It is hard to say what makes "bad news" when you're all ready for a fight. The news that the fight has been delayed due to a storm and you now have more time to prepare, or the fight has been delayed and you have more time to prepare. When it is time, it is time, and to delay is ...well so unsettling. More troubles could come up, like the Spanish Armada, a British war ship, scurvy, more bad weather and lots of stuff to worry about. As a pirate, delays just aren't good things. Well, a delayed hangin' is not so bad.