The bottom of a boat is called the 'hold'. They call it that because that's where things are held until the end of the trip. In a sailboat like mine we have a small room with the engine in it and the stupid thing that was broken called a transmission. The man came back today to reinstall the transmission again (for the third time!). He crawled down in the hold of the ship and through a small hole to get to the place where it goes. This is what the mechanic looks like when he is all folded up down in the hold working. I handed him tools to help. He used a little bit of mechanic language while he worked. Mechanic language is like sailor language pretty much, but with some different words. Like mechanics talk about 'wrenches' and sailors talk about 'wenches'. Mechanics say 'this blesséd transmission' and sailors say 'these blesséd sails'. And when the mechanic drops his tools or the nuts and bolts down in the oily, nasty bilge he says, 'Bye, bye tools!' Sailors never drop things in the bilge. We know what's down there. It's stinky!
Well kids, I sure hope this boat is fixed so we can get on our way. I'll tell you tomorrow. In the meantime, remember. The teacher is the one who knows what's going on. Listen to her and immediately obey anything she says.
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