Darby Drydock

[owensar]

press TAB, and then click ships and launch while in water.

[crystalseeker]

I had two of those problems. First, I couldn't get the ship and then the dock character never told me how to sail (when I finally created another character). I roamed around Port Royal what seemed like forever (arg, those crabs). Finally I discovered that I could get to Tortuga by using the Map (move it by dragging the mouse).