Wating for your ship to come in?

Seems that there was a cruise ship that hired a wide variety of entertainers. For the fourth consecutive year, a magician of good skill and reputation had been hired to do three shows a week for the summer of week long cruises. Since the crowd was in continual change, he did the same acts over and over.
He enjoyed the good life in this environment, spending most his time out on the Promenade Deck working on his tan, not new tricks.
But this year, something was new among the crew: the Captain has purchased a parrot. A very bright and attentive parrot. Over the course of the season, Cap brought the parrot with him to see the every one of the magician's performances.
Being a smart parrot, the bird learned all the tricks offered by the magician in his act. The bird would say, "The card is up his left sleeve, the flower is under the table, he hid the money under his shoe..." Because the parrot would only take a few shows to catch on to his magic tricks, the magician was forced to continually learn new ones, which was getting harder and harder by the day, and really cramping his "sun time." To put it mildly, he began to really HATE this @@%$#%^$# Parrot, but since it was the Captain's "baby", he couldn't just weigh the bird down, tape its beak and deep six it.
One night, late in the season, the engine room exploded, blowing a huge hole in the middle of the ship. It sank within minutes. Miraculously, the magician found himself clinging to a timber, floating in the water at 0200, early, wet and dark in the morning. No one answered his shouts. Alas, he seemed to be the only one left alive!
As the sun came up the next morning and he turned around what should be sitting 20 feet away on the opposite end of the timber - his arch nemesis, the Parrot!
They glared at each other and said nothing. This went on for three days and three nights. Neither said a word, just the constant glaring.
On the fourth day, Polly finally broke the silence and said, "OK! I give up! What did you do with the ship?!"