Pirate ship runs aground on New Year's Eve CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A pirate-themed ship ran aground on New Year's Eve in west Florida, leaving about 100 pirates in need of rescuing, officials said. The pirate-themed ship -- the Pirate's Ransom -- was actually one of two ships to run aground Saturday evening, CNN reported. The Island Time went aground while trying to take some of the Pirate's Ransom's passengers. Eventually police and fire boats arrived and ferried the 100 passengers on the Pirate's Ransom safely back to shore. The Pirate's Ransom belongs to "Captain Memo," whose Web site invites "briny buccaneers and seafaring seadogs" to join his crew for day cruises of eating, drinking and searching for dolphins.