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Arggghhh me hearties... Jamie and Adam have plundered the seven seas in search of pirate parables and maritime myths and the result is this 2-hour spectacular. With four stories of hi-jinks on the high seas, the action is thick and fast.

Contains The Following Episodes

Cannonbail vs. Shrapnel
Adam and Jamie once again have a blast with big guns. Their excuse this time? Supposedly when pirate captains ran down their treasure-laden prey and delivered a mighty broadside blast with their cannon, the splinters created on impact with the ship would cause more deaths than the cannonballs themselves.

First with a small-scale air cannon they find out what type of pirate ship wood splinters in the most dangerous fashion. Then surprise surprise they scale up! In a not to be missed finale they fire a 6-pound cannonball at an authentic pirate ship hull and then check out the shrapnel damage to some human analogues.

Eye Patch
For all their "arrghh me beauties" and "avast you scurvy dogs" the next story would suggest that pirates were no fools when it came to eyeball anatomy. In the Eye Patch myth Kari, Grant and Tory ask why a Pirate would wear a patch over a perfectly good eye?

According to Pirate folklore the covered eye would always be night vision ready. So you could exit the glare of the ships deck, shuffle the patch over, enter the dark below and be able to see instantly. To test this theory the team build a pirate themed obstacle course for Jamie and Adam to tackle in the dark. The results are hilarious!

Rum Stain Remover
Next in Rum Stain Remover Jamie and Adam get down and dirty. Apparently Pirates not only drank grog they used it to do the laundry. To test it, it's business as usual as Adam makes a mess and Jamie cleans up after him.

Knife Sail
And finally in Knife sail our intrepid trio tackle a Hollywood tall tale. You know the one, our swashbuckling hero is high in the rigging and needs to get down to the deck in double time. He whips out his knife, stabs the sail and in a controlled slide descends, landing safely ready to fight another battle.
Kari, Grant and Tory have fun researching authentic period knives and sails and when it's time to test Buster steps up to earn his stunt man money. But busting up Buster doesn't quite do it for the team. He can hang onto the knife as it slices the sail canvas, but he sucks at landing. So they need a fall guy, a dummy that can act like a real person. There's only one man for the job, step up Tory Belled!

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Screen Formats:

Widescreen 1.78:1

Language and Sound:

English Dolby Digital Stereo

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