Hi sailors. The Catalina 22 racers I know have joked with me about this - they asked "why do you want to get a 75# dog on board!" Has anyone come up with an invention to get a 75# dog on board while at anhcor - or if the dog happens to fall overboard? I asked this question last year, but didn't think my dog would go with the responses... ie: winching him up with a line around the boom, through a winch & attached to his lifevest.... If you have a solution - please post it. If interested in something like this...please let me know. If I propose this to a product inventor I know -I need to let him know what the intesrest/market is. Thanks! Lisa
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Getting a small moose on board
I have a #50 lb'er that I would love to take with me. I would definately be interested in something that made getting him in and out easier save for a small crane. Fair Winds Joseph Jusjoseph@yahoo.com
I have a #50 lb'er that I would love to take with me. I would definately be interested in something that made getting him in and out easier save for a small crane. Fair Winds Joseph Jusjoseph@yahoo.com
No Device, but...
I have a 55# Dalmation mix who loves to swim. We make her wear a PFD with a handle and just yank her aboard. I keep threatening to make either a suspended or floating platform so that she can climb on it and jump on board. It would probably only work in pretty calm conditions, but usually we are at a calm anchorage when we let her swim. In a dog overboard situation I think the best is to just yank her up using a boat hook to reach her if necessary. Without the PFD we would be SOL. Sometimes if we are in the water and it is shallow enough to stand, I just give her a boost. It is awkward and sometimes she doesn't help much. In that case it is pretty funny for any spectators (but not for the guy with a dog sitting on his hand). At the dock or with a dinghy she can just jump on or off.
I have a 55# Dalmation mix who loves to swim. We make her wear a PFD with a handle and just yank her aboard. I keep threatening to make either a suspended or floating platform so that she can climb on it and jump on board. It would probably only work in pretty calm conditions, but usually we are at a calm anchorage when we let her swim. In a dog overboard situation I think the best is to just yank her up using a boat hook to reach her if necessary. Without the PFD we would be SOL. Sometimes if we are in the water and it is shallow enough to stand, I just give her a boost. It is awkward and sometimes she doesn't help much. In that case it is pretty funny for any spectators (but not for the guy with a dog sitting on his hand). At the dock or with a dinghy she can just jump on or off.
Give your dog "a board"
Get a plank about 8 feet long, and at least 12" wide, about 1" thick, and cover it with carpet. If the dog falls "overboard" Swing the plank into the water, and up over the transom. The dog can can get a grip on the board with his toenails and "walk the plank" back into the boat. It is prety easy to train your dog to "walk the plank" on shore with a bag of biscuits. Start with the plank level, and work your way up to higher angles until they approximate from the water to the transom, and then practice at the dock a few times. My dog deliberately jumps overboard just to walk the plank and get a biscuit.
Get a plank about 8 feet long, and at least 12" wide, about 1" thick, and cover it with carpet. If the dog falls "overboard" Swing the plank into the water, and up over the transom. The dog can can get a grip on the board with his toenails and "walk the plank" back into the boat. It is prety easy to train your dog to "walk the plank" on shore with a bag of biscuits. Start with the plank level, and work your way up to higher angles until they approximate from the water to the transom, and then practice at the dock a few times. My dog deliberately jumps overboard just to walk the plank and get a biscuit.
Dogy Dingy Booties
We sometimes transport a 65lb. golden retriever to an anchorage where we then do some lifing into dingy to go ashore, and vice-versa. I have wondered a bit about doggy booties to lessen the problems of the dogs sharp nails (for people protection as much as for the boat). Also, if you are still sailing at Lake Pleasant, I suspect its small enough that the dog would simply follow you to shore by swiming should it slip into the drink!
We sometimes transport a 65lb. golden retriever to an anchorage where we then do some lifing into dingy to go ashore, and vice-versa. I have wondered a bit about doggy booties to lessen the problems of the dogs sharp nails (for people protection as much as for the boat). Also, if you are still sailing at Lake Pleasant, I suspect its small enough that the dog would simply follow you to shore by swiming should it slip into the drink!
Thanks for the responses...
