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I've also boarded some ships I shouldn't have. The first ship I boarded was an EITC Sentinel that was one of 2 that kept respawning off Driftwood one day; I found a few EITC Thugs aboard (2 level-11 and 1 level-3). I forget exactly what notoriety I was at, but I believe it was 14 or 15 annd the Sentinel was of the level-12 variety. Encouraged by early success with a Sentinel, and being at that time all Sailing with almost no Cannon or any other real skill, my next target was a Navy Bulwark, then a Navy Greyhound.
Those all went well, but I hadn't yet learned to soften my target before boarding...that was a lesson I finally learned when I boarded my 4th target, a level-17 EITC Ironwall. I found a level-22 Hired Gun aboard with some other crew; I'm not exactly sure what happened after that, but I woke up in jail thinking to myself that I should try to take out the guys I see holding onto the helm before I swing over to another ship.
Both times that I got the "Board" option popped right up, I had taken a line that brought me alongside the other ship by barely grazing them. I didn't even check the time with the Navy Panther, but I didn't see any "phantom" grappling lines this most recent time with the Kingfisher.
On the subject of Treasure Sense, I only have 1 point in it; I don't regret that point, but I doubt I 'd take another. Personally, I see its use primarily as a selling feature for captains, in an environment where good crew is difficult to come by, but highly sought after.
I thought I would do more of my Cannon training serving aboard other vessels, even after solo Sailing to 17, but as it turns out I never found any crews that had any real plan. I just found a bunch of shoot "anything that moves" operations; to me, it seems like the purpose of taking a crew out should be to hit specific types of targets. I kept winding up serving on crews that would wind up plundering Ferrets and Bulwarks, so I ended up just buying myself a frigate that I could anchor off PDF (Playground Del Fuego) and shoot Ogres to my hearts content.
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