"Safe" places to hide?

[Amasette]

Apart from inside buildings, I'm not sure there are necessarily "safe" places. Perhaps on Port Royal and Tortuga inside the town areas? I have the same problem...you freeze, and all of a sudden a level 1 crab is killing you... I've tried running to the end of the dock on Tortuga to escape this when I've been lagging terribly, but the darned crab just followed me! Also, same island, I was trying to buy a ship from the guy...I got to naming it when a crab (again with the crabs. hmph. shellfish.) started attacking me. By the time I got my pistol out, I was sent to jail. Sigh. At least you know you're not alone!