Dogs don't always make the best crew
| 11 |
| Jun |
| 2010 |
Diesel loves coming out on the boat but is particularly keen on being in the dinghy (rowed by his humans of course). Tim was rowing in yesterday (2 adults, a large dog and a lot of kit - it's amazing what you can fit in a dinghy) when we heard a strange whooshing sound, like air escaping from a tube...
We wouldn't want to hear that sound on Shearwater but she has a solid aluminium hull and floats without tubes. The dinghy is hypalon - it needs its tubes to float.
The tubes were intact and there was nothing in the water that would be likely to cause damage. The sound disappeared. A few seconds later more whooshing. Really not a good sound. After a second or two we realised that the dog had knocked off one of the valves and leant on it.
- Venture Jet canine crew in dinghy
Canine humour...
The front tube looked a little tired - not good. Yes we can swim and yes we have safety kit but after a day at sea you don't really want to get your gear wet and have to swim in towing a sad deflated dinghy. We don't really want to put waterproof camera and mobile bags to the test! No pressure Tim - keep rowing... At least there was another boat on hand to laugh if we did have to tow the dinghy in.
