[Lord_Asmodeus]

He just wants to be a member of the crew. He is not (at this point) gunning to be a first mate or anything, I mean for one thing he might have some rough idea of the hierarchy of a ship's crew (like the captain is in charge) but he doesn't actually have a whole lot of personal experience or knowledge about it, so he's just looking to get onto a ship so he can get that kind of experience. Even if he could personally dredge up the kind of money to afford a ship from the bottom of the sea (which I would think entirely possible, though it would also likely be a long journey and not necessarily easy) what use being the captain of a ship if you know nothing about sailing or being a pirate or anything?