novels today and I added them to the spreadsheet:Galleons - A book with a weapon on the front cover - In Real Life
Brigantines - A medium length book (300-500 pages) - Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Schooners - A short book (<300 pages) - Adulthood Is a Myth
Sandra wrote: "I read a few graphic novels today and I added them to the spreadsheet:
Galleons - A book with a weapon on the front cover - In Real Life
Brigantines - A medium length book (300-500 ..."
Sorry Sandra. 2 of your books cannot count for prompts as they are graphic novels less than 200 pages. They can count for number of pages read for the rowboats.
Galleons - A book with a weapon on the front cover - In Real Life
Brigantines - A medium length book (300-500 ..."
Sorry Sandra. 2 of your books cannot count for prompts as they are graphic novels less than 200 pages. They can count for number of pages read for the rowboats.
Rule for pages from FAQ: Novels have to be 100+ pages and any illustrated books need to be 200+ pages to count towards the prompts. You can use graphic novels that are less than 200 pages for page count (to get rowboats), but not towards the prompts.
Morning all! Sunday here- day 2 here we go!
Great first day everyone. I finished 2 books that I started before the Readathon and made progress with a couple of others.
Yoho pirates! My mum came by and later my friend is visiting, so probably not going to get a lot read today.
I’ve just finished my third book (2 yesterday and one just now) but they have all been quite short ones. I doubt I’ll be able to finish any of the others today, but we’ll see!
Hey team. I am a bit late to the party. Yesterday turned out to be more busy than I expected. I only managed to read 50 pages and listen to 1 hour of audiobook. Eurovision Song Contest completely distracted me from reading last night. I am positive that I am going to catch up today...
I've just finished The Refugees and added it for Galleons - Ensemble cast. I've got about 150 pages left on the other book I'm currently reading, so I'll read some more of that tonight.I'll also have a look to see what I have on my bookshelves that I can start reading next that works for the prompts we have the fewest options for.
Are we meant to be filling the boats in? It looks like someone has been doing it for me, so thankyou !
Emma wrote: "Are we meant to be filling the boats in? It looks like someone has been doing it for me, so thankyou !"I've been filling in the prompts on the boat tabs when I've finished reading a book so we can easily know which prompts are still needed for each boat - it looks like other people are doing the same. Don't worry if you forget to do this, someone else can always fill it in for any books that are completed.
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Lori wrote: "Sandra wrote: "I read a few graphic novels today and I added them to the spreadsheet:Galleons - A book with a weapon on the front cover - In Real Life
Brigantines - A medium length..."
Oops, sorry!! I thought the 100 page rule was also applied to graphic novels. Thanks for clarifying it!
Hi team, sorry I was MIA over the weekend....I was reading though so I'll go back over all the info and add my books to the tab.
I hope I've done it right!! I finished An American Marriage over the weekend.
Sandra wrote: "Lori wrote: "Sandra wrote: "I read a few graphic novels today and I added them to the spreadsheet:
Galleons - A book with a weapon on the front cover - In Real Life
Brigantines - A ..."
No problem Sandra. I’m a member of a few groups that do challenges and they all have different rules about page counts and graphic novels. It’s hard to remember what rules go with what group.
Galleons - A book with a weapon on the front cover - In Real Life
Brigantines - A ..."
No problem Sandra. I’m a member of a few groups that do challenges and they all have different rules about page counts and graphic novels. It’s hard to remember what rules go with what group.
Bec wrote: "I hope I've done it right!! I finished An American Marriage over the weekend."Hi Bec, welcome to the team!
You have assigned An American Marriage to a prompt asking for authors initials but there is no J in the phrase unfortunately. There are plenty of other prompts it works for if you want to move it somewhere else.
I finished 2 more books yesterday:Brigantines - A book whose author's initials appear in YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM - O Lugar das Árvores Tristes by Lénia Rufino
Sloops - A standalone book - Four Dead Queens
Hope everyone has a nice Monday!
I finished a book this morning and have two more I should be able to finish today
I'm at work again tomorrow, I am a children's librarian :) Going to find a short (but 100+ of course) book with a weapon on the cover for the one prompt we don't have options for - unless someone else is already on it.
@ Johanne- I have a few options for books I own with weapons on the front. Let me see if I can swap it for one of my individual challenge books.
Alright. You let me know what we need and I'll find it at the library :)
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This week, you will read books that will help you build ships to create a powerful pirate fleet. Each ship in the fleet has different requirements, so watch your book choices carefully to make sure you have the biggest, most versatile fleet in the land!
How It Works:
Read books to fulfill the prompts and build your ships. When each ship is completed, you will earn that ship's badge for your fleet. You can work on multiple ships at a time, and you can have multiples of the same type of ship. You can also log your pages to earn much-needed rowboats. The direction of your fleet is up to you!
For more information and to ask questions, see our Introduction and FAQs thread.
Members:
Captain: Lori
Captain: Kat
Bec
Ira
Johanne
Sarah
Hannah
Emma
Sandra
Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Each tab will help you track the completion of your ships. Use the tabs to fill in books, pages read, and audio hours listened that you have already completed. Use the planning tab to track books-in-progress and hopeful books. Your pirate ship building master (me!) will be watching those spreadsheets to see when you've completed ships.