I have a player in a 3.5 campaign I'm running who is playing a paladin, but is looking to transition into something a bit more combat oriented. Dualing into Fighter is always an option, but he would like to try a prestige class...So I stop lurking and come to the all knowing boards :)

So, here's the deal -- my player is a 5th level paladin who is something of a swashbuckler, mostly light armor and using a rapier. He wants to keep this sort of "paladin-come-pirate" feel. I don't really know of any class that will allow him to do that.

Any ideas?