of course it wasnt quite as simple as that ; they had to have a grand ceremony first , and there was quite a sizable crowd on the jetty to wave us off , some of them even having a tear in their eye , but they neednt have worried , im sure that in the paperwork somewhere it said that the guarantee was only valid if i took her back for her ten thousand nautical mile service , and as spring slowly sprung carol took the lady s out at every possible opportunity , working up the crew and ironing out any niggly little problems , although they usually turned out to be finger trouble on the part of the crew .