Pirate Cruise: Clearwater, FL

The Clearwater Marina-based Pirate's Ransom plies Florida's Gulf Coast as Captain Memo's Pirate Cruise. The boldly detailed 125-passenger ship offers a variety of other outings, from children's birthday parties to senior citizen groups to romantic sunset affairs featuring champagne toasts. It even caters weddings (imagine the plank-walking consequences if either party says "no") and business gatherings (popular among corporate raiders plotting hostile takeovers).

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