To lose a close shipmate is sad unless they are going to get wed. Yes you do loose them and it is a good thing for them , you hope , but you really never see the same pirate again. Even if they return to the sea they are always married and that equals where the heart is. For those that are pirates the life is where the heart is . It is not to say that a good wench is not something to take up with. But a true pirate would have a hard time stay n true. ( too many wenches out there and the life of a pirate is the life of a pirate. )