CAT WENT SAILING; OWNER DIDN’T KNOW

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29739, 5 February 1962, Page 12

CAT WENT SAILING; OWNER DIDN’T KNOW

Somewhere between Kai- to sail yesterday. The for'ard raki and Shirley is a tired cat bulkhead was opened and a that is probably—only this sad. ill cat was brought forth, morning, after a long walk— Last evening, Mr Boyd

getting rid of its sea legs. The cat is a four-year-old black and white tom called Toots which did his owner considerable disservice on Saturday by acting as informal ballast in light conditions during two yacht races on the Waimakariri river, at Kairaki.

went to Kairaki to collect h.s pet; but it had left.

Toots, apparently as is his wont, was put to bed in the garage on Friday night at the home of his owner. Mr M. L. Boyd.

The garage was also occupied by Mr Boyd's 12ft 9in racing boat Tranquil. On Saturday Mr Boyd took Tranquil by trailer to Kairaki where the Waimakariri Sailing Club was conducting a series of races. In the morning event Mr Boyd did not do very well: but after that race he gained the feel of his boat—there was little wind—and improved to finish fourth.

Yesterday morning, members of the Waimakariri Sailing Club heard what they thought was a cat mewing in their boatshed. On investigation they found the noise coming from Mr Boyd’s boat which had been left overnight at Kairaki—Mr Boyd not intending