Grapple Hook!?!?

[Grandpa]

Originally Posted by piratesahoy

I'm pretty sure you don't need to board the ship to get the splinter. Just keep sinking ships. Make sure you know wihch kind of ship you need to sink, it may be a ghost/skeleton ship with the lightning above it and no crew.

It's been my experience that the ships with lightening over them and no crew are unsinkable. There's one off Tortuga that has so many holes in it that it looks like a hunnk of swiss cheese.