[C320-list] Ships cat

[Martin Raphael]

Our older cat started as a six-month old and she is now 7 -- she has come 
with us every year.  Our younger one started at about the same age and has 
been out with us 10 times or so over the past year; he is only a year old. 
Other cats started as adults and came with us every year as well.  They all 
seem to adapt quite well.  If you have a dodger, they seem to like hanging 
out on top of it, or right under it, especially if you put a towel down for 
them to curl up on.  You'll enjoy having your kitten along.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Seastream" <seastream at adelphia.net>
To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Ships cat


> Thanks so much for your input!  We'd rather bring Kepler along instead of 
> leaving her home and having someone stop in to feed and visit with her 
> daily.
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> How old were your cats when you started bringing them along, and how long 
> have you been doing so?
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> Bob
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> On Nov 17, 2006, at 8:13 PM, Martin Raphael wrote:
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>> 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
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>>> 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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