Concept

On our first cruise, our Captain said that if you were late, the first thing to do was to get a photo of the ship sailing away, since it was a really good angle. I wondered how anyone could miss a ship.

I later realized I was one of the only people who actually listened to the announcements.

While on shore, I realized the temptations of “just one more margarita.”

Nobody plans to miss their cruise ship. However, sometimes the time gets away from you. You forget the time zone changed. Your wife needed one more souvenir. You needed one more margarita (because of all the money your wife spent on souvenirs). It happens.

After watching the pier runners in Cozumel from the comfort of our balcony cabin (and listening to the taunting cries of “Run, Forrest, Run!” from the neighboring balconies), I started thinking about helping those we weren’t going to see running down the pier, because they were really, really late.

How do you help them? You get them back on their ship. How do you help yourself? You make it hurt a bit – because they know they’re idiots (or they’re too drunk to care.)

That was the genesis of Blackbeard Arrr-lines.