[C320-list] Crew Overboard!

[Barbara Uhlman]

So the cat went overboard?

--- On Thu, 9/16/10, bruceheyman at cox.net <bruceheyman at cox.net> wrote:

> From: bruceheyman at cox.net <bruceheyman at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Crew Overboard!
> To: "Catalina List" <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Date: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 8:41 AM
> We had a live-a-board on our dock
> with a curious cat.  Unfortunately we all found our
> dodgers leaked wherever the cat chose to climb.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Seastream <robert.seastream at comcast.net>
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> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:32:56 
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Reply-To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Crew Overboard!
> 
> If more than an overnight, we take our ~4 year old cat,
> Kepler,  
> along.  She's seaworthy in all but the worst
> weather...at which times  
> we may be 'singing lunch' along with her.  She knows
> she want's  
> nothing to do with water, so as long as we're on an anchor
> or mooring,  
> she requires little watching.  Put us in a slip and
> she's like a  
> teenager...wants to explore the world and confident she can
> save  
> herself.  Even if there exists a lifejacket for such a
> small being, we  
> doubt she'd wear it.  We have netting along the
> lifelines to keep her  
> 'in play', since we believe she could fall overboard out
> of  
> curiousity.  While not declawed, her claws would have
> little effect on  
> fiberglass.  Regarding your dog, count your
> blessings.  I wish our cat  
> wasn't so inquisitive, thus requiring watching.  You
> might consider  
> lining your cabin stairs with some 'nonskid' material if
> you wish to  
> encourage her to go in/out of the cabin/cockpit
> herself.  The booties  
> likely feel strange to her.
> 
> Bob Seastream
> Intuition # 906
> 
> 
> On Sep 15, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Annie Bennett wrote:
> 
> > I wonder what percentage of us take our dogs or other
> animals  
> > sailing with us  My miniature schnauzer, Fitz,
> always accompanies me  
> > on Topcat but as soon as we get on the boat she whoofs
> to be taken  
> > below deck out of the sun  She keeps a beady eye
> on what is  
> > happening on deck from the couch and is quick to jump
> to the low  
> > side after a tack but she can't manage the
> companionway stairs and  
> > finds the cockpit very slippery so only comes on deck
> when she is  
> > sitting being held on someone's lap.  In winter
> she makes a good hot  
> > waterbottle.
> >
> > We tried lifejackets and little red leather booties
> for better grip  
> > but as she only wants to be on deck when we are moored
> and with the  
> > sun awning up decided not to get either - although
> with a more  
> > active dog I think a life jacket would be essential.
> >
> > Annie Bennett
> > 1073
> >
> > On 15/09/2010, at 3:48 AM, Alan Goodman <goodmanalanlee at hotmail.com> 
> 
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> I single hand on Lake Michigan with Molly, my 50#
> chow/husky mix.   
> >> I will not take her out when small craft or worse
> warnings are in  
> >> effect.  As a result, when she does come with
> me, I do not need to  
> >> tether myself to the padeye mounted on the outside
> bulkhead under  
> >> the companionway.  Molly wears the same 'sled
> dog type' harness on  
> >> the boat that she wears when ashore.  When
> underway I use a tether  
> >> just long enough to allow her up on the benches
> and short enough to  
> >> keep her from interfering with the helm.  At
> anchor, she just uses  
> >> a life jacket.  Like my human crew, my focus
> is keeping her on the  
> >> boat.  It will take a real SNAFU to have her
> go DIA (dog in  
> >> water).  Alan Hull 67 Holland MI
> >>
> >>
> 
>