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FEBRUARY 2017 CHEBEAGUE ISLAND COUNCIL CALENDAR
Marty’s Memories: The
Queen Mary
by Marty Trower
I have another cold temperature story, although the
actual event took place in the summer and it really
wasn’t that long ago. I was out on the water with
Tom Rothschild on his sailboat,
Lyra
. Tom’s friend
from Boston, Beatrice, was visiting and said she had
heard the
Queen Mary
was going to be in Portland
that day.
Always looking for an adventure, Tom interpreted
this news as “Beatrice really wants to see the
Queen Mary
” and off we went. Very soon, between
Chebeague and Portland, the weather became awful.
Without getting nautically technical, I’ll just say that
it was hugely rough and very, very wet. Tom tried a
few times to change course, but nothing seemed to
stop the relentless onslaughts of cold salt water.
Beatrice and I were blue and shaking. We were as wet
as the water surrounding us and covering us every
few minutes. Finally, Beatrice said something to the
effect of “I really don’t care if I see the
Queen Mary
now or ever.” But Tom wouldn’t accept that. “I know
how much you want to see the ship, and by golly
we’re going there!”
Finally, the massive hull became visible far ahead—
really just a long gray blob in the sky. Maybe that was
the horizon, but the roiling clouds and water were
just one and the same at this point. Fortunately, this
sufficed for having “seen the
Queen Mary
,” and we
went about and sailed home.
That should have been the end of the story, but it
was the aftermath that left such a lasting impression.
The shaking didn’t stop when I got home. I thought a
hot bath might do the trick. Instead it was more like
like what I imagine it would be like to have
lightning zip through your entire body on a frenetic,
neverending roller coaster ride. Thankfully, this
extreme sensation didn’t last that long. Yet now
when I get really cold and then go into a warm place,
I find myself actually enjoying the winter experience
of rapid temperature change. Perhaps it’s because I
think of Tom. I sure miss him, the most enthusiastic
and generous sailor who loved to share his passion
for being alive in so many ways, but especially on the
water.
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