Ok... everybody who is pretty sure they can make it on Saturday the 29th of May in the Portland ME area, please sound off and be counted!

I'm gonna figure about 10% more than commit to show up, just to be on the safe side, and if there are more than 20 signing on board, we'll consider an alternate location to the China Seas. Heck, if it's decent out, we could always spill out onto the street or cross Commercial St. out onto the dock. Better bring wheels for the bull-fiddle. I wish we could get a sailing ship in so CrankyYankee could show us Wannabes the ropes. He'd probably bust all our landlubbin' arses on the windlass skeggin' out to Ft. Georges.

As you register your intent, please suggest a time-frame (Am, PM, Evening etc.) most convenient, as we have yet to nail that down, too.

Charlie; thanks for running down leads! Do you suppose that one of the pubs would arrange to accomidate us? I hate trying to shout down a rock band or muzak system, and at my age and state of general decrepidation would rather not get involved in a general donnybrook if one might be avoided. I would hope that any such facility considered will have Guinness on tap! I plan on bringing my old tin dipper!