Topic: pirates

The Cayman Islands Corsairs made a dramatic appearance at the first ever Jamaican Pirates Week Festival

A Cayman-flagged chemical tanker, the MV Stolt Sagaland, came under attack from pirates on 3 Nov. approximately 330 nautical miles east of Mogadishu, Somalia.

Boatswain’s Bay connects to Cayman’s pirate past, a brutal murder and a vast treasure that could still be out there, perhaps buried in the ground in an old wooden chest, somewhere in West Bay.

Cayman pirates are taking a stand against plastic. The Pirates Week Festival and Plastic Free Cayman are partnering for the second year for the Pirates...

Pirates usually prefer to get around by ship, but Saturday, a pack of buccaneers pillaged the departure lounge at the Owen Roberts International Airport. It was not gold doubloons they were seeking from travelers, but data.

Time for buccaneers and wenches to band together for the 39th annual Pirates Week Festival, dubbed this year as the “Age of Romance.”

“Duppy Turn came by its name for good reason. Many North Siders believe that pirates used to hide their treasure at the turn in the path and then killed local Caymanians and buried them to ‘mind’ their treasure. The ghosts of the Caymanians populated the turn and were often experienced, particularly by travelers on dark nights, Thus, we have this well-known North Side site of Duppy Turn.”