Here's the pirate ship.  This is a concept bar for 2006.  It will be $25,000 and completed by the end of 2006.  The actual ship has not yet been determined.  I know everyone is going to say Blackbeard and the Queen Anne's Revenge, but the ship design isn't what I'm looking for.

Original Posting from the Update Page
3/8/06

So, it was kinda funny really.....I was online and caught a picture of Keira Knightley.  Of course, I've had a fondness for her since Bend It With Beckham....and she looked elegant in Pirates of the Caribbean....but, I have no idea why she did the movie Domino....that was just a bad movie - that wanted to pretend it was cool.  Anyway, I prefer to think of her in the pirate movie....so, my mind wandered to Pirates of the Caribbean.....and then to the Black Pearl Ghost Ship.

That's when I had my idea for a pirate ship bar.  My office thinks I am crazy....and nobody really thought I was serious.  Yet, we've spent 2 days on specs and general ideas now.  We've even discussed how the hull would be designed and wood wrapped.

Now, I don't imagine this is going to be a hugely successful bar....in part because the price will be expensive and we're only going to make ONE for 2006.  The size will be something like 60" x 160".  The concept is crazy and we may forever own this bar, but we're going to build it.  It will not be a front and back bar.  It's going to be a ship...a single ship in 3D.  The mast and sails will reach to 96"......and I imagine two hidden locations for an ice-maker and a frig unit.  The topside cargo compartments will be dry sinks for displaying your iced beer.  We have to think of some cool area to place a beer tap.  This will be a funny distraction between the headaches....the problem is the voices keep getting louder.

Now, I've spent all the time I plan to devote to this project for the next two months.  We have more important projects or 'realistic' projects.  Yet, the Pirate Ship will move forward.  We'll update this project with photos and designs - as soon as we have time.  I have no problem posting this project because I'm sure no company will duplicate this design.....this bar isn't about making money - as much as saying we did it.

If this bar actually sells, we'll do another in 2007....with each being a different ship and history.  The ship in 2006 is still yet undetermined.  This would not be available for delivery until the end of the year.....even if someone was to place a deposit on this idea.  Of course, the ship for 2006 isn't the Black Pearl.  I don't need Disney lawyers sending me emails...or Steve Jobs mad at me.  If you've ever watched an Apple convention, Jobs is truly a man that inspires....plus, you have to admire a person driven by passion.

Anyway, I guess it is back to my job.  This is all Keira Knightley's fault. 

3/11/06
Anyway, today, I walked into production and the drafter has made this mini-scale version of 'something'.  I didn't ask him to make it.  I think he's a little too concerned about our pirate ship bar.  Look at it.  He's taken the mortise machine and made little holes.  It's kind of funny.  I'm going to let the drafter keep swimming until I have to reel him in.  Next week, there might be little wood cannons coming from the stern.

This project is going to look either really cool or it's going to be a shipwreck!

Yet, I think I have a great idea for this bar - based on the miniature.  At least it gave me a cool idea on a functional feature.