Boss Battle driving me nuts-- help!

[damoboy]

I am lvl 32, and have tried the boss battle maybe 30 times. It is so frustrating. I warp around to the ideal servers and spend 30 minutes or so finding a crew with 1000+ people, lvl 30's and so forth, and we start, and it is usually the same outcome-- Maybe 3 or so people join me out of a crew of 20, and even then they usually stare at me while I'm hacking away at the 28 lvl sailors with my voodoo staff. I can't do it all by myself.

Are they sunbathing or something? For once, I'd like to find someone that will actually shoot at the drawbridges. Any tips? I've never made it to the Goliath. I wouldn't even know what it looks like. I don't even know why I bother trying to get a crew if I'm the only one playing.