1.   The search vessels are being refueled and resupplied by merchant boats and are only putting into shore briefly when necessary.

2.   The search vessels were being refueled and resupplied by merchant boats and only were putting into shore briefly when necessary.

3.   Early indications are that it was once an elegant merchant boat.

4.   Only a few rusty hulks of merchant boats were moored nearby, all of which looked entirely unseaworthy.