Purchasing the cannons costs 600gp each. He can make his infamy checks, for each day that he's spreading stories of his success (Bluff, Intimidate or Perform check, DC 21 to gain a point, plus 1 point for every 5 you exceed the check, max of 3 in a day, and 5 in the port. Spending a point of plunder before the roll adds +2, spending 3 after a failure allows a reroll.)<br/><br/>There's a fair number of officers looking to join up on crews; a DC 30 Diplomacy or Bluff check convinces them to join for free, otherwise, they'll ask for 500gp up front. You may attempt to recruit two, in a single day. (Essentially, your pick of any single-PC-classed character up to level 5, or an NPC up to level 6, for an officer.)<br/><br/>Unfortunately, most of the rumors this far south refer to legends further inland around Sargava, including stories of a recently discovered city of serpentmen, dedicated to a dark god, and very little has anything to do with the sea.<br/><br/>Alone, he can't recruit terribly many new sailors, but if he brings in his officers to assists, they can easily round up more than twenty new recruits, to help fill out his ranks.