[C320-list] Dog on board

[T. Scott Thompson]

Joe:  How do you get Ramses back on board after a swim?  I'm trying to 
picture what it takes to get a large, wet dog out of the water.  (I 
guess this would be good practice for the crew in case I go overboard!)  
And I can't imagine taking a dog sailing on the Chesapeake in the summer 
without taking it swimming.

Joseph A. Revak, DMD,MAS wrote:

> Scott,
> We have a lab and Ramses does well on the boat. Use a shoulder harness 
> under the pfd and clip to that. Ramses has broken thru 2 d rings on 
> the PFD. This is one reason why we now have a 387. Good luck,
> Joe Revak, DELOS #358/ 074
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>> 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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