Abby would work until it was clear her efforts were in vain, and then she would instead start helping out with moving the cargo. Once on deck with the others however, the situation did become clear. There was a lot of open water between them and land. Abylus also grew up underground where large bodies of water were rather rare and thus swimming was not exactly core curriculum for her. Hearing her new bardic friend mention that he cannot swim she chimes in. "Swimming long distance might be hard for me too..." She thought she might be able to adapt some traits from the sahuagin she ate to help with that... but while the thing looked humanoid it was a bit more complex in makeup. She couldn't absorb any useful traits from the monstrous creature... unless the beginnings of a potbelly counted as a beneficial trait!