In the last posting we made an allusion to some “Dante”
activity at Rona. Well, it involved
Dante, and the pier we tried to tie up to, and a ladder, and water...
Yes, he fell in again.
While we were fussing with lines,
trying to figure out the best way to tie up, he decided that he could make the
leap across 3 feet of open water, up to a pier that was 2 meters above his
head. Needless to say, he did not make
it. Fiberglass and concrete do not give
a good purchase to cat claws. The claws
scratching on the concrete were the first sign of a problem, and the splash provided
confirmation. Once we realized that he
was in the water, rxc ran to the stern to see if he could be fished out from
under the dinghy (hanging on the arch).
However, the smart red cat had already noticed the fact that Her Majesty’s
Navy had equipped the pier with several ladders to deal with exactly this
situation, and he quickly swam to the nearest one, and climbed 3 meters(!!) out
of the water up to the top of the pier.
While we tried to discuss which was the higher priority, the
cat or the boat, he looked around, decided there was nothing of interest to him
on the pier, and launched himself back on to the boat, and inside. This caused us to do an emergency mooring of the
boat to the pier, and then follow him into the cabin, where he was seated on
the chart table, dripping wet, trying to lick the salt water off.
We quickly got him into the shower to get the
salt off and give him an initial toweling, and then left him to his own devices
while we un-hooked ourselves from the pier and looked for a new spot to anchor.
So, we have now discovered that he can climb vertical
ladders. We knew that he could descend,
from the ladder on the front of the house when he got stuck on the roof, but
now we know that ascent is also possible.
Probably a good thing…
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