“We've got some work to do. How much experience have you got with cannons? Hmm... really? Well, how about with ancient, fallin'-apart pirate cannons?
We've got a few cannons updecks that work the old-fashioned way: you load one cannonball in at a time, aim, lock it into place, and fire. Works well if you're tryin' to hit the side of a three-sailer... not so well for rowboats and the like.
Why don't you head upstairs and lob a few shots at Smilin' Timmy Sticks?”