"After the tour you gave me I decided to work on a model. It's a beautiful ship and I was hoping to be able to make a gift for you -- to be honest, one for each of us. I'm not sure I could stand not having one of my own. This one is the practise model." He lifts it out of the box carefully -- a remarkably accurate small-scale model of the boat, including detailing of the patchwork on her hull. "But I can't remember all the details, and I was hoping you might assist me."