Pillars 2 Deadfire -- ship's crew guide?

So I'm off the sea with my crew, but steadily losing morale. Seems odd. I have loaded up with much food and drink, yo-ho ho, bottles of rum, etc. Tons of food and water. Barrels of booze.

But my crew morale keeps dropping because of an alleged lack of water, which is ridiculous because the counter at the top is showing my 385 waters that I bought at great expense. There's something not adding up here. Morale will be at zero soon because my crew are too stupid to drink the water? Huh? Seems like something wrong with the game mechanics.

Is there a proper guide to ship management for Pillars 2? The ones I've come across are so vague as to be virtually useless. They certainly don't explain the issue I'm having, i.e. ships crew not using the available water. It's making the game impossible to play since I've done every dry land quest and have to move on now.

I found this online - could it in any way be related to your problem?



Do you need to be "actively using" the water as well?

Perhaps this will help:

https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/98748-where-did-my-ship-food-go/

That's a good link, Pokey. I like the screenshot in that thread.

Hah hah. Of course! Why didn't I see it?

It's grog they wants, matey. Grog. Water is for fishes. And landlubbers.

EDIT: Okay, this is fun. So far I've managed to take down some heavy enemy vessels. And if regular combat doesn't work, I just ram them. Jump on board, destroy, rinse, repeat. My crew are verrrrry happy.