
Teachable Moments
People are buying two things during the Covid-19 pandemic: boats and dogs. Both require training and practice.

People are buying two things during the Covid-19 pandemic: boats and dogs. Both require training and practice.

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It happened again. She stepped off and called him an “Animal.” He tossed her bag on the dock and accused her of being a “Dog.” They were both wrong. The problem was not that he was an animal or that she was a dog, but that they weren’t.

Christmas, cruising in the Bahamas. The happiest time, the happiest place. But not this year. Rigger the boat dog, our happy rescue terrier, is dead.

I’ve wanted to write about Sally, our dog, for a while now and decided to add my own personal twist to the subject. However, I think that if you change a few words here and there, you’ll find the information translates into cruising in general. So, without further ado, here are some things we’ve learned along the way about cruising with a dog.

Winnie, Jack Isabelle are border collie mixes, which means they have A LOT of energy. Their chauffer and exercise-enabler is David O’Neal, who cruises aboard

Duncan, a husky-lab mix, knows his job and he likes his shut-eye. He keeps strangers off El Nido, a 1982 Mainship MS-34-I on the Erie Canal. Here

To kick off our new Pets Aboard photo feature, we present a gallery of animal companions (such as Grace here, getting her sea legs) from

Exploring the Utrechtse Vecht on the redesigned Elling E4.

Two decades after their first circumnavigation, Don and Anja Richards are crossing oceans again to help their son, Keith, kickstart his own cruising dream.

Why we chose to build our dream version of a Selene 60 from the keel up.

We caught up to the liveaboards at their winter roost in Southwest Alaska to chat about following your dreams and living a life less ordinary.

The gig is more workaday than champagne and caviar, and sometimes the harbor patrol saves our bacon.

How I learned to love the solitude and adventure of cruising with my canine companions.

A veteran sailor brings celestial navigation skills to a motoryacht’s transatlantic passage.

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