Hi sailors, If I'm "singlehanding" with my 8 yr. old - we'd probably fall overboard trying to "pick my dog up" by the PFD. The doggie board sounds good... but would take a lot of practice and shoal water. My dog just fell in love with the water 2 years ago, after I picked him up from the humane society & he was introduced to the water. He swims like an alligator! (He's a Catahoula Leopard - same as the mascot for Louisiana's football team!) Tried to submit a picture with this...but am not technically comptent enough, I guess
Anyway, he was hesitant to jump off my Catalina the first time & would probably overturn or poke a hole in the dinghy, etc. etc. His first weekend overnight on my boat, we docked at the marina during a Leukemia Cup Regatta. A couple walked past our dock with a dog he wanted to see... so he jumped on top of the cabin to get a better look and we all heard the inevitable SPLASH. It took 3 of us to pull him up! Then the poor guy was "forgotten" while tied down in the cabin when I picked up my boat from the water that busy Sunday & we had to do the "rope around the winch attached to the PFD" trick while at dry storage to lower him off the boat (only other option was to re-launch the boat to offer him a dock to jump on)!!! He didn't like it much Nobody was hurt - thank God! I'm thinking of a collapsible set of "stairs" with PVC pipe to be put around them so the the boat doesn't get scratchhed up....with the "step" below the water big enough for the dog to feel stable on. And to hang it over the side. Some of us have stanchions & etc. along the transom (a bit of a pain when climging back on board after swimming). Sorry this is so long..... but appreciate any & all input!! Lis
Hi sailors, If I'm "singlehanding" with my 8 yr. old - we'd probably fall overboard trying to "pick my dog up" by the PFD. The doggie board sounds good... but would take a lot of practice and shoal water. My dog just fell in love with the water 2 years ago, after I picked him up from the humane society & he was introduced to the water. He swims like an alligator! (He's a Catahoula Leopard - same as the mascot for Louisiana's football team!) Tried to submit a picture with this...but am not technically comptent enough, I guess
Anyway, he was hesitant to jump off my Catalina the first time & would probably overturn or poke a hole in the dinghy, etc. etc. His first weekend overnight on my boat, we docked at the marina during a Leukemia Cup Regatta. A couple walked past our dock with a dog he wanted to see... so he jumped on top of the cabin to get a better look and we all heard the inevitable SPLASH. It took 3 of us to pull him up! Then the poor guy was "forgotten" while tied down in the cabin when I picked up my boat from the water that busy Sunday & we had to do the "rope around the winch attached to the PFD" trick while at dry storage to lower him off the boat (only other option was to re-launch the boat to offer him a dock to jump on)!!! He didn't like it much Nobody was hurt - thank God! I'm thinking of a collapsible set of "stairs" with PVC pipe to be put around them so the the boat doesn't get scratchhed up....with the "step" below the water big enough for the dog to feel stable on. And to hang it over the side. Some of us have stanchions & etc. along the transom (a bit of a pain when climging back on board after swimming). Sorry this is so long..... but appreciate any & all input!! Lis#75 Dog!
75 lbs that's nothing, I'm racking my brain on how to get a 115 lb (that is dry weight) choc Lab out of the water! I was thinking of the wench thing or using the Main sheet cliped to his harness. Please let me know if you have any ideas, direct email is rmorgan@avmarketplace.com Let me know your adventures. Rich
75 lbs that's nothing, I'm racking my brain on how to get a 115 lb (that is dry weight) choc Lab out of the water! I was thinking of the wench thing or using the Main sheet cliped to his harness. Please let me know if you have any ideas, direct email is rmorgan@avmarketplace.com Let me know your adventures. Rich
Inflatable Dinghy
Our dog is about 65 lbs. When we go out for the weekend and have her with us, we usually have our inflatable with us. She can go from the boat to the dinghy by herself and, with a little push from behind can jump from the dinghy to the boat (we put a carpet-type doormat over the gunwale of our C-30 for traction). From the water to the dinghy is not too bad if you get your timing down. She wears a dog life jacket with a handle on the back. This should work fine for the 75 lb dog, but I'm not sure about the 115 pounder.
Our dog is about 65 lbs. When we go out for the weekend and have her with us, we usually have our inflatable with us. She can go from the boat to the dinghy by herself and, with a little push from behind can jump from the dinghy to the boat (we put a carpet-type doormat over the gunwale of our C-30 for traction). From the water to the dinghy is not too bad if you get your timing down. She wears a dog life jacket with a handle on the back. This should work fine for the 75 lb dog, but I'm not sure about the 115 pounder.
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