Thanks for all the replies, I really appreciate it. A lot was said which I will definitely take into account.
The ship the player's captured was a Bermuda sloop(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_sloop), which would normally have a crew of between 50-70 to have everything in working order...
Hi,
I'm currently running a campaign where my players managed to successfully steal a small sailing ship and are soon going to be searching for a crew to help man it if they manage to lose the fleet currently after them.
So now that you know the bare-bones background of what is going on in the...