You dont have to train your crew at first you can just go and do a bit of trading.

The prices for items within each port fluctuate throughout the day, so buy them low in one port and sell them high in the next! Easy money!

Best to get a passenger ship at first and do a bit of trading in that, the best things i have found to trade in are Avast weekly subscriptions. Buy them low at about 5000 and sell them high at about 10000.

Remember though that not all ports trade in the same items so if you buy something in one port make sure that the port you are heading to trades the same item.

In pirate wars a day lasts 12 hours, and update happens at 12 midday and midnight!

WHy dont you set up a passionford private league!