Aegean SeaAegean Sea -- Dick and Judie Kappes of Huntington Harbour took The Log Newspaper along to read while touring many of the islands of Greece and Turkey, aboard the motoryacht HarmonyG, from Rhodes to Izmir. Each local village and harbor had its own charm, they reported.First Mate SophieFirst Mate Sophie -- Sophie, a 2-year-old Pomeranian, loves to be aboard Lisa Constables family 38-foot Uniflite, Vahalla, in San Diego. Sophies owners are Constable and boyfriend, NASCAR driver Justin Lofton. Sophie enjoys coming to the boat, Constable reported. We just have to teach her how to stay awake long enough to enjoy a boat ride, as well.Havana, CubaHavana, Cuba -- Joe Pitisi, Long Beach resident and harbormaster, visited Marina Hemingway in Havana, Cuba, last October -- where he was still faithfully reading my copy of The Log boating and fishing news, he reported.Captain BaileyCaptain Bailey -- Bailey, an 8-month-old mini Labradoodle, enjoys going boating. We went to Catalina for a night, and he did well -- and Bailey also likes to ride in the dinghy and on the kayak, wrote his companion, Randy A. Young. Their homeport is Dana Point.Puerto Vallarta, MexicoPuerto Vallarta, Mexico -- Austin Artis and his wife Karen Keltner of Santa Barbara took a copy of The Log Newspaper along while they were aboard his parents boat, Eternal Bliss, in the marina of La Cruz, north of Puerto Vallarta.Stump SailsStump Sails -- Stump, pictured here at the helm, enjoys leaving the heat of her shoreside home in Phoenix behind to go sailing on San Diego Bay, according to her boating companion, Jared Cooper.Petra, JordanPetra, Jordan -- Dr. Dave Rizzo of Bellflower took The Log Newspaper all the way to Petra, Jordan in February. Its pretty hard to get there by boat, Rizzo said. But if you can sail up the Red Sea to Aqabah (of Lawrence of Arabia fame), its only another 60 nautical miles by land to the mouth of the canyon that leads to the famous Treasury Building (pictured here) -- which is actually a tomb for a royal -- in Petra, as made famous by the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.Gilligan’s CatalinaGilligans Catalina -- Gilligan, a 3.5-year-old ragdoll cat, is a seasoned sailor who has cruised local waters since he was a kitten. His favorite pastime aboard SV Decadence, a Catalina 350 sailboat, is keeping watch from the top of the dodger, reported his boating companion, Joe Smith. Their homeport is Shoreline Marina in Long Beach.
