First, you have to buy a ship with cannons. To do that, go to Dragon Cove and enter the room with the big ship. Talk to the first man you see there. Say "I would like to buy a ship". Then, a screen with all the ships you can buy will pop up. All the ships you can buy have cannons, so it just depends on how many doubloons you have. After you buy a ship, go back to the docks and click "Embark" on your ship. Then press the Spacebar to pull the anchor up. To shoot, use the targeting reticle (the thing you aim with, shaped like a +) to aim at a ship and click to fire a cannonball.
The sea monsters have "health meters" just like the pirate ships. If you shoot them enough times, they die and release salvage that you can collect.
You buy the ships on Dragon Cove Island with the Chinese people.
If you did, they might come back in and shoot up the village again! -- The mirror is for signaling friendly ships, but it is only used once. (see related question)
You can trade your ship in when you buy a larger one.
You can get doubloons by sinking other ships, monsters and by selling cargo.
You go to the dragon cove on the higher left of the map!!
u have to get a set with a cannon. then, you set sail and click
The only ship you go on is your own. You begin with the raft and you buy larger ships as you can afford them.
You buy all of the larger ships, including the Warbird, at the Shipbuilders on Dragon Cove. You will want to buy other ships as you can afford them, to get doubloons faster. Larger ships mean larger salvage and more cargo space.
You buy larger ships when you have enough doubloons. The first one, The Jimmy Rigger, is 3000 doubloons. The ships have a slight trade-in value. To see all the ships and their costs, go to the Shipwright at Dragon Cove.
You have to defeat ships and sea monsters and pick up the cargo that they leave behind when they sink.
You have to get a lot of doubloons to get the Phonix Warbird by beating other ships so you can get a lot of doubloons from them. When you have about 500,000 you can loan another 500,000 from the bank and buy the phonix Warbird and to beat him fast you chase him around skullduggery island and then when your on the side and captain crawfish is on the other and you are anchored then you have to shoot him repeatedly so you can beat him.