Latitude 38 - April 2017-2018

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Australian cattle dogs and Morgan Out- Island 41s.

"I adopted Kracken, my second deaf Australian cattle dog, when he was eight weeks old. This was after my last deaf Australian cattle dog, who grew up on the Morgan Out-Island 41 I owned in Alameda, passed away. I bought Rhiannon, my current Out-Island 41, in San Carlos two years ago. Kracken, who makes a great Second Mate, and I will sail the northern part of Sea of Cortez this summer with him.

Westphal reports that she's just getting back on her feet. "After many surgeries for diverticulitis, I got breast cancer. Sixteen days after my last surgery, I was rear-ended by a UPS truck and suffered a broken neck. I had my back fused at C5/6. After that, I sold or gave away everything I had, loaded up the dog in my truck, and drove down to Guaymas. James and Dominga of Nomatia, and Douglas Nordby of Charity, took me under their wings and buddy boated with me to La Paz. I learned a lot over the VHF radio."

Here's hoping that Vicki has better fortune in the next few years.

In early March the European Parliament in Brussels threw a hissy fit by passing a resolution — non-binding, mind you — calling for US citizens to be required to get visa before visiting European Union countries. Unless, that is, the US changes its rules and allows all members of the EU to visit the US without having to get a visa.

Currently there are five EU countries whose citizens are required to get a visa before visiting the US They are Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania. This is not something President Trump dreamed up, but a holdover policy from the Obama Administration.

The threat is rather hollow, however, as Europe is not about to cut off its nose to spite its face by making it harder for Americans to unload heaps of muchneeded dollars in Europe.

(By the way, both the euro and peso have recovered somewhat against the dollar. As of late March, the peso was at 19.02 to the dollar, up about 5% from a recent low. The euro is up a couple of

percent to 1.08 to the dollar.)

The proposed visa has nothing to do with the Schengen Area rule — the Schengen Area meaning most but not all of the European Union countries — supposedly limiting non-Schengen citizens to just 90 days in the Schengen Area before having to leave for 90 days. This law is routinely ignored by many cruisers, but every now and then someone get snagged.

For example, a Pt. Richmond woman who has been cruising the Med with her husband for years — we'll leave their names out — told us she was stopped when trying to fly out of a Schengen Area country after having overstayed her 90 days. Her husband had already made it through immigration, so she was lucky to have her little dog with her. She engaged the dog in animal affection games with the dog-loving official, and got away with just a warning.

We hope you're as lucky with your cruising problems this season.

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