Here goes: Find a .txt file named, "PlayConsum.txt" in: 
 
 C:GamesCutthroatsDataEcon 
 
 This tiny file tells the game how much food needs to be available
 before your sailors start to complain, die, and finally vote you out: 
 
 Sup Weight(lbs) Per person
 Food 3
 Fruit 1
 Pork 1
 Rum 1 
 
 Simply edit it so that ALL the values read "0", then save as
 "PlayConsum.txt": 
 
 Sup Weight(lbs) Per person
 Food 0
 Fruit 0
 Pork 0
 Rum 0 
 
 With this file in place, you can cruise forever so long as you have
 AT LEAST 1 ton of each of these supplies on your ships. Your men will
 never complain about eating "ship's biscuits and salt beef" again,
 and never vote you out. 
 
 (DS1-None of this comes without a hitch though. There is a glitch
 where "Food" and "Rum" are never depleted, but "Fruit" and "Livestock"
 are. Never fear, because I still never got any complaints about the
 men's eating habits. Just to be safe though, whenever I noticed that
 we'd run out of an item, I'd simply buy a couple of tons, just to have