Blackbeard Pirates' Raft

The Marutabune is a giant raft, and the main ship of the Blackbeard Pirates.

Appearance
The raft is made up of gigantic trees possibly wound together. Around the sides of the raft are holes for cannons. A large mast is posted in the middle, bearing the flag of the Blackbeard Pirates and two other sails. Another sail is placed at the back of the raft, behind the main sails. The other way of moving, other than the wind, seems to be that either two men use paddles or oars to push the raft along. Jesus Burgess and surprisingly Doc Q were seen paddling.

History
The raft was first seen in the Jaya arc, when the Blackbeard Pirates were chasing after the Straw Hat Pirates. It was torn up by the Knock-Up Stream. Their owners apparently had it repaired or fixed it themselves, but they used a stolen Marine ship to sail to Impel Down, as opposed to their own ship.

In the Post-War Arc, the ship was revealed to have been damaged even more, due to the extremely large giant Sanjuan Wolf, and the Blackbeard Pirates were trying to exchange the prisoner Jewelry Bonney for a Marine battleship to accommodate Wolf's size; Shiliew commented that it was foolishly unprepared for the crew to travel through the New World with the Marutabune alone. They were however surprised by Admiral Akainu's arrival and fled. Since the exchange didn't took place, it can be assumed that they used the Marutabune to flee from the Marines.