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Years ago I encoun- tered the articles, “A Dog Like No Other” and “Saga of a Seagoing Dog” in “Reader’s Digest” and have enjoyed re-reading them over the years. My husband recently asked It’s a question of trust. about the articles and after read- ing them once again, I decided to Google Peter Muilenburg and What do owners of over 8,000 yachts, motorboats, Santos for more articles. superyachts, raceboats, powerboats and international I found in All at Sea March 2008 sailing teams have in common? “Walking the Dog” and September ,!!(&)'((+$&!'!#%&$*&$!$! 2008 “The Barge Dog’s Turf” and "&#!$'(''&*'($"#('%"#($ also the book “Adrift on a Sea of (&&(($ %$&('# $)#(&'&$)#( Blue Light” (which I’ve ordered from Barnes & Noble). +$&!!'(,& I got my first schipperke in 1989 The facts speak for themselves. and have not been without one (or !$! two, or three) of them ever since. 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Southampton: Palma: La Ciotat: Newport, R.I.: Sydney: South Africa: %(&'#",$" Valencia: THIS ISSUE 76 DECEMBER 2008 THE CARIBBEAN’S WATERFRONT MAGAZINE FEATURES ISLAND EVENTS & INTERESTS CARIBBEAN DINING AND PROVISIONING ANGUILLA 78 Special Christmas Meal 56 Anguilla’s Racing Sloops By Captain Jan Robinson 79 Where to Eat ANTIGUA 60 Interview: Eddie Warden Owen CARIBBEAN RACING CIRCUIT and the RORC Caribbean 600 38 Match Racing on the Rise: First Annual Carlos Aguilar Memorial BONAIRE 56 Match Race Championship 69 Bonaire’s Regatta Enters Fourth Decade CHARTERING BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 98 Tales from the Charter Cockpit: 53 Virgins’ Cup: Bride of Frankenstein A Very Special Christmas Day or Sailboat Race? 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