Been there , Sailing gloves dont float
JB
"Captain Joe Redcloud" wrote in message
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On 10 Nov 2005 14:34:20 -0800, "Capt. Rob" wrote:

Kids are fun on a boat but you need to pay twice the attention, single
hand
with him a couple of times , you'll see what I mean.


I don't think I'd single hand with a child so young. Suppose I suffered
a stroke or the boat was hit by a jetski. I might venture out into the
local bay, but something nasty is more likely to happen there of
course. With Suzanne aboard we'll take him on a few good longer trips.
He won't even be two when next season ends.
I'll have to wait and see how I feel about it and how he is on the
35s5. On the Catalina 30, Galaxy 32 and Tayana 48 all he wanted to do
was hold the wheel!

RB
35s5
NY

One of my dock neighbors found that his two year old was only interested
in
grabbing anything not secured, and throwing it overboard! This game went
on for
quite a while.


Commodore Joe Redcloud

One of my dock neighbors found that his two year old was only interested
in
grabbing anything not secured, and throwing it overboard! This game went
on for
quite a while.

J B wrote:
Been there , Sailing gloves dont float


You need to get a good retriever. If you have the time to invest in
civilizing him, I'd recommend a Chesapeake.

DSK

Doug,

I have a Rat Terrier who wants to go after the Seals. Can't convince her
that she'd be a meal for them. They still bark back and forth.

I keep her tied to the inside steering station, with enough line to get
into the cockpit but not over the side.



http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

My old black lab used to dive right in when I was down in San Diego... go
right after the seals. Of course, no way could he catch them, but it was fun
to watch. They would bob there looking at him, and wait and wait, and then
disappear when he was 10 feet from them. It drove him crazy. At one point,
he tried going under himself, which scared the crap out of me.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Doug,

I have a Rat Terrier who wants to go after the Seals. Can't convince her
that she'd be a meal for them. They still bark back and forth.

I keep her tied to the inside steering station, with enough line to get
into the cockpit but not over the side.



http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

Capt. JG wrote:
My old black lab used to dive right in when I was down in San Diego... go
right after the seals. Of course, no way could he catch them, but it was fun
to watch. They would bob there looking at him, and wait and wait, and then
disappear when he was 10 feet from them. It drove him crazy. At one point,
he tried going under himself, which scared the crap out of me.


One nice thing about the Chesapeake. Not easily excited by anything
except ducks or geese. They love to dive, too... it is scary when you
see your dog take a gulp of air and disappear for a minute, especially
when you suspect he's trying to fetch the anchor.

One hunter/wildlife writer said that when he moved to a waterfront
neighborhood, his Chesapeake spent all day every day swimming, and
discovered a great sport of chewing thru other people's boats dock lines
& towing the boat home.

DSK

Hahaha... now that's funny. If you could only get him to do that for boaters
you didn't like... the chewing part of course. Or, if there's a boat you
like...

Mine used to play with rocks on the bottom of a river... dive down, move
them around, then lose track of which rock it was, then move another one.
Each time he came up, he would yelp, as though he were in pain or snagged on
something. Great magnet for women. I even saw one attempt to rescue him.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"DSK" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
My old black lab used to dive right in when I was down in San Diego... go
right after the seals. Of course, no way could he catch them, but it was
fun to watch. They would bob there looking at him, and wait and wait, and
then disappear when he was 10 feet from them. It drove him crazy. At one
point, he tried going under himself, which scared the crap out of me.


One nice thing about the Chesapeake. Not easily excited by anything except
ducks or geese. They love to dive, too... it is scary when you see your
dog take a gulp of air and disappear for a minute, especially when you
suspect he's trying to fetch the anchor.

One hunter/wildlife writer said that when he moved to a waterfront
neighborhood, his Chesapeake spent all day every day swimming, and
discovered a great sport of chewing thru other people's boats dock lines &
towing the boat home.

DSK