You sound--- I'm sorry --- like a sentimentalist watching the ship's crew desperately battening the hatches, pumping fore, aft, and amidships, and musing, "I'll miss the old boat when she sinks."
Jury-rig the mainmast and bail, bucko.
16 posted on 03/27/2013 11:04:03 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
(O Lord, hear my voice; O Holy One, let my cry come to You.)