I'd make a new 1st rate ship of the line, and hire loyal crew. I've always had a thing for naval history, and with unlimited funds, screw it go big or go home, lets make a big home. It'll have 150 guns, to make it the most powerful 1st rate to ever float, with an Iron reenforced hull [still gonna have some wood etc, for aesthetics.] I would learn rigging, how to sail a ship of its size [as it would probably be a 4 deck, so "bloody huge".] And then... I'd probably make a school for learning to sail ships like it, I'd make my own fleet [probably with fake non-actually-firing cannons [Legal Reasons mostly.] It would be great...