Ahoy there me hearties, listen up!.....Now I’m assuming that given the nature of this site you probably like pirates, and if you have got this far, you can read also, so it’s a fair chance that you be interested in reading a good old pirate yarn.  

Well the nice people at simonandschuster.com have equipped me with a fine looking hardback copy of the book Flint & Silver, a prequel to the classic Treasure Island, by John Drake.  Here’s what they be saying about it.

“Flint and Silver provides a thrilling ride back to Robert Louis Stevenson’s rich and wondrous world of Long John Silver and his fiendish nemesis Joseph Flint. Full of rigorous nautical detail and the depth and depravity of these iconic characters, Drake’s novel takes us back, long before Jim’s encounter, to the origins of the story.  How did the mysterious Billy Bones come by his scar?  Where did his foreboding song come from?  And, best of all, who is his Captain Long John Silver, and where did he come from—and just how did he lose that leg?

A fantastic story full of rich and raucous characters, and a mesmerizing romp of a story, Flint and Silver tugs at the strings of those young at heart who wish to revisit the world of a beloved classic while enjoying the lightning pace and thunderous power of today’s best commercial fiction.”

So if you have room in your treasure chest for such a worthy prise, read on and I’ll tell you how you can go about winning it.

All you need to do is take a picture of a pirate or wench in costume in an unusual place and send it by email to competition@yaaarrr.com – The pirate may be yourself, or someone you know

• By entering this here competition, ye are deemed to have been acceptin of the followin’


• To qualify for and be entered into our competition, ye must submit your picture and caption correctly.


• Please be keepin all pictures below 250k.


• All pictures must be your own work.


• Ye can enter as many times as you like.


• By entering the competition, ye are agreeing to give yaaarrr permission to post your picture to the website.


• The Ship’s Capt’n reserves the right to disqualify your entry if it is incomplete or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that you have breached any of these rules.


• Prizes are non-transferable and there be no cash alternatives.


• The Ship’s Capt’n reserves the right to alter, amend or close the competition as necessary.


• In the case of any disputes regarding these rules the decisions of The Ship’s Capt’n will be final and binding, and no correspondence will be entered into.