Escape Battles and Storms:
Press F3 immediately after the loading screen before a battle or storm. If you time it right you will return to sea.
Easy Money:
Go to any of the loan sharks and ask for any amount of money. You can go to the box in his office and drop your money in it. Then, go up to him again and ask for more money. Continue to do this until you have enough.
Quick Sailing:
Using a text editor open ''Interface.c'' in the game folder ''Pirates of the Caribbean/PROGRAM/INTERFACE/''
Search for the word ''arcade'' and you will find the following line at the end of the file:
if(bArcadeMode) return 2.0;
Change the number to the desired speed factor, e.g. ''6.0'' and save the file.
In game press the time-scale key (''*'' on NumPad) and you will move at 6 times the normal speed