Why Mary?

By Mike Jastrzebski

There are really two questions here. The first is why is Mary the official prop scraper on Rough Draft? The second is why is Mary the best sailing and cruising partner a man could ask for?

As we were heading out of our anchorage in Deltaville this week it became obvious that the prop was in need of scraping, so Mary put on her wet suit and took to the water. Since we began cruising this has been Mary’s job and I’ve been asked on more than one occasion why I don’t do that job.

The truth of the matter is that when we first started out Mary already had a mask, fins, and a wet suit and I didn’t. On top of that, Mary handles cold water way better than I do. In fact, even in the winter Mary will go swimming when she can. It’s as simple as that.

As for why is Mary the best cruising partner? Isn’t it obvious? She scrapes the prop when it needs it, what else could a man ask for? And least I forget, it was Mary who taught me to sail. Mary who said let’s buy a boat and go live on it where there are palm trees. Mary who suggested that I quit my job and spend the summers getting the boat ready to cruise and winters writing books.

All I can say is, what a cruising parter I have in Mary.

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