His ships set sail in fairly high morale, with the sun rising high in the sky, and the winds at their backs. Many of the new crew members are sailors of one stripe or another, which means less training required, overall, to get them up to speed. There's a fair number of targets, this close to the port, but there's also a fair number of guard ships, roaming around, though that number will drop off dramatically, once they get more than a few days out to see.<br/><br/>They come across a good target, heading in their direction, after about half a week; a large sailing ship, flying an independent flag, and apparently heavily armed, given the number of cannon visible on her deck. Anything that heavily armed is either a pirate like them, or carrying something valuable.