Do you have photos of your pet onboard? We’d love to see them! Send them to [email protected].
This is our one-and-a-half-year-old sailor-dog, Salt. She is enjoying the sun on the deck of our 1971 Santana 27, Sorcery, under sail in the Salem Sound. — Luciano, Susan, Lucas and Sabina Sappia, Gloucester, MA
This is Pearl, the best basset hound in the world, a little bored that we’re taking too long to get our Catalina 27 out of the marina.
— Kristi Davis,
Marina Del Rey, CA
This is Otto, our beloved 3-year-old schnauzer and the official watch-stander aboard our 2009 Hunter 31, Melissa.
— Melissa Alvarado Sierra, via [email protected]
This is Otto, our 9-year-old Shepherd mix. He’s out on his very first sail on our new-to-us boat, a 1988 Compac 27. It’s our first boat and Otto came out with us on our first overnight on the Chesapeake Bay. He did great and seemed very comfortable and excited to be on the boat!
—Laura and Kevin Ladenheim, via [email protected]
Our dog Dory, loves to go out on our Catalina 34, Stolen Moments. He is usually lazing around, but this particular day he looked like the seas got the best of him. — TK, via
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Man’s Best Friend
This is Puppers, a rescue dog we just got one month ago—this is his first time on the boat! He’s helping me fold the sail, protecting the dinghy from seagulls and looking for fish. Next weekend we’re off to Angel Island for his first sleepover on the boat—wish us luck!
—Michael DiSandro, Oakland, CA
Charles Doane’s, Baxter, was nervous at first. Returning from his first walk ashore, he frantically leapt overboard as I landed the dinghy on Lunacy’s transom. Even with his life-vest on, he sank like a stone.
Rescued and Ready Here’s our 8-year-old rescue cat Empress, sneaking her first peek at Lake Champlain from the cockpit of our 1984 Beneteau First 32.5. They don’t sell cat life vests here, so a small doggie version tests her resolve. —Bob Robinson Charlotte, VT
Daisy, a 3-year-old German Shepherd
Here is a picture of my first mate, Aubrey, sailing in Galveston Bay on board my 1983 Hunter 31. She loves to ride on the bow coming both into and out of the harbor, sunset cruises and long quiet rides on an airboat.—Mike Tyson, via [email protected]
This is PI, my four-month old German Shepherd, on our maiden voyage aboard our 28ft Cal T-2, The Red Herring. We sail out of Lake Norman, North Carolina. She has adapted wonderfully, and we hope she will be aboard for many more excursions to come.— Sharyn Marion, Charlotte, NC
My wife and I own a 1978 Chrysler 22 named Bonnie Lady. This picture was taken in Coburg, Ontario, on a sunny day. Our pug Chico loves sailing with us. He joined us while we spent two weeks sailing to several ports on Lake Ontario.
— Terry and Bonnie MacNeil, Port Weller,Ontario
This is Maya, our 10-year-old husky, enjoying life on our 31ft Pearson.
— Jodi Quinn, Newport, Oregon USA
Mia, a Great Dane, enjoys her third day at sea with her grandpa on Sea Tiger, our 1972 Formosa 41. — Dee Bridges, Holly Ridge, NC
Marceau, our 6-month-old Papillon pup, during his first outing aboard the Pearson 30 that I bought new in 1978. Like all good San Francisco Bay sailors, he is wearing his life jacket.—Richard Leeds, Sausalito, California
This is Betty (to starboard) and Bob (to port), our six-year-old cats getting used to their first year as liveaboards on our 2002 Beneteau 411, St Somewhere. That evening we were making our way out to watch the sunset just outside of No Name Harbor. —Missi Voss, Key Biscayne, FL
Our two Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers, Digby and Brier (13 and 11 years old), napping after a busy day sailing and exploring the coast of Maine. They’ve been with us on board our 1967 Allied Seabreeze, Keewaydin, their entire lives.
