Link to PBO article: "How I built a SCAMP boat so my sick dog could go sailing again"
We were happy to see SCAMPer Gary Hardy’s article in Practical Boat Owner. Check it out at the link below. —Eds
After my Australian Cattle Dog, Ozzie, had a health scar, I built a SCAMP boat, a popular dinghy cruiser design, so he could get back onto the water.
Ozzie has been my faithful crew ever since he came to us more than seven years ago.
But last summer he developed a condition known colloquially as ‘Collie Nose’. The vet advised that exposure to sunlight needed to be minimized, and Oz hung up his dog buoyancy aid and took up shore-based duties instead.
Read the complete article at Practical Boat Owner…
That was a great, detailed, fun read!
Can't go wrong with a story about two of God's greatest gifts, small wooden boats and dogs! Thanks Gary.