[From the Metro]
This is the moment over 8,700 people descended on Cornish seaside town Penzance to smash the world record for the largest number of pirates in one place.
Fittingly, the record was broken as the pirates lined the promenade in Penzance, Cornwall, echoing the famous Gilbert and Sullivan score.
A total of 8,734 turned out to top the previous world record of 6,166 set in Hastings last year.
The pirate gathering was part of the Golowan Festival to celebrate the traditional feast of St John.
Organiser Andy Hazelhurst said: 'We had all sorts of standards of costume from Johnny Depp look-a-likes to little kids with stripy t-shirts.
'We even had dogs dressed up, although they didn't get counted.'
To qualify, pirates had to wear a pirate hat or bandana, pirate-style trousers and shirt and an accessory such as parrot, cutlass or eyepatch.
Evidence of the number of participants has been sent to the Guinness Book of Records organisation which will verify the record after thorough scrutiny
