A shelter cat has a new home and the Kalmar Nyckel has a new shipmate. Meet Timmynocky - sailor talk for thingumajig - a 4-month-old male who weighs almost four pounds. He joins Toolbox, the ship's longtime mascot, and was photographed Tuesday by News Journal staffer Carla Varisco.
Timmynocky was adopted earlier this month from Wilmington's Faithful Friends, says Sharon Litcofsky, chief mate and boatswain, after the crew decided Toolbox needed a new playmate. Toolbox's former sidekick, Clew Garnet - named for a piece of rigging on the ship - was hit and killed by a car on Seventh Street in late March.
Lauren Morgens, the ship's captain, says Timmy, as he's known, already has been out on three sails, but won't take his first ocean voyage until May when the Kalmar Nyckel goes to Richmond as part of the 400th anniversary celebration of Jamestown, Va.
In the meantime, Timmy seems to be adjusting to life on Delaware's tall ship, exploring all of the the lines, the ship's rail and even the galley. But Toolbox is struggling. "She doesn't love the new kitten," Litcofsky says.
Some things, such as replacing an old friend, just take time.
2 comments:
I know with our three cats it took them some time to get used to the youngest (right after our middle kitty died, my brother brought home the third kitten)
Timmy is a cutie though, I was on one of those sails with him and I think Toolbox will learn to love him! :)
Welcome Aboard Timmy!
So cool that he is gray like Clew!
By the way, do you know who took the wonderful photo of Clew Garnet that appeared a while back?
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