A toast with the captain of this cruise ship
might be done with a glass of milk rather than something alcoholic
- because there's a cat at the helm.
Aboard the Nikolay Chernyshevsky tourist boat in
Russia is Sailor, the exotic shorthair cat.
Dressed in his captain's jacket and hat, he
strolls around the boat, looking the part.
And joining him on the captain's deck is
Boatswain the Scottish fold.
The pair shot to fame after photos emerged
on the internet of the pair cruising the rivers between Moscow and
St Petersburg dressed in the height of maritime fashion.
According to Rutly, 'he keeps watch on the
captain’s bridge every night from midnight until 4am', and has
unsurprisingly become popular with tourists.
And just to ensure the feline doesn't get too
lonely, Boatswain has joined him on board.
But this younger male is very much the
apprentice. As such he is dressed in a blue and white-striped
sailor's jumper and white hat by one of the ship's crew.
But this cat's work ethic might be questionable,
because footage shows him asleep by the ship's dials.
Later in the video we see Boatswain isn't such a
fan of his sailor's hat, as he paws it off his head, before playing
with it like a toy.
He is later joined by Sailor, and the two head
outside to the decks to check the ship is ready to
cruise.