A three-masted galleon pirate ship. Coal block gun ports run in two rows along the dark oak hull, a tall sterncastle rises at the back and a forecastle at the front. The two big masts carry square sails in two tiers, triangular sails fill the gap between the masts and the bow, the rear mast has a spanker, and above the crow's nest on the tallest mast flies a black flag with a white skull. 52 long × 18 wide, 68 layers, 5,734 blocks, 11 block types.
The left (west) side of the pattern is the stern and the right (east) side the bow, where a bowsprit reaches forward at an angle. The hull widens from a 2-wide keel to 18 wide at LAYER 14, with three bands of spruce planks between the dark oak. The decks are oak planks; the sails and flag are wool.
Layer by layer — hull, forecastle and sterncastle, three masts and sails, crow's nest and flag
LAYER 1–7 — keel and bottom. LAYER 1 is a 2 × 30 keel of dark oak planks (60), LAYER 2 a solid 6 × 31 bottom (186). LAYER 3–7 are hollow outlines that widen as they rise.
LAYER 8–15 — hull planking and gun ports. LAYER 8 is a band of 162 spruce planks, LAYER 9–11 dark oak. LAYER 12–13 are the second spruce band, and on LAYER 12 22 coal blocks, mostly four apart, make the lower row of gun ports. The stern gets two rows of stern windows, 12 glowstone each on LAYER 11 and 13, and the tip of the bow gets 34 gold blocks on LAYER 13–16. The hull reaches its full 18-block width on LAYER 14.
LAYER 16 — the main deck. 272 oak planks. Only the middle deck is filled across the full 18; under the two castles there is just an edge, so the hull is hollow right down to the LAYER 2 bottom.
LAYER 17–22 — sterncastle and forecastle. Raise five layers of wall over the rear 24 blocks (sterncastle) and the front 14 (forecastle), leaving the 8 blocks between them open. The walls are dark oak (LAYER 17–18 and 21) around a spruce band (LAYER 19–20), and 20 coal blocks on LAYER 19 make the upper row of gun ports. The stern gets 12 gold blocks each on LAYER 17 and 21. LAYER 22 is the roof deck of both castles (544 oak planks), with 2 lanterns at the stern. At the bow, a 2 × 2 spruce log bowsprit climbs from LAYER 17 to LAYER 22, stepping one block forward per layer (24 logs).
LAYER 23–36 — three masts and the fore-and-aft sails. Raise three 2 × 2 spruce log masts — the rear mast and mainmast on the sterncastle (the mainmast at its front edge) and the foremast on the forecastle. On LAYER 25–35, white wool two blocks thick runs along the ship's centre line: a 7 × 11 spanker behind the rear mast (154), a triangular sail between mainmast and foremast (120), and another from the foremast out to the tip of the bowsprit (198). The triangles are longest on LAYER 25 and get shorter each layer. The rear mast ends at LAYER 36.
LAYER 37–48 — lower square sails. On the mainmast and foremast, stack white wool sails two blocks thick across the ship for 11 layers — 18 wide on the mainmast, 16 on the foremast, 726 in all, grouped as x11 in the pattern. LAYER 48 is the yard above them (66 spruce logs).
LAYER 49–58 — upper square sails. LAYER 49–50 are bare masts, LAYER 51–57 light gray wool sails seven layers high (462, x7), and LAYER 58 another 66-log yard. The foremast ends at LAYER 59.
LAYER 59–68 — crow's nest and black flag. Put a 4 × 8 spruce log crow's nest two layers deep on the mainmast (LAYER 60–61, 64 logs), then carry the mast alone up to LAYER 68. The flag runs back from the mast on LAYER 62–68, 11 wide and two blocks thick, with a skull in 82 black and 72 white wool.
Gathering materials — 98% wood and wool
Dark oak planks, 1,962 is the biggest item — 491 logs. Dark oak grows in dark forests, or plant four saplings in a 2 × 2. Oak planks, 816 (204 logs) are the two decks, and spruce planks, 598 (150 logs) the bands. Add the 418 spruce logs for masts, yards, crow's nest and bowsprit and the spruce alone comes to 568 logs.
Wool, 1,814 — 1,270 white, 462 light gray and 82 black. Shearing a sheep gives 1–3 wool and it grows back once the sheep eats grass, so pen a few sheep and shear them again and again. 4 string also make 1 white wool.
For light gray and black, use that dye on a sheep once and it grows that colour every time you shear it. Light gray dye is gray dye mixed with white dye; black dye comes from ink sacs.
Gold blocks, 58 (522 gold ingots) are the 34 at the bow tip and 24 on the stern, and coal blocks, 42 (378 coal) are the gun ports. Both are decoration, so yellow concrete and black concrete are close in colour. That leaves 24 glowstone (96 dust) for the stern windows and 2 lanterns.
Tips
The sails take over the mast. The square sails on LAYER 37–47 and 51–57 and the spanker on LAYER 25–35 fill the mast's own blocks with wool, so if you run the masts all the way up first you will have to dig the logs out and swap in wool later. Build layer by layer.
The fore-and-aft sails show up in the pattern as a two-block line down the middle. Seen from above, the spanker and triangular sails on LAYER 25–35 are just that line, getting shorter each layer — stack them at the lengths shown and they turn into triangles from the side. The square sails are the same idea: a two-block line across the ship, stacked x11 and x7.
The skull is split across the flag one row per layer. LAYER 62 is the bottom row and LAYER 68 the top; once it is all down, step to the side and re-place any row that looks off.