Course 3: Jolly Roger Bay

Location:Jolly Roger Bay is located opposite to course 1.

Required:Three stars to get past the door.

Recommended:Having some swimming skills. Practice in the water outside the castle.

Information:Course 3 is the first course where you have to swim. Don't think it's going to be a pool party though. There are plenty of dangers lurking in the dark sea. I'll call them out: Goombas, check! Bob-ombs, check! Falling pillars, check! Sea serpent, check! Electrocuting treasure chests, check! Suffocation, check! Don't worry about them, they won't bother you as much as I will!!! Course 3 Entrance

Course 3
Star # Objective Picture

1 PLUNDER IN THE SUNKEN SHIP:
Swim to the sunken ship to find a sea serpent guarding the ship's entrance. Swim close enough, but not close enough to get hurt. Then swim to the surface as fast as you can and swim back to see that it is gone. Swim into the entrance and find the chests. You must open the chests in the right order to make the ship float.

On the side plateau, farthest from the clamshells.
Go clockwise and open the chest nearest to the clamshells.
Keep going clockwise and open the chest second nearest to the clamshells.
Keep going clockwise and open the last chest.
The water in the ship will lower, so you can hit the brown box. Jump from clam to clam or crawl up to the top of the ship. Once there, get the box that carries the star and get out of there. Is it fun treasure huntin'?

2 CAN THE EEL COME OUT AND PLAY?:
Not the sea serpent again!! This time he is in a cave near the ship. Swim near him and he'll shake his head then squiggling out with a star on his tail. He'll swim in a circle before it goes back in the cave, giving Mario a chance to get the star. The right timing and the right skill will get what you want.

3 TREASURE OF THE OCEAN CAVE:
It's those weird treasure chests again. Go to the cave near the serpents cave. Watch out for those goombas and bob-ombs and falling pillars. Travel towards the chests on the right. Read the sign.

Open the one at the back.
Then the one on the right.
Then on the left.
Finally, the one in the front.
The star appears in the center of the group of the chests. If you did it in the wrong order, you'll get electrocuted.

4 RED COINS ON THE SHIP AFLOAT:
It's red coin time!!!

Go in the clam nearest to the cannon.
Go in the clam near the three giant poles.
Go in the clam near the caves and the bubbles.
Go in the clam near the bob-omb buddy.
Climb the pole near the bob-omb buddy.
On the floating ship. Use the ! switch to get on the boat.
Also on the floating ship.
Also on the floating ship.
The star will appear near the last coins (on the ship).

5 BLAST TO THE STONE PILLAR:
Talk to the bob-omb buddy to open the cannon. Hop into the only cannon in the course. Aim for the left pole of the three so that you'll land on the thin part of it and not let gravity get you. Once you're on the pole, get to the top, but don't do a hand stand. Aim your back to the side platform and jump. Get the star...oh...You already have the star?!

6 THROUGH THE JET STREAM:
You need the metal cap in course 6 so you have to get the basement key which requires you to beat Bowser. Go to the ! switch. Get the metal cap and jump into the water. Quickly try to walk to the rising air bubbles in front of the entrance to the big cave. You better still have the hat on or you'll have to get it back on again. Grab the star before the power fades.

7 Coins = 104
Remember the coin box at the beginning. There are some coins around the three poles. There are blue coins in the big cave. You have to get the red coins, but don't get the red coin star.

***Special Stuff***
1-ups	Use the cannon to shoot to the middle pillar holding the 1-up. Get particular coins in the coin ring in front of the cave.
Blue Coin Box	At the cave entrance, directly to the right.
Koopa Shell	In the clam shell across from red coin 1.
Cap Boxes	Green/Metal Cap- Near the beginning. Near the ! switch. In the cave somewhere.

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