Plank Sawing is part of a Ship Repair mini-game that pirates can play fix their vessel at sea or to earn some pocket money repairing vessels at the tables stationed around each Shipwright stand on land. These tables are marked with signs, indicating the difficulty of the repairs needed and at shipwright tables. The faster you go the more gold you will earn. At sea, simply walk to a part of your ship that has a hole in the deck and press Shift. There is one difference between land and sea repairing. The first obstical in sea and land.