"One question, were you guys using new Crews and linking this to a campaign?"
Nope, it was a one-off game for an evening, so all four of us just picked crews of a captain, first mate and eight men (all pirates). Then after we had picked them, we threw in a sudden rule that every figure was armed only with what was on the actual model - even though that may have mis-matched soem sides, it just added to the fun.