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Ean Kingston wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, July 28, 2004, at 09:45 AM, wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 7/19/2004 9:40:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> writes:
>>
>> too have a cat and am reluctant to take her aboard for fear of losing
>> her.
>>
>> What's your cat overboard prevention/procedure, please ?
>>
>> Has it ever happened ?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Courtney Thomas
>>
>> We do worry that Frumi may fall overboard when we are offshore at
>> night. It would be a miracle if we found him under those conditions.
>>
>> Confining him below would be tormenting to him. He loves us and
>> follows us around the boat wherever we go. He would be VERY unhappy
>> if we confined him.
>>
>> Our life is inherently dangerous. We just have to trust him to keep
>> himself safe.
>>
>
>
> Since my wife and I now have 2 cats I've been thinking about this one a
> lot. So far I've got two ideas on the subject.
>
> First, get harnesses for the cats. At the very least, the harness strap
> along the back will make it easier to fish the cat out after a 'swim'.
> Secondly, while under way the cat could be secured to a jack line (or
> something) similar to the way dogs are kept in back yards. I think I
> would only use this while under way.
>
> Second options, I would get one of those flashing light doo-dads that I
> see on TV and attach it to the cat's collar. That would help a lot at
> night. I don't know what they cost but I can't see them being more than
> $10 in parts from Radio Shack (at least for one that is not a certified
> safety device).
>
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We have 2 live aboard cats .. one discovered the way to get wet and
will never do so again. I used a long handled fish net to retreive her
from her adventure. Harnessess don't work .. Our adventure cat in a
harness with a leash attached to our boat decided to jump boats ...she
managed to reach the other boat's toe rail (at the taut end of the
leash) with her claws and very quickly squirmed free of the harness...
Houdini would have been impressed ... she was having dinner with another
family 3 boats away when we finally caught up with her. Dogs need
special care .. cats don't... that's why they were given 9 lives.
--
Brian Stewart
Pilgrim
Whitby 42 #304
VB8320 VA3PIL
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