Should be an interesting thread :-)

So, any thoughts, suggestions, stories, advice, etc. about having a cat
on board?

"bowgus" wrote:
Should be an interesting thread :-)

So, any thoughts, suggestions, stories, advice, etc.
about having a cat on board?

Will my cats get seasick if I take them across the Pacific
in a 46' boat ?

wrote:
"bowgus" wrote:

Should be an interesting thread :-)


So, any thoughts, suggestions, stories, advice, etc.
about having a cat on board?


Will my cats get seasick if I take them across the Pacific
in a 46' boat ?

If sea sickness is like drowning in your berth, possibly.

Livestock at sea should never be considered pets. You may lose her
to a wave, or need her as bait, if you cannot bear to eat her.

How would you go about MOB recovery with a cat in the water? A dip
net? a strobe light in the infra red? A cat lifejacket with a radio
beacon or parasitic responder with an rdf or radar on board? Good
luck. No hard feelings, you ask a tough question.

Recovery of a radar responder with a height above waterline of 3
inches and a radar ae 20 feet high suggests that you will see her
only when she is near a wave peak faceing you, but not too near. You
might see a strobe pointing to her. What percentage of the time
could this happen? Would you risk your life to rescue a cat?

You are playing with the black rainbow. Cats belong in the forest,
or the rat infested bilge, never on deck, unless you have a
particularily smart cat and cat high life nets good enough to catch
a shuffleboard puck.

Cats get used to being at sea, like people. Or, they die, or wish
they could. When you eventually get hungry enough to eat bugs,
seasickness fades.

I have a friend who's cat will not go outdoors without her halter
harness and leash. Some cats will die trying to remove any such
harness, epirb lifejacket or not. Go figure.

Terry K

"kitty" is its name? how original.
heres my advice, give it the boot, watch it sail thru the air into the
drink and have a good belly laugh.

animals have no business aboard a proper vessel unless its for human
consumption.

bob, friend to cap. neal and like minded fellows of the sea. wrote:
"kitty" is its name? how original.
heres my advice, give it the boot, watch it sail thru the air into the
drink and have a good belly laugh.

animals have no business aboard a proper vessel unless its for human
consumption.


No self respecting 'Kitty' (feline or female) would be caught dead on a
mustard yellow Coronado.

bowgus wrote:
Should be an interesting thread :-)


So, any thoughts, suggestions, stories, advice, etc. about having a cat
on board?



I like a pussy on board. I helps make the day more relaxing.