Beautiful "Fancy," a Tri-color female, was Sally's third born puppy. She's named after the pirate ship "Fancy." The Fancy was a 46-gun private warship that Long Ben Every and his crew took one night in Spain when its original Captain was dead drunk. Thereafter, Capt. Every established himself in the Indian Ocean as perhaps the most successful pirate of all time. The Fancy spent many a week having her hull cleaned in the Bay of Pirates ("Forbans"), St. Mary's Island, Madagascar.

We took Fancy to her new forever companions, David and Daphne Mason on August 21st. They adore her as you can see. They have given her a new, Official CTCA name of "Fancy Emeline of Alika Cotons." "Emmie" now resides happily in Massachusetts.

Speaking of TALL ships, here's elegant Amity of Alika Cotons, a Tall Tri-color female. The Amity was the ship of Captain Thomas Tew. It was on board the Amity that the most famous speeches in all piratedom were recorded. After having convinced New England merchants to buy the ship Amity, Tew sailed with his new crew to the area of Bermuda, where he gave a speech that all men present agreed with. Tew argued that they were to risk their lives just to capture booty from the French for the benefit of the British Royal Africa Company--the consortium that bought the vessel. Tew argued that the men would gain neither wealth nor the moral high ground, so they might as well "better their circumstances" and "go on account [turn pirate]." The men, devoted already to this charismatic leader, replied:

With that, The Amity set sail from Bermuda for the Pirate Round to Madagascar.

On August 30th, we took Amity of Alika Cotons to live with Frangipani of Alika Cotons and the wonderful Harold and Marsha Dobbins family near Philadelphia Pennsylvania (see above). From left to right is Harold, Frangipani, Marsha, Jenny and Amanda with Amity. Amity's new,Official CTCA name is "Foxy Amity of Alika Cotons." She is foxy and she is having a ball!!!

"Eddie," named after pirate Captain Edmund Condent, is a striking and happy home-loving Tri-color Coton. The real Captain Condent's peripatetic life took him from England to piracy in the Caribbean, then to the Red Sea where he and his crew captured a huge prize--an Arab ship's cargo valued at more than 150,000 pounds. They divided the booty on Saint Mary's Island, Madagascar (their home in the Indian Ocean), then in 1720 sailed to Reunion Island where Condent negotiated a pardon for himself and his now wealthy crew from the French Governor. Condent married the governor's sister-in-law and retired to France, where he became a wealthy merchant in Brittany.

Eddie, who is now named Mocha Latte White, lives in Florida with his doting human parents, Cathy and Rod White. We took Mocha White to meet Cathy in New Jersey on August 28th; they flew to Florida later that day. Cathy is shown with Mocha above.