Did a crew of 10 last nite - 5 with Staffs (Withers all-around

) and 7 with Cannon Lighting - 5 minutes was all that was needed...
Hit the boat and within seconds 5 withers were blasting away... total time about 30 seconds...
Took the wheel - cutscene to the light frigates and fought them usng Normal Cannonballs - not even a scratch to the Pearl... total time about 1:30...
Hit the bridges - have to admit we took more damage here then I expected (since the four light frigates were a joke) - but then again we were all holding back the lighting I think too much for the Goliath... total time for bridges 2:30...
The Goliath, just before the first shot hit Full Sail and Turned Left while he was BLASTED with lighting... maybe 30 seconds...
5 minutes... its was over.
Now I dont think we wouldn't have done NEARLY that good without my Staff and the other four (others in the Guild tried earlier in the day - took three attempts before they were sucessful with only one staffer) and 7 Lighting Gunners (the bridges did do more damage than the frigates... but I think we could have used more lighting on them - being our first run we didnt know wht to expect at the end

) A couple of lighting users will do it - but anyone else they bring better have good secondary skills (fireball or high cannonball points).
Doing it alone?? Donno... it would be a fight thats for sure... you'd need to budget tonics and cannon resources carefully - and I'd want to also have a really good Doll with my Staff if I was going to try to do it alone...
*shrug* eh - thats my first experience....