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Cat Aboard.

5/13/2012

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   The sun has finally set on another surprisingly sunny Spring weekend in the usually gloomy Pacific Northwest. As I kick back inside the boat, picking up a few things that fell down below in our first sail of the season, I'm distracted. I hear a rumble in the aft cabin. I carefully step over some sailing gear and make my way back to see what's the matter...and there she is.
   Kali, our faithful boat kitty, is balancing on a ledge between a space heater and some xtra-tuf rubber boots, attempting to squeeze out a partially open cockpit hatch. Sunset is her new curfew, completely due to the fact that a few moons ago she (a mostly indoor cat) leapt from our boat, went all the way down the dock, and somehow got on to someone else's boat and hid under their row boat. I tried nicely to get her off of the strange boat (this is what you have to do with cats - try nicely even though you're furious). Treats didn't work. 'Nicely' didn't work. I eventually tricked her (this, again, is what you have to do with cats) and then grabbed her. Hello new sundown curfew.
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   Now, don't get us wrong, Kali has adjusted just fine to life aboard. She loves the smells, sounds, and sights living by the water. She prefers lounging in the cockpit while at the dock, soaking up some rays, staring at the water, actually chasing birds away from our radar stand, and spying on fellow sailors. She sheds like mad but we brush her often, uses her pine cat litter faithfully, and theoretically keeps Kingsley free of dock rats. 
   Kali doesn't use the head yet (go Lily!), but she's a pretty good sailor as cats go - she hides under the blankets the whole time. Do you have a pet aboard? How do they like their adventure so far? Do they come on deck while sailing? Do they go potty in the actual potty?
   ~Paul, Amber, and...Kali ^..^
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Deborah link
5/15/2012 02:57:46 am

Kali is gorgeous! What type of cat is she? She sounds like a great boat kitty.
Unfortunately, we had to implement a sunset curfew for Lily as well. While we were living aboard last summer, she discovered that there was a whole other world beyond the dock gate and managed to get out twice. After running up and down the dock in a panic, calling her name (why do we do that? it's absolutely pointless), we finally found her sitting under a car in the parking lot one time, and way out by the road the other time. I'm always afraid that she'll hide somewhere we can't see her - like on someone else's boat.
Sunset seems to be the witching hour for kitties. Lily is perfect fine staying on the boat during the day, but once sundown comes she's on the hunt.

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Paul link
5/16/2012 10:18:34 am

Deborah - she's a Himalayan without the smashed up Himalayan face. She photographs way better than she acts most of the time:)

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Dave link
5/18/2012 04:00:50 am

my cat, Momma Kitty, and i have sailed together for the last couple of years. we are trailer sailers, cruising on Jerry Montgomery designed our Montgomery 17 (SWEET PEA) and Sage 17 (AIR BORN) sailboats. pictures of Momma Kitty -

http://m17-375.webs.com/mommakitty.htm

in addition to cruising Momma Kitty has traveled with me from coast to coast, covering over 30,000 highway miles, in the past 12 months.

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Paul link
5/19/2012 02:55:16 pm

Dave - Momma Kitty is looking good on deck! You blog looks great too.

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