NEED HELP IN SEAFIGHT BETA!

Ok guys, Ive been trying to earn pearls in sefight beta so I can buy the big bucanner ship. But seriously, its impossible to earn pearls with a noob ship.

I cant go up to map 2 to shoot tentacles because I allways get sinked. And same in sun map.
I saw this guy who had 350k. I mean how the heck can you build a strong ship like that?

And I asked for some pearls from support like 1 day ago but havent recieved any.

Also my ship sails veeery slow, even though I have it fully repped and put sails on it. Why is that?
Sorry I havent been a noob ship since I started playing seafight back in 2008, so I totally forgot how to build up a ship :P

So, any tips guys?

You aren't the only one in this situation, but try hard and you will reach :)

first you need to find some guild to dont be sunked, then you can level up and for example shoot dutchmans for pearls, or just go on sun map or kraken (depends on your ally).