No, in fact, most "at sea encounters" were never settled by boarding parties.  It was much more efficient (and safer) to fire a warning shot, or use a "ball and chain" to take out the other ship's main mast and allow the pirate crews reputation strike enough fear into the other ship's crew to cause them to give up without fighting.<br/><br/>As is commonly known, more people died of yellow fever and scurvy than to combat.