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Dust Pirates
[edit]Dust Pirates are modern day pirates who claim they are just the dust of pirates long ago.
History
[edit]They were founded after the release of Jimmy Buffet's song, A Pirate Looks at Forty. The lyrics describe a man whose occupation in this world is to be a pirate but living in the 20th century he realizes he is about 200 years late and that this occupation no longer exists. The group was organized by Eric Eckstrand in the mid 90's. The story goes that one day he woke up and realized his true calling in life was to rob, pillage, and plunder at sea so he quit his job, took all of his life savings, and built a ship.
Eric Eckstrand
[edit]Eckstrand's middle name is Gerald and he had a reputation for working well with computers. His sea name was soon known to all as Gerry the Electronic Brain. The Electronic Brain set up a website, gathered some crew who agreed with many of his view points and eventually they named themselves the Dust Pirates.