Chris, you write about "the tub" that "Just the existence of this contraption was a shouted warning to anyone who would pay attention that Perihelion had been abused." Presumably you saw this "contraption" before you bought the boat, and I know you were paying attention, so you must have known she'd been abused. But you purchased her anyway. Were you thinking that you could/would heal her of injuries caused by the abuse?
Chris, you write about "the tub" that "Just the existence of this contraption was a shouted warning to anyone who would pay attention that Perihelion had been abused." Presumably you saw this "contraption" before you bought the boat, and I know you were paying attention, so you must have known she'd been abused. But you purchased her anyway. Were you thinking that you could/would heal her of injuries caused by the abuse?
Yes, that would be the "hubris" part of the story.
Nah. It's the romantic part of the story, the "child of the sea" with the ability to see.