Ahoy to those that know and love the Fort Myers Beach Pirate Cruise. My name is Ryan VanDenabeele, and I'm the Marketing & Operations Director at Salty Sam's Marina, home to the Pieces of Eight Pirate Cruise.

This Gofundme page was created to help the crew and staff of the Fort Myers Beach Pirate Ship. Many of our team have been busy cleaning up the marina, inspecting the ship, and clearing out the devastated Pirate Store. Other crew have lost their homes and cars. We aren't sure when we can get back to work for you, but we're trying.

We have set up another Gofundme page for the Pirate Ship and Pirate Store repairs. That will help us get back to work as well.

The love and support we've seen on Facebook and Instagram has been overwhelming. We look forward to making you smile soon! Thank you so much!