Rescued sailboat cat dives into the water for swims ... and loves to beg his mom to go on paddle board rides.We talked to his mom Laura from Sailing Holly Blue about the ultimate boat cat life and how his cat sister walked into their life
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00:00Wow! He will literally jump in the water and swim back to the boat, and that is not something
00:07we've taught him to do. When Ronnie swims, he's like a pro.
00:11Come on, good boy. Good boy.
00:16Did you jump in again, Ronnie?
00:19When we're sailing, Ronnie, if he's up on deck, it's only if it's really calm.
00:28He was born to be a boat cat. He's always been perfectly happy on board.
00:34I guess our lifestyle makes him feel free. He wants to be part of everything that we
00:39do, and that includes paddleboarding. So he'll cry to get on the paddleboard, and I'll take
00:44him for a paddle.
00:46Oh, my goodness.
00:50Want a little family excursion? If we're near land, I'll drop him off at the beach.
00:58Off you go, Ronnie. You don't mind it, do you? Good boy.
01:07He's just a very adventurous cat, and nothing fazes him at all. Ronnie was like my first
01:13rainbow baby. He could tell when I was sad. He would actually sit on my tummy and curl
01:18up like he knew where the source of my pain was. It was amazing.
01:22Ronnie came into our lives after really difficult times. We were trying to expand our family,
01:30and sadly we went through devastating pregnancy losses. We were staying on land, and one day
01:35this little ginger face appeared at our window. We let him in.
01:43He slowly integrated into our lives. We tried a life jacket on him, and that didn't go very
01:48well. Got him a pet passport. So we took the leap, took him on a plane, and we brought him
01:55back to the road.
01:56Do you want to come and check it out? Come on, then.
01:57I can't get him out of there. That's it, right. Got that. Put that there.
02:02Ronnie, come. It's like his own little home.
02:05He's like, what's this weird place?
02:07What do you think of your new home? What do you think, darling? Do you like it here?
02:13It's pretty neat, huh?
02:15We went through another loss, and I happened to be walking up through town, and there was
02:20this tiny, petrified kitten. Managed to get hold of her, put her straight into my jumper,
02:26turned straight back around, and just walked home to the boat again.
02:30According to the vet, she was abandoned by her mom, but home is where the heart is. I
02:35think she could feel that. She felt safe.
02:38Ronnie almost hunted her at first, and then he almost overnight just took her under his
02:44wing and became like a father figure to her. Everywhere he went, she would follow him and
02:50climb up him and sleep on him, and eventually they were completely inseparable.
02:55Ronnie and Smidge definitely came into our lives for reasons. They have been the sunshine
03:02we needed during a very dark time.
03:06It's been five years since we came to live on the boat, and they complete our home.
03:13Our boat might move around, but it's always home, no matter where we are.