Did you like the Hunters update,

[Red Nations]

I have mixed feelings about the update. The update can be fun, but I'm also a player who likes to sail solo for loot and to level sailing and cannon skills. As such I don't care for anything that causes a disruption to my game play. The update also makes it difficult to keep a crew together for plundering. I would be in favor of an option allowing those of us who wish to turn off the update for regular old style sailing without hunters and port closures.

[Rannulf]

Simple solution.

Only sail against skeleton ships. They do not activate the hunters.