angeline was explaining to al and amanda , pamela and maria that since their boat had formerly been a rusting cargo ship , the columbia maru might never have an `aura of pre-eminent splendor ' about her , and yet , angeline maintained , there was `no hint of dilapidated grandeur ' and `no suggestion of meretricious elegance ' about the refurbished boat , though angeline detested the vulgar term `refurbished boat , ' preferring instead `resurrected vessel ' which she liked much better than bergitta 's suggestion of : `transformed and revivified floating pleasure palace . '