Sea-Monster Kitten Nessie cruises the tropics

5:29 AM Sat 16 Apr 2011 GMT

'Off-watch - Nessie playing chess' Meghan Cleary

Do you have a cat on your boat? Have you ever thought about it? ASA writer-at-large Meghan Cleary, her fiance Prescott, and their Sea-Monster kitten Nessie are on a planned 9-month cruise in the tropics on their yacht Velella, and this week Meghan writes about Nessie and her boating skills. I blame Robin Graham* for this. And Tania Abei** too. Their descriptions of kitten-companions aboard their circumnavigating sailboats tore at my heart until I became obsessed with the idea of having a boat kitten too. 'But it doesn't seem like the right environment for ...

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by Meghan Cleary