Morale - things I've tried to raise it

[Stella Ruby]

I thought morale should be boosted by doing things that pirates consider fun. But mine constantly goes down no matter what I do. I tried the following things and did them for about a half hour each to see if my meter would go up at all but it continually declined the entire time:

Played poker, won most hands.
Purchased and consumed various tonics and waters from the Gypsy Mystic.
Took tasks for gold from various townspeople.
Sword fighting with skeletons only.
Then with navy only.
Sailing the ocean blue but firing at nothing.
Sailing and taking down every ship I pass.
Docking which gives us our gold after sailing.
Standing around and moving slightly so I don't log out.

None of those things worked. I haven't tried PVP battles because when I first draw my cutlass I lag severely and sometimes the game crashes and that's bad for MY morale.