"Well enough- we've been getting the rigging and sails down to work on them- A good portion of them were torn or burnt. One of the yardarms is cracked all along the length- we'll have to see somehow about replacing it."

He smiles a bit wryly. "Then quite a lot of work to the gundeck and captain's cabin, and some places on the deck and railing up here.

"All in all, its going well enough, though I quite know how much we'll be able to get done before winter- though some we can at least do from the inside of the ship."