[C320-list] Dog on board

[Joe Barrett]

Ok Scott here's a war story. We used to have two Yorkshire Terriers and
often took them on the boat. One was a large (for Yorkies) male and a very
small female. One morning at anchor in a beautiful Cove in Hull Mass called
World Woods my wife put both dogs on deck while I slept. After about 20
minutes she looked on deck and only the male was still aboard. The female
had fallen off and tried to swim to shore but didn't make it, she drowned. I
guess the moral of the story is always have the doggie life jackets on when
not down below. And no we never did get either of them to relieve themselves
on paper on the boat, only a trip ashore would do.
Joe Barrett
#689 Island Time
Naples, Florida
 
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Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:50 AM
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Subject: [C320-list] Dog on board
 
My wife has been making noise about getting a Labrador puppy this spring 
and I'm trying to figure out the logistics of cruising the Chesapeake 
Bay with a dog on board a 320.  We have a cruise planned for early July 
when the dog would be 4 months old, but obviously I'm interested in the 
longer term more than the immediate difficulties posed by a puppy.  Any 
war stories or advice would be appreciated.
 
We like to hang on the hook in isolated places rather than stay in 
marinas when we cruise.  Is this feasible with a dog these days?  I 
cruised the Chesapeake with my parents and a medium size dog back in the 
late 70s but I suspect that many of the places that we went ashore then 
are developed and/or posted no-trespassing today.  Also, that was in a 
boat with centerboard and shallow draft which let us go where others 
didn't.  The 320 has much less range to go up creeks on the Bay, even 
with wing keel.
 
Scott Thompson
Surprise, 653
 
 
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