I'd just keep playing. The end of June marks my first year of Pirates, and I have a crazy mad amount of pirates to alternate the game with. 32 to be precise.
Yes, seriously. So, I still have, beyond the 8 pirates I'm working with now, another 24 variants to the game to discover.
I'm gonna be here a loooooooong time. Anyway, I have way to many pirate friends I'd be unwilling to stop seeing permanently!