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This was the best consolation " Sails " had to offer , but it did not seem to be just the thing the carpenter wanted ; for , during several days , he was very much dejected , and bore with difficulty the jokes of the sailors , and with still more difficulty their attempts at advice and consolation , of most of which the sailmaker 's was a good specimen . However , in explaining why the $ 168 million will not return the Deepwater to its original schedule , we did note that part of the $ 168 million was needed to start work delayed from fiscal year 2003 , and that the acquisition of some assets had been delayed due to greater than anticipated hull corrosion in legacy 110-foot patrol boats causing the delay in converting them to 123-footers . The audit team , like Deepwater program management , was able to use IMS to determine the status of assets , unfortunately the lack of an updated acquisition schedule , similar to what the team had used in auditing DoD 's major defense acquisition programs , lead to conclusions such as , " ( w ) hile the Coast Guard could not provide us with an updated integrated schedule , we developed the current acquisition status of a number of key Deepwater assets from documents provided by the Coast Guard . And , indeed , it did look nice , and set off the pretty round throat most becomingly . No attempt was made to take the studding-sail in ; and , indeed , it was too late now . Accordingly , we had much to ask , for though we had seen the newspapers that she brought , yet these were the very men who had been in Boston and seen everything with their own eyes . The abundance of wood and water , the extreme fertility of its shores , the excellence of its climate , which is as near to being perfect as any in the world , and its facilities for navigation , affording the best anchoring-grounds in the whole western coast of America , all fit it for a place of great importance ; and , indeed , it has attracted much attention , for the settlement of " Yerba Buena , " where we lay at anchor , made chiefly by Americans and English , and which bids fair to become the most important trading place on the coast , at this time began to supply traders , Russian ships , and whalers , with their stores of wheat and frijoles . While the Coast Guard could not provide us with an updated integrated schedule , we developed the current acquisition status of a number of selected Deepwater assets from documents provided by the Coast Guard . Had it been fine weather , or in port , I should have gone below and lain by until my face got well ; but in such weather as this , and short-handed as we were , it was not for me to desert my post ; so I kept on deck , and stood my watch and did my duty as well as I could .