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It's a lot of fun to crew with someone else, but if you can't find anyone, you can level them up solo.
Just find a fat juicy target, park your ship out of range, and then plink at it with the cannon. You can hit things that don't appear on the compass when it's in full zoom-out. A little practice will teach you how far out your range is. Lift the cannon up to shoot farther, down for closer. I find that when they're just outside the radar is the optimum.
If you tag the ship, it will stop, turn toward you, and come over to say hi. If it's pointing away from you when you hit it, it has turn around, and you gain even more time. Just keep shooting. It won't turn and fire until it's really close. A lot of the shots will hit the sails. Since they're coming right at you, hitting the mast is pretty easy. You can either knock the masts off and then shoot them at leisure, or move a bit down and to the side to hit the hull.
Since moving the cannon up/down changes the distance, and you can't see where your cannonballs are landing because the cannons in the way, you'll need to move the cannon out of the way. Move it sideways out of the way, not down. This keeps you from losing the proper elevation.
Once you see the health bar dropping, just fire away. You'll have to adjust the elevation a bit as the ship gets closer. Again, practice will help.
Do it right, and you'll be dropping galleons and frigates without taking a hit.
Be careful of the sloops. They're fast and small enough that you can't always sink them before they start firing. One fireball broadside can really ruin your day.
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