[X] Track down your passengers and try to pretend to be civilized to see exactly how much you can squeeze them or while you're in Constantinople. They've got to have connections or something you can use to do things on the cheap with
[X] Something something something, Engineering. Every time you've gone down, something's come up. Besides, you want to talk to them about a warm-water pipe to the crew quarters for radiators for the absolutely frigid nights.
[x] Get your Gunnery Crews together, and sound them out for ideas for improvements. You might not want to shell out for more guns too much, but there's got to be something you can do to help the guys out.