The Boat Yard Characters

We have been on the boat yard long enough to know everybody here, working force and sailors, preparing their boats for this sailing season. We have heard the question "When are you going in" to many times. Nobody asks that question Maira and her husband. He is French and she is British. He is 90 years old and she is 87. They brought seven children to Earth, that took two of them back. One was lost to the sea and their sailboat was named after him: "Marc le Novice". It is the shiniest boat on the boat yard and the only one, that has grass growing underneath it. The old couple work on it five hours a day, making sure, there will be more work tomorrow. Yesterday they painted the top of the cabin. It didn't come out quite right, so they are doing it over today. Sometimes he wonders around the boat yard and she makes sure, he doesn't wonder to far. It has been years since their sailboat had the taste of salt, and it will be polished, until there is any energy left in the old couple.