Jack Sparrow's dinghy

"We are an unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things." The title of this article is conjectural. Although this article is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.

Unknown
Career information
Port of registry	Tortuga
Owner(s)	Jack Sparrow
Technical information
Type	Dory
Affiliation	Jack Sparrow
Behind the scenes
First appearance	At World's End (video game)
Latest appearance	At World's End

"It's not very big."
"Love, that is a dinghy. My vessel is magnificent and fierce and huge-ish and...gone. Why is it gone?"

―Giselle and Jack Sparrow

This dinghy was a small boat that was used by Captain Jack Sparrow. It was left for him by Hector Barbossa, who stole Jack's ship the Black Pearl, under circumstances that could only be described as mutiny. Having anticipated this treachery, Jack Sparrow used the dinghy as his sailing vessel at the starting point of his quest for the Fountain of Youth.

History

Barbossa's Mutiny

Following the pirate showdown with Lord Cutler Beckett's Armada, in which the pirates won, Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa had the Black Pearl sail for Tortuga. While Jack went ashore, Barbossa stole the Black Pearl from Jack, under circumstances that could only be described as mutiny, and left this dinghy in its place. Jack discovered this treachery while charming Scarlett and Giselle, who he promised a ride aboard the Pearl, in which he spotted the dinghy, the Pearl sailing at the horizon, and his loyal first mate Joshamee Gibbs sleeping at the docks.

Quest for the Fountain of Youth

With Barbossa having taken the Black Pearl once again, Jack sailed away on this small vessel, where he hoisted his own pirate flag. Luckily, Jack had anticipated Barbossa's treachery and had already stolen Barbossa's map. While drinking a bottle of rum he found in the dinghy, Jack Sparrow used the map and his compass to find his course, sailing the small vessel as he set off towards the Fountain of Youth. The fate of the dinghy after Jack began his quest remains unknown.

Behind the scenes

• This vessel was referred to as a "dingy" in the Calypso's Fury draft of Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's screenplay for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was later adapted into the revised edition of the 2007 junior novelization. Whereas the word was spelled "dinghy" in the film's subtitles, including various home video releases and the Disney+ streaming service.
• The appearance of this vessel in the At World's End video game was slightly different than what was in the film. It is portrayed as a simple longboat that Hector Barbossa sends Jack Sparrow away to himself from aboard the Black Pearl, rather than the film version of Barbossa leaving the boat at Tortuga's docks for Jack to find later as the Pearl sails away. After a while of sailing on it, Jack met with Black Bart aboard his pirate vessel.
• In LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, Jack began his journey to the Fountain of Youth with Joshamee Gibbs aboard the dinghy, rather than by himself.

Appearances

• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game) (First appearance)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization) (Revised edition only)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Penguin Readers)
• LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide