Swashbuckler 1700 Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) So I was wondering actually how many pirates/ sailors could swim. I know that navy forced recruitment and got many men who were nearly landlubbers. I was meaning mostly 17th and 18th centuries. Buccaneer Bart Bortuques was (accordingly to R. Platt's book "Pirate") a man without swimming ability and when he escaped from a ship where he was a prisoner he used empty wine jars as floats. Edited June 14, 2012 by Swashbuckler 1700 "I have not yet Begun To Fight!"John Paul Jones
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