[C320-list] Ships cat

[Martin Raphael]

Hi -- my wife and I have taken our two cats with us on many 2-week cruises 
with no major issues.  Some things to consider:  you will want some kind of 
a hand vacuum cleaner to keep up with the cat sand (or you might consider 
keeping the catbox topside, which we have done sometimes).  The other thing 
is to watch the rounded slopes along the sides at the stern -- it's pretty 
easy for a cat to just slide off the edge (which we learned from 
experience).  One solution is run a line along that edge from a cleat to the 
stanchion -- something to provide a bit of a barrier.  Cats seems to like 
the boat a lot, but they may need some time to get used to engine noise.  On 
our first trip with a new kitten, it spent the entire first day up in the 
v-berth under whatever cover it could find.  After that it crept out and did 
fine.
Martin Raphael
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Seastream" <seastream at adelphia.net>
To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 4:25 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Ships cat


> Greetings:
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> A seven month old kitten just adopted us.  We're thinking it'd be nice to 
> bring her along in the summer rather than leave her home when we do our 
> two week mini cruise.  We've heard success stories about dogs aboard; 
> wonder if anyone has had success with cats aboard.  We just don't want her 
> to jump overboard.  If it won't work, OK.
>
> Bob Seastream
> 2002 'Intuition'
> Hull # 906
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