"A captain’s ship was his pride, the thing into which he sank all of his time and money. His lifestyle did not allow for the trappings of other vocations; a captain owned what fit on his ship, and likely nothing else, since every other aspect of his life–location, friends, family–was inherently transient. This life was lonely and frustrating–there was always more to be done, more that required maintaining–so the ship became both the cause of all his woes and the only means by which he could prove his worth."