Dry dock, wet feet

A 38 metre hotel barge has just arrived for the dry dock at Saint Jean, she cruised down from Dijon after spending winter in the city's port.
Once the dry dock is ready, the barge enters and is moored in place with ropes keeping the boat in the ideal postion, whilst a diver places 8 steel "chairs" underneath the barge in line with the water tight compartments. Slowly the water is emptied and the barge will sit on the chairs.
During the last week of the 2005 season, the barge and hit an "unkown" object on the canal, which made a hole below the water line, she has been pumping water ever since.
Now the repair work can be done, the crew will also clean the hull with high pressure steam cleaners and "re-tar" the metal.
Saint Jean de Losne, on the river Saône and the entance to the Burgund canal is a strange place. The smallest town in land size of France, very friendly and intreseting because of it's importance to barge people.
Generally you hate the idea of having to go on to the dry dock, more often than not, it means you have a problem with your barge. Once your there, you'll have to wait your turn, as the other boats always spend more time then planned due to unforseen reasons. Finally its your turn and when your boat is succesfully mounted in the dry dock, you're relieved. Whatever the problem was, it can now be repaired, or maybe you're in for a surprise.
The whole is much bigger then you thought...
Worse, you can't find the hole even tough you where taking on water!?
The rudder is also bent.
There are many scenarios.

Well for me the best thing about Saint Jean is going to the cafe, after a day on the high pressure cleaner, spraying all the alga off the hull. No matter how water-proof your clothes are, you're always soaked, but at least you have clean feet when you take off those soggy socks.
Cheers...
P.S. It's raining.