Life at sea becomes warmer with an adoring pet aboard Bohonkas and Sunshine play onboard the Cat Sass Too by Serrin E. Anderson, Shoreline Writer Boaters go down to the sea in ships and very often, they take along pets. They take on responsibilities of animals underfoot or overhead, the problems of where and how their pets will answer nature's call. They cope with red tape of moving them in and out of foreign countries and what to feed them miles away from prepackaged, nutritionally balanced, new and improved USDA inspected dog and cat food.
Pets provide company, protection and even entertainment.
Fred Sperry, who has sailed the South Pacific with a cat says he would never sail without one. It's someone to blame things on. Sammy, a Belgian sheperd who lives aboard The Fontana at the Fort Lauderdale city docks, is part of the crew and has done his part to ward off Nicaraguan gunmen and a whale as large as the 50-foot ketch. Even though he gets a bit sea sick. His mate is a more mischievous orange, black and white cat who gets into boxes, bags and sheets.