Not about pirates, but I've written a fair bit about how ships' officers and crews were trained in the period I'm interested in. Take a gander at these and let me know if there's more you'd like to know.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2b42u0/during_the_napoleonic_wars_how_young_were_naval/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/29f3s7/how_does_the_royal_navys_organisation_command/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2fxm0o/what_is_a_complex_andor_important_concept_in_your/ckegzez/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2bpjog/what_did_a_naval_blockade_look_like_in_the_age_of/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3ebdk5/how_did_nelsons_tactics_work_at_trafalgar/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3jh7og/why_was_horatio_nelson_able_to_succeed_so/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/946d9r/was_the_age_of_cannons_and_sails_and_pirates_a/