A lot of people complain that their map is stolen in the Caribbean before they can sail. If you follow this procedure you minimize that happening.

  1. Never board a boat until ready to sail.
  2. Use the Guild chat to find a partner to sail with.
  3. Agree on a boat to use.
  4. Agree on who boards first. It should be the stronger player so that if attacked while sailing he/she gets to fight first. That has the best chance to defeat the attacker.
  5. Go to the Caribbean screen (if not already there) and place your mouse cursor over the circle that corresponds to your map half (left or right side of the boat) that you have.
  6. The player that boards last says 'Ready' on the Guild chat.
  7. The other player boards and as soon as the boat turns green the player that boards last clicks to board.

This minimizes the amount of time that the player that boards first is vulnerable to have the map stolen. When attacked before sailing only the player on board at that time defends. When attacked after sailing both players defend.

If you attack a player that has not sailed and successfully steal the map click on the green circle as soon as you can so you unboard the boat. This way no one can steal the map from you.

DO NOT click on the chat while on the Caribbean. The chat window is transparent there and you are clicking on the boat that is under it and therefor you may board it or attack the player that has already boarded. If you do and board the boat (the boat turns green and your name and guild name appears above the boat) intermediately click again to unboard. If you attacked the player that already on board then there is nothing that you can do but watch the fight and hope that you win.