 Fly and his crew captured four or five ships along the way. He was really brutal with the captain of one of those ships. Tied him to the rigging, gave him lashings, and then sank the ship. See, Fly and his crew weren't that interested in the ships. They wanted what was on board. Tobacco, logwood, enslaved people, anything they could sell somewhere else. Which is why they're coming to places like Boston. It's a place that will buy their ill-bought wares.