Following the capture of a ship, the victors would put a small crew on board the captured ship to sail it into a friendly port. I have thought of a way this might be incorporated into the game.

Following a successful boarding action, the ships remain in contact for one more turn and a prize crew is transferred onto the captured ship at the end of the combat phase in the turn by transferring one or more crew loss chits from the captured ship to the victor ship. The control board of the captured ship is then passed to the operator of the capturing ship. From the following turn, the operator of the victor ship will control both ships. It will also be necessary to have some way of covering the national flag of the captured ship to indicate that it has changed sides.