Don White wrote:
A spray bottle filled with cool water should mellow that wildcat down.

Better yet, a dilute of ammonia and water...or straight vinegar.

--
Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://www.seaworthy.com/store/custo...0&cat=6&page=1
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/books...ku=90&cat=1304

Don White wrote in
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A spray bottle filled with cool water should mellow that wildcat down.


Naw....I'm aboard someone else's boat, he's buying beer and a few
thousand gallons of diesel and taking me on a trip. I can put up with
Charlie's cat attacks....(c;

I miss that boat. There was plenty of electrical and mechanical things
to make weekends a lot of fun. I caused some distress, once in a while,
like when I came up from the bilge declaring we needed THREE banks of
expensive 8V odd batteries for the 32V train electrics "down here". I'd
hate to think I was partially why they sold her. Hell, I had just about
all the systems running smoothly by then....twin water pumps, twin diesel
gensets, 5 water-cooled air conditioners, helm and flybridge electronics
and electrical systems, TV cable system, even the Cuisinart food
processor built into the galley counter top...all worked. Fixed the
electronic controls to the Naiad hydraulic roll control system, too.
That was great to have. But, God what a constant expense to keep it all
running, even with the free labor....

Larry wrote:

Don White wrote in
:



A spray bottle filled with cool water should mellow that wildcat down.



Naw....I'm aboard someone else's boat, he's buying beer and a few
thousand gallons of diesel and taking me on a trip. I can put up with
Charlie's cat attacks....(c;

I miss that boat. There was plenty of electrical and mechanical things
to make weekends a lot of fun. I caused some distress, once in a while,
like when I came up from the bilge declaring we needed THREE banks of
expensive 8V odd batteries for the 32V train electrics "down here". I'd
hate to think I was partially why they sold her. Hell, I had just about
all the systems running smoothly by then....twin water pumps, twin diesel
gensets, 5 water-cooled air conditioners, helm and flybridge electronics
and electrical systems, TV cable system, even the Cuisinart food
processor built into the galley counter top...all worked. Fixed the
electronic controls to the Naiad hydraulic roll control system, too.
That was great to have. But, God what a constant expense to keep it all
running, even with the free labor....


Tell us about the water cooled air conditioners, please!

Terry K

Yes, they are easy to store too.
http://leacasey.tripod.com/eaturnips...inabottle.jpg\

http://www.bonsaikitten.com/

DP

"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
news
Hi,

I'm thinking of taking out 1-yr-old cat "Kitty" on board Far Cove next
year (Maybe this winter, I donno...) She's been indoors all her life,
except a few times outside on a leash. And then she tends to hide under
whatever's handy...

So, any thoughts, suggestions, stories, advice, etc. about having a cat
on board? She's "toilet-trained" meaning she uses a toilet rather than a
litterbox, so I suspect I can easily train her to use the head (but I'd
have to flush it!). My Lady wants me to get her a PFD, but I suspect some
kind of "kitty-overboard" flag would be more useful?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
Hi,

I'm thinking of taking out 1-yr-old cat "Kitty" on board Far Cove next
year (Maybe this winter, I donno...) She's been indoors all her life,
except a few times outside on a leash. And then she tends to hide under
whatever's handy...

Leave her at home, Lloyd. It's one thing to move a cat aboard
permanently...cats can adapt pretty easily to a new home. But unless you
start taking 'em places with you from the minute you bring 'em home as
kittens, it's quite another to take 'em out of their "safe" home
environment--that's HER territory--to drag her along on weekend and
vacation cruises in surroundings that aren't her established territory.
She'll just be miserable, and you will be too...she'll hide and you'll
spend half your time with your hearts in your mouths, afraid she went
overboard.

I've had cats for more than 40 years...always in pairs till just a few
months ago...Buckley (in my lap as I type) is 19 now--a Siamese,
btw--and will be my last I think. I don't even board 'em when I
travel...I get a "sitter." Some of my dockmates brought their cats to
their boats for weekends...I considered bringing mine till I saw how
miserable they were among all the strange people, strange noises,
rocking boat. They could prob'ly have adjusted to it if the boat became
their permanent home, but not just for weekends.

So leave her at home...she'll be a LOT happier and so will you.
--
Peggie
----------
Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://www.seaworthy.com/store/custo...0&cat=6&page=1
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/books...ku=90&cat=1304

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:11:06 +0000, Peggie Hall wrote:



Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
Hi,

I'm thinking of taking out 1-yr-old cat "Kitty" on board Far Cove next
year (Maybe this winter, I donno...) She's been indoors all her life,
except a few times outside on a leash. And then she tends to hide under
whatever's handy...

Leave her at home, Lloyd. It's one thing to move a cat aboard
permanently...cats can adapt pretty easily to a new home. But unless you
start taking 'em places with you from the minute you bring 'em home as
kittens, it's quite another to take 'em out of their "safe" home
environment--that's HER territory--to drag her along on weekend and
vacation cruises in surroundings that aren't her established territory.
She'll just be miserable, and you will be too...she'll hide and you'll
spend half your time with your hearts in your mouths, afraid she went
overboard.


Yes, these are my fears.

I've taken her to the woodwork shop behind the house, and she's pretty
"tenative" (and she HATES it when I run the ShopVac or tablesaw!). But I
like her company, and I think she'll adapt.
Good point about liveaboard vs weekend: I've based my "cats love being on
a boat" on liveaboard situations, now that I think about it. But I think
I'll bring her along a few times and see if she gets used to the idea.

Lloyd Sumpter
http://www.bcboatnet.org

Lloyd Sumpter wrote in
news
She's "toilet-trained" meaning she uses a toilet rather than a
litterbox, so I suspect I can easily train her to use the head (but I'd
have to flush it!).

I wanna watch her in 25 degree rolls and pitch and yaw....(c;
Poor cat can't hang onto the towel racks like I do...

How's her "aim"??

Larry wrote:
Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

She's "toilet-trained" meaning she uses a toilet rather
than a litterbox, so I suspect I can easily train her to
use the head (but I'd have to flush it!).

I wanna watch her in 25 degree rolls and pitch and yaw....(c;
Poor cat can't hang onto the towel racks like I do...

How's her "aim"??

Maybe you should give her a litter box too. Otherwise if she
has trouble using the head when the boat is moving too much
she may decide to use your bed instead.

We've taken cats with us all the time, including a one year trip. For
the long trip, we had a piece of carpet off the swim step so a kitty
would have a chance to climb up. We also keep a fish net in the
cockpit as a kitty retrieval system. One of the cats has gone over 3
times - we're beginning to suspect he likes swimming. Once I had to
drag him out from under a dock, the second time he climbed a piling
before the 'gators could get him, and the third time he actually swam
around with a manatee before we could coax back to the boat. Now that
he's older, however, he mainly stays down below.

We don't bother bringing them for long weekends, but for a week or
more, they come with us. For litter, we use the crystal "pearls"
which keeps the odor down. We converted a floor level locker to hold
a litter box. For the first day of a trip, they hide in a "safe
locker" somewhere forward. We keep a plastic table cloth over the
bunk as a "yack mat," though on the catamaran they haven't been sick
too often (no more often then at home!).

We had three cats on our year long trip. One was 16 and sickly when
we left, so we thought the stress might be too much for him. However,
he loved it, and spent every day under the dodger enjoying the
scenery. He returned healthier then when he left, and lived another 2
years.

Here's Arlo, having a conversation with a neighbor in the Keys:
http://www.sv-loki.com/FullPelican.jpg

Woody smiling on his favorite spot, the TV. He won't be so happy next
year when we switch to a flat panel!
http://www.sv-loki.com/TVWoody.jpg

And Arlo has taken over the breadbasket. Hat's courtesy of our daughter.
http://www.sv-loki.com/Breadbasket.jpg

And sometimes, you just have to dangle your feet over the side and
catch some z's:
http://www.sv-loki.com/MollyDangle.jpg







Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
Hi,

I'm thinking of taking out 1-yr-old cat "Kitty" on board Far Cove next
year (Maybe this winter, I donno...) She's been indoors all her life,
except a few times outside on a leash. And then she tends to hide under
whatever's handy...

So, any thoughts, suggestions, stories, advice, etc. about having a cat
on board? She's "toilet-trained" meaning she uses a toilet rather than a
litterbox, so I suspect I can easily train her to use the head (but I'd
have to flush it!). My Lady wants me to get her a PFD, but I suspect some
kind of "kitty-overboard" flag would be more useful?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

There is no way to predict what your cat's reaction will be. Though in
my experience it is usually favorable.

What is certain, however, is that there will be several messages about
using cats as food, soccer balls, or similar crude suggestions. Odd,
isn't it, that when people query about dogs on board no such comments
are made? But some insecure, arrested development personalities have
negative reactions to any mention of felines.

Cat's have been onboard boats since there were boats. Odds are yours
will adapt just fine.