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Liz Clark, 34, a self-described “female pirate,” has been sailing the world since she quit her job as a bartender in San Diego, California, in 2006. Clark was offered a Cal 40 sailboat on the condition that she would document her adventures around the world. In 2013, “Captain Lizzy” welcomed a 6-month-old kitten she rescued on board.
“She’s adapted to being surrounded by water,” Clark said of her feline companion on Buzzfeed. The cat, named Amelia (also affectionately known as Tropicat), enjoys boat fishing, beach walks and hiking. “She has to constantly step out of her feline comfort zone,” Clark adds. “But I think she understands now that I’m going to keep her safe and in the end she’s going to have a good time. She makes the swell [the yacht] It feels more like a home. “
So far, Clark has traveled along the west coast of Mexico and Central America, as well as the South Pacific.
Liz Clark has been sailing the world since quitting her job as a bartender in 2006
Clark gets a Cal 40 on the condition that she document her adventures around the world
In 2013, she rescued a 6-month-old kitten from a boat and named her Amelia
The feral cat was thin and hungry, but Clarke saw in her “a majestic lioness air and a carefree bravado”
“She has adapted to life surrounded by water”
“She has to constantly step out of her cat’s comfort zone”
“But I think she understands now that I’m going to keep her safe and in the end she’s going to have a good time”
Amelia also loves hiking with Clark!
And enjoy the fun of SPA together…
She sure craves adventure just like her humans!
“The safety and security of leaving the pier and my friends and family was appalling”
“I don’t know if I have the skills to captain such a large ship and manage all the travel that goes into your off grid…”
“…but I know I have to try or I’ll regret it”
“When I left, I didn’t know how to make money, and I wasn’t from a rich family or anywhere like a lot of people thought”
“I slept on a pool mat under the stars”
“But when I look up at that night sky every morning, breathe in the fresh ocean air, and jump into the sea, I feel rich”
“She let the swell [the yacht] Feels more like a home”
Here’s a short video about Amelia:
