Participants dress up as pirates, make "ships" out of shopping carts and parade through town for around 10 hours, mostly in the Old Town/Chinatown, Downtown and Vaseline Alley areas.
Pirate enthusiasts gather to celebrate by dressing up, building mock ships from shopping carts, and embark on a 10-hour journey through the main streets of Old Town/Chinatown, Downtown, and Vaseline Alley.