[@Old Amsterdam] Sounds good to me.

I don't mind what position Dirk is introduced to the crew, but he ought to have gotten in with them as a result of either stowing away on their ship, or asking to go with them without telling them why he wants to go. Either way, I imagine he could chafe with some members of the crew at first by dint of being completely socially inept and relatively skill-less, but eventually figure out how to be friends with them and what he can do to assist, both on land and at sea.