[C320-list] Dog on board

[Pat Moriarty]

Get a smaller dog. I have been taking my dog sailing since he was 8 weeks 
old and has yet to go in the drink. He is a very vicious boatweiler 
(yorkiepoo). At 7 pounds he doesn't take up much space and only eats the 
ends of the sheets. Remember small dog small messes. Now my question. If I 
were in a single handed race and the dog helps pull sheets am I disquilified?

Pat Moriarty #130

At 10:50 AM 1/20/2006, you wrote:
>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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