human
I only wish we had time and skill, and we might, instead of repairing our own boat, have built another better fitted for our intended voyage. Perhaps we could get the vessel off?
gpt
You would not say that if you saw her at high tide, when the water must flow in and out of her, for her bottom is like a sieve, answered Tom.
human
We must not think of launching her, or of building another boat; but we may improve our craft, so as to make her thoroughly seaworthy.