Voyage of Plunder (2005)
Voyage of Plunder
“Each night, scores of flying fish landed aboard and flapped about in the scuppers until Abe collected them in his bucket. Oft-times I helped him clean the fish and fry them in oil, my appetite growing with the smell of fresh fish drifting through the ship as the sun rose and the men began to stir.
Despite my desire to believe otherwise, I had learned long ago that what had appeared to be a ship of chaos, filled with men too lazy to lift more than a bottle of rum, was in actual fact a well-run a...lliance. Unlike a merchant crew with maybe fifteen to twenty-five men who worked four hours on and four hours off day in and day out, a pirate crew of 150 men shared the burden of work so that at any one time the vast majority of men were indeed lounging about and shooting the breeze.
Like the others, I was required to work no more than four hours per day but often chose to work more. Whenever I worked, I pretended that this was a merchant ship or a navy ship, that I was an able-bodied seaman, and that life was somehow normal again.MoreLess
Despite my desire to believe otherwise, I had learned long ago that what had appeared to be a ship of chaos, filled with men too lazy to lift more than a bottle of rum, was in actual fact a well-run a...lliance. Unlike a merchant crew with maybe fifteen to twenty-five men who worked four hours on and four hours off day in and day out, a pirate crew of 150 men shared the burden of work so that at any one time the vast majority of men were indeed lounging about and shooting the breeze.
Like the others, I was required to work no more than four hours per day but often chose to work more. Whenever I worked, I pretended that this was a merchant ship or a navy ship, that I was an able-bodied seaman, and that life was somehow normal again.MoreLess
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