[C320-list] Ships cat

[bruceheyman at cox.net]

This is beginning to sound like the Dog vs. the Cat fund on the local PBS subscription drive.  
We like them both! Depending on the owners and the pet I think you can successfully bring either dogs or cats or both.  I know our dog loves her time on the boat but does get annoyed with us when we tack as she has to wake up and move to the leeward side of the boat before falling back asleep.
The only challenge with cats that we have not resolved is that if they still have their claws they tend to climb up on the dodger using them.  Not so good for the waterproofness (is that a word?) of the Sunbrella.
Bruce
Somerset 671 SoCal
---- Robert Seastream <seastream at adelphia.net> wrote: 
> 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.
> 
> How old were your cats when you started bringing them along, and how 
> long have you been doing so?
> 
> Bob
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> On Nov 17, 2006, at 8:13 PM, Martin Raphael wrote:
> 
> > 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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