A pirates life: Continued from last week
Life at shore depended on the success of their sea escapade. If lucky, they would motley spend all their loot in the pleasures of taverns on food, rum, wine and gambling!
Though it wasn’t all fun for a successful pirate. After each voyage, the ship would need to be careened, sails and rigging o be replaced or repaired. Also, an important task was to stock the ship with food and water for the next voyage.
During an attack, pirates were usually out numbered and would mostly have a much smaller vessel and lightly armored. But their ships were highly maneuverable and they boarded and retreated from a ship quickly. They employed various scaring tactics which paralyzed their victims.