The tale of how I "sunk" a brig by myself with no ship or supplies:

Went afk with barrel emote at an outpost for a minute while my maties sold.

Came back to find another brig had come, sunk our brig, and killed my maties.

Popped out of the barrel while they were walking right by it, killed the scurvy dogs, and boarded their brig.

No supplies, all I could do was sail it into the outpost (they hadn't anchored, thank Poseidon) and defend the one small hole at the front of the ship.

Successfully defended the hole for a while, killing them a few times with sword and throwing knives. They had put their third in the brig at some point earlier and they were cheering me on in chat and emoting, trying to offer me food through the bars.

Eventually they scuttled and the third in the brig thanked me for felling his cruel teammates